Time difference San Francisco
The time difference with France is 9 hours. When it's 5pm in Paris, it's 8am in San Francisco. This is true in winter as well as in summer, since daylight saing time takes place on roughly the same dates in France and the USA (give or take a week or two).
Opening hours San Francisco
To see / To do San Francisco
The vast majority of attractions and museums are open every day of the week, generally from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., all year round, with the exception of certain public holidays such as December 25, January 1 and Thanksgiving. When museums that normally charge admission offer free entry, expect crowds.
Enjoying yourself San Francisco
Restaurants close very early in the evening in small towns. You may be pushed out the door as early as 8pm, or even 9pm if you're lucky... In larger towns, some restaurants open later.
Take a break San Francisco
Coffee shops and juice bars are plentiful in San Francisco, generally opening at 7 or 8am and closing before 8pm. Most bars open at noon, but the more upscale ones rarely open before 4pm on weekdays. Small neighborhood bars close between 10pm and 1am.
(To) please yourself San Francisco
Most stores are open every day, from 10am to 9pm on weekdays and 11am to 7pm on Sundays.
Get out San Francisco
San Francisco is not a city where you can stay out late. You can go to the movies, concerts, operas, ballets and musicals, but there are very few clubs where you can go out dancing, due to legislation prohibiting the sale of alcohol after 2am. The days of the Barbary Coast are long gone...
