On November 1, the sunset in Paris is at 5:30 PM, and by the 30th it has already disappeared at 4:56 PM. Between these two dates, the length of the day goes from roughly 9 hours 53 minutes to about 8 hours 35 or 8 hours 36 of daylight, a loss of about 1 hour 17 minutes.
An after-work outing at 5:15 PM still occurs in daylight at the start of the month. By the 30th, it takes place 19 minutes after sunset. The morning tells the same story: at 7:45, the sun has risen for 8 minutes on November 1, while only 36 minutes remain until sunrise on the 30th.
But these 77 minutes do not fade at a constant pace.
- The day loses nearly 1 hour 20 minutes of daylight between November 1 and November 30 in Paris.
- The daily loss drops from 3 minutes 13 seconds on the 1st to 1 minute 54 seconds on the 30th.
- More than 85% of the month’s daylight loss is already in place by November 25.
1 hour 17 minutes of daylight lost: what the tables show
The sunrise and sunset tables for Paris in November 2026 largely agree on the essentials. On November 1, dawn is at 07:37 and dusk at 17:30, yielding a day of about 9 hours 53 minutes. By the 30th, dawn is at 08:21 and dusk at 16:56, giving 8 hours 35 to 8 hours 36 of daylight. The gap reaches 1 hour 17 minutes 17 seconds in the most precise calculation.
Sometimes there are more generous figures circulating: 9 hours 58 on November 1, 8 hours 33 on the 30th, 1 hour 25 of loss for the month. No table confirms them, and about 1 hour 20 minutes is the closest rounded figure to what they show.
The 8 minutes separating 1 hour 17 from 1 hour 25 weigh in as more than two days of daylight loss, at the pace of November 1 (3 minutes 13 seconds per day).
Seconds vary from table to table: 9:52:54 to 9:53:02 on November 1, 8:35:34 to 8:35:48 on the 30th. These gaps of 8 to 14 seconds do not alter the minutes, and explain why 8:35 and 8:36 occur for the same day.
The sun also stays longer below the horizon. On November 1, it lingers for 14 hours 7 minutes; on the 30th, from 15:24 to 15:25. Relative to the 9 h 53 of daylight on November 1, the loss of 1 hour 17 minutes represents 13% less light, and the share of daylight in the 24 hours drops from about 41% to nearly 36%. Seventy-seven minutes is just under a 90-minute football match, without stoppages.
From 3 minutes 13 seconds to 1 minute 54 seconds per day: a month with two speeds
On November 1, the day shortens by 3 minutes 13 seconds compared to the previous day, i.e., 193 seconds. On the 30th, it loses only 1 minute 54 seconds, or 114 seconds: about 40% less.
This deceleration is explained by the approach of the winter solstice in December, the moment when day length stops decreasing. The closer we get to it, the slower the daily loss becomes. By November 30, it has already dropped to 1 minute 54 seconds.
If the pace had remained fixed at that of November 1, a week would take about 22 minutes of daylight away. If fixed at the pace of the 30th, it would take about 13.
Over the 29 days between the two dates, the average hovers around 2 minutes 40 seconds per day. It masks the inequality: from November 1 to 25, the day goes from 9 h 53 to 8 h 45 or 8 h 46, i.e., 67 to 68 minutes in 24 days, close to 2 minutes 50 seconds per day. The last five days remove only about 10 minutes, around 2 minutes per day. By the 25th, 87 to 88% of the month’s loss is therefore already in the books.
The evening slows, the morning weighs more
On November 25, sunset falls to 5:00 PM.
Since the 1st, the evening has given up 30 minutes in 24 days. The next five days take away only 4 more, down to 4 minutes before 4:56 PM on the 30th. The sunrise, by contrast, slides from 07:37 to 08:21, i.e., 44 minutes more over the month. The evening contributes only 34 minutes to that total, from 5:30 PM to 4:56 PM.
On average, the morning retreats by about 1 minute 30 seconds per day over the month, versus a little more than 1 minute 10 seconds for the evening. And the sunset slows considerably: about 1 minute 15 seconds per day until the 25th, then 48 seconds per day until the 30th.
The morning and evening total 78 minutes, rounding to the 1 hour 17 calculated.
On November 30, the sun sets 4 minutes before 5 PM and rises 21 minutes after 8 AM. The daylight window tightens around these two anchors, between 08:21 and 16:56.
To organize its days, the total daytime length counts less than the sum of sunrise and sunset hours. A trip occurs at 8:00 AM or 5:30 PM, not averaged across the day. By this metric, the morning of November 30 resembles an extended night: the sun only appears at 08:21.
On November 30, the day loses another 1 minute 54 seconds compared to the day before: the decline does not end with the month. To schedule a trip or an outing toward the end of the month, 5:00 PM serves as a reference point: that is the sunset time on November 25, and the sun had moved earlier by 4 minutes by the 30th.
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Sources: date-pratique.fr | ephemeride-jour.fr
