Look up the exact time darkness falls in Paris 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 05:58 PM in Paris
Sunrise
07:42 AM
Sunset
05:25 PM
Gets Dark
05:58 PM
Day Length
9h 43m
Paris is losing 3m 9s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on December 10 at 5:30 PM and latest on June 24 at 10:40 PM, a swing of 5 h 10 min across the year.
The longest day brings 16 h 11 min of daylight and the shortest just 8 h 15 min. The earliest dusk comes about 11 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 32 min at the March equinox and stretches to 43 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Paris, on 151 evenings it stays light until after 9 pm, while on 74 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Paris sits toward the western side of its time zone, so the sun runs about 49 min behind the clock. That pushes sunsets later than in towns further east.
Paris lies 5,433 km (3,376 miles) north of the equator at 48.86°N. That is almost the same latitude as Seattle, so both see a similar yearly rhythm of daylight.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Paris, France 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.
Paris is located at latitude 48.86° and longitude 2.35°. 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 Paris, 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 Paris's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Paris is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.