Sunset in Paris today

Paris lies at 49°N. In Paris, day length ranges from 8h 15m in winter to 16h 11m in summer — a swing of about 7h 56m.

The sun goes down towards the west-southwest in Paris today, at a bearing of 252°. Civil twilight then lasts another 33 minutes before it gets properly dark. The sun sets 2 minutes later in Paris than in Marseille, 660 km to the south-southeast. In Paris, the Pont des Arts and Sacré-Cœur is a natural place to watch the sun go down.

Through the year sunset drifts later across spring and earlier across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and slowest near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunset times shift month by month for Paris.

The longest day in Paris is around 16h 11m (around June 21). The shortest is around 8h 15m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.