Look up the exact time darkness falls in Paarl, Western Cape for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Wednesday, November 4, 2026
It gets dark at 07:41 PM in Paarl
Sunrise
05:41 AM
Sunset
07:14 PM
Gets Dark
07:41 PM
Day Length
13h 34m
Paarl is gaining 1m 49s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on June 11 at 6:09 PM and latest on January 5 at 8:27 PM, a swing of 2 h 18 min across the year.
The longest day brings 14 h 24 min of daylight and the shortest just 9 h 55 min. The earliest dusk comes about 10 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 25 min at the March equinox and stretches to 29 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
Paarl sits toward the western side of its time zone, so the sun runs about 42 min behind the clock. That pushes sunsets later than in towns further east.
Paarl lies 3,751 km (2,331 miles) south of the equator at 33.73°S. That is almost the same latitude as Sydney, so both see a similar yearly rhythm of daylight.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa for any day of the year. The interactive tool above lets you pick any date to see the precise sunset time, civil dusk (when true darkness begins), and the full twilight schedule including nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk.
Paarl is located at latitude -33.73° and longitude 18.96°. The time darkness falls changes throughout the year based on Earth's axial tilt — earlier in winter, later in summer. Use the date picker above to check any date.
Whether you're planning trick-or-treating for Halloween, a fireworks display, an outdoor wedding, or an evening event in Paarl, knowing the exact time darkness falls is essential. This tool calculates civil dusk — when the sun drops 6 degrees below the horizon — for any date at Paarl's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Paarl is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.