Overview
- In the night from Saturday to Sunday, October 24–25, clocks will roll back from 03:00 to 02:00 so people gain one hour of sleep.
- The date falls earlier in October this year because EU rules fix the change on the last Sunday of October and 31 October 2026 is a Saturday.
- France and other EU members follow the same schedule established to simplify cross‑border coordination since 2002.
- France’s energy agency ADEME says the twice‑yearly switch delivers real but modest savings, roughly estimated at about 351 GWh in past assessments.
- Health and sleep experts recommend small, practical steps such as shifting bedtimes by about 30 minutes before the change and getting morning light to ease circadian disruption, while most French overseas territories do not observe the change except Saint‑Pierre‑et‑Miquelon.