Challans in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.8458, -1.8792
- Population
- 18 947
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France, Europe
- Capital
- Paris — 386 km away
What time is it in Challans, Pays de la Loire, France
This is the current time in Challans, Pays de la Loire, France, shown for the Europe/Paris time zone (+2).
Challans, France
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Paris
Local time in Challans
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Challans keeps Europe/Paris clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:27 AM Solar noon 1:54 PM Sunset 7:21 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 7:57 AM – 7:52 PM
Weather in Challans right now
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Challans and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 85300
- 85301 CEDEX
- 85302 CEDEX
- 85303 CEDEX
- 85304 CEDEX
- 85305 CEDEX
- 85306 CEDEX
- 85307 CEDEX
- 85309 CEDEX
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 Pays de la Loire
- Nantes 325 070
- Angers 168 279
- Le Mans 144 515
- Saint-Nazaire 67 054
- La Roche-Sur-Yon 59 410
- Cholet 53 160
Same time zone — Europe/Paris
Nearby places
- La Poctière — 1.1 km
- Les Parois — 1.7 km
- Les Plantes — 1.9 km
- Pont Habert — 2.0 km
- Les Sablières — 2.1 km
- La Coëtière — 2.3 km
Local time details for Challans
9 postal codes serve Challans.
Challans falls within Europe/Paris, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
The sun rises here at 8:27 AM and sets at 7:21 PM in Challans today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 54 min.
Neighbours of Challans such as La Poctière and Les Parois share its clock.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Challans in for local time?
- For local time, Challans is in Europe/Paris, with an offset of +2.
- What time zone rules apply in Challans — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Challans: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Challans?
- It disappears at 7:21 PM.