Descartes in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.9737, 0.6983
- Elevation
- 37 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 872
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France, Europe
- Capital
- Paris — 243 km away
What time is it in Descartes, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Local time in Descartes, Centre-Val de Loire, France is shown on this page, based on the Europe/Paris time zone (+1).
Descartes, France
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Paris
Local time in Descartes
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Descartes keeps Europe/Paris clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:51 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 5:33 PM Daylight 9 h 42 min Night 14 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Descartes right now
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Descartes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 37160
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Centre-Val de Loire
Same time zone — Europe/Paris
Nearby places
- Ribault — 0.8 km
- Saint-Remy-Sur-Creuse — 2.2 km
- Lillette — 3.0 km
- Rives — 3.6 km
- La Porcherie — 4.6 km
- Poizay — 5.6 km
Time and daylight in Descartes
Descartes has 1 postal code in total.
Clocks in Descartes follow Europe/Paris, an offset of UTC+1 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Daylight arrives in Descartes at 7:51 AM and departs at 5:33 PM. It lasts 9 h 42 min today.
The time in Descartes is also the time in nearby Ribault and Saint-Remy-Sur-Creuse.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Descartes?
- Use Europe/Paris to show the time in Descartes; its offset is +1.
- Does Descartes have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Descartes: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Descartes?
- It sets at 5:33 PM.