Paris, France

2026-10-18 — Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+02:00)

Sun — Today #

First light

07:42

Sunrise

08:14

Sunset

18:56

Last light

19:28

Day length

10 h 42 min

Solar noon

13:35

Moon #

Phase

First quarter

Illuminated

49%

Age

7.3 days

Sun — 7 days #

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Phase
2026-10-18 · Sunday · Today	08:14	18:56	10 h 42 min	First quarter
2026-10-19 · Monday · Tomorrow	08:16	18:54	10 h 38 min	Waxing gibbous
2026-10-20 · Tuesday	08:18	18:52	10 h 35 min	Waxing gibbous
2026-10-21 · Wednesday	08:19	18:50	10 h 31 min	Waxing gibbous
2026-10-22 · Thursday	08:21	18:49	10 h 28 min	Waxing gibbous
2026-10-23 · Friday	08:22	18:47	10 h 25 min	Waxing gibbous
2026-10-24 · Saturday	08:24	18:45	10 h 21 min	Waxing gibbous

Through the year — 2026 #

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length
January	08:38	17:20	8 h 42 min
February	07:59	18:10	10 h 11 min
March	07:04	18:54	11 h 50 min
April	07:00	20:41	13 h 41 min
May	06:09	21:24	15 h 15 min
June	05:46	21:55	16 h 09 min
July	06:02	21:50	15 h 47 min
August	06:42	21:07	14 h 25 min
September	07:26	20:05	12 h 39 min
October	08:10	19:02	10 h 52 min
November	07:58	17:11	9 h 12 min
December	08:37	16:53	8 h 17 min

Paris in 2026: the sun's extremes #

Paris keeps its clocks well ahead of the sun. Solar noon, the moment the sun stands highest, comes as late as 13:57 (21 July) and never earlier than 12:34: the 8th-latest of the 291 cities on Plain Almanac.

Longest day	21 June - 16 h 11 min
Shortest day	22 December - 8 h 15 min
Earliest sunrise	05:46 (12 – 21 June)
Latest sunrise	08:44 (1 – 2 January)
Earliest sunset	16:53 (9 – 15 December)
Latest sunset	21:58 (23 – 29 June)
Solar noon on the clock	12:34 (25 October) to 13:57 (21 July)
Fastest change in day length	gaining about 4 minutes a day, around 19 March
Clocks go forward	29 March, by 1 hour; sunset 19:14 the day before, 20:15 that day
Clocks go back	25 October, by 1 hour; sunset 18:45 the day before, 17:43 that day
Same clock as Milan	640 km to the south-east; the sun is 27 minutes later in Paris

Times are local clock times for 2026, to the minute; where several days share the extreme minute, all of them are listed, because the method is good to about a minute.

Sources

Coordinates and name: Wikidata Q90
Clock and summer-time rules: the IANA Time Zone Database, zone Europe/Paris
Sun positions: the NOAA solar equations (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Solar Calculator details); sunrise and sunset at a solar zenith of 90.833° (refraction and the sun's radius included), twilight at 96°
Comparisons: against the 291 cities with an English page on Plain Almanac, all computed the same way for 2026

Export #

Sun times use the NOAA solar algorithm and are accurate to about one minute below 65° latitude. Moon phase is a mean-phase approximation, accurate to a few hours.

Practical facts — France #

Currency

EUR €

Plug type

C, E

Voltage

230 V / 50 Hz

Dialling code

+33

Emergency number

112

Drives on the

right

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Updated: 2026-10-18