How many hours of daylight does Paris get on its longest day?

About 16h 11m, around June 21, with sunrise at 05:48 and sunset at 21:58 local time.

How short is the shortest day in Paris?

About 8h 15m, around December 21, with sunrise at 08:42 and sunset at 16:57 local time.

How much does day length change in Paris through the year?

By 7h 56m between the longest and shortest days. It changes fastest around March 18, by about 3.6 minutes a day.

France · 48.85°N, 2.35°E

Daylight hours in Paris

Paris gets 16h 11m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 15m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 7h 56m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Local time, including daylight saving time where Paris observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day16h 11mJune 21 · 05:48–21:58

Shortest day8h 15mDecember 21 · 08:42–16:57

March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 06:55–19:03

Fastest change+3.6 min/dayaround March 18

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Paris on the first of each month, 2026
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Daylight
January 1	08:45	17:05	8h 20m
February 1	08:22	17:48	9h 26m
March 1	07:34	18:34	11h 00m
April 1	07:30	20:21	12h 51m
May 1	06:31	21:06	14h 34m
June 1	05:53	21:46	15h 53m
July 1	05:52	21:58	16h 07m
August 1	06:24	21:31	15h 07m
September 1	07:08	20:36	13h 28m
October 1	07:50	19:32	11h 42m
November 1	07:38	17:32	9h 54m
December 1	08:23	16:58	8h 35m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Paris’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Vienna 48.21°N
Munich 48.14°N
Prague 50.09°N
Budapest 47.50°N
Kyiv 50.45°N
London 51.51°N

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Paris’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 40°–50° North · compare Paris with any city