Sunrise and sunset in French Polynesia

Sunrise today: 6:22 h
Sunset today: 17:46 h

(Times for Papeete)

The times of sunrise and sunset in French Polynesia are caused by the southern position in the hemisphere. Not that far in the south, but quite noticable the longest days are in winter months, while the shortest days fall into our summer. In the northern hemisphere it is vice versa. Papeete is positioned near the 18 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 13:10 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Papeete lasts almost 13 hours.

In these days the sun in Papeete rises at 6:22. The early sunset at 17:46 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Papeete

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of French Polynesia

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for August 3rd., localtime in French Polynesia

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Tautira	06:21 am	05:44 pm	11:23 h
Afaahiti	06:21 am	05:45 pm	11:23 h
Vairao	06:21 am	05:44 pm	11:23 h
Tohautu	06:21 am	05:45 pm	11:23 h
Tiarei	06:21 am	05:45 pm	11:24 h
Taunoa	06:21 am	05:45 pm	11:23 h
Otutara	06:22 am	05:45 pm	11:23 h
Mahina	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Arue	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Pirae	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Papao	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:23 h
Papeete	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Paea	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:23 h
Faaa	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Punaauia	06:22 am	05:46 pm	11:24 h
Afareaitu	06:23 am	05:47 pm	11:24 h
Paopao	06:23 am	05:47 pm	11:24 h
Haapiti	06:23 am	05:47 pm	11:24 h
Uturoa	06:28 am	05:55 pm	11:26 h
Vaitape	06:29 am	05:56 pm	11:27 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Papeete)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	05:35 am	06:40 pm	13:06 h
Februar	05:51 am	06:32 pm	12:41 h
März	06:00 am	06:13 pm	12:14 h
April	06:06 am	05:49 pm	11:44 h
Mai	06:14 am	05:34 pm	11:20 h
Juni	06:25 am	05:32 pm	11:07 h
Juli	06:27 am	05:40 pm	11:13 h
August	06:15 am	05:49 pm	11:34 h
September	05:52 am	05:54 pm	12:02 h
Oktober	05:27 am	05:59 pm	12:32 h
November	05:13 am	06:12 pm	12:59 h
Dezember	05:17 am	06:30 pm	13:13 h

Where does the sun rise in French Polynesia?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in French Polynesia is Rikitea in the region of . There, the sun rises at 6:32 am and sets at 5:40 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Vaitape (Îles Sous-le-Vent) at 5:56 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	05:27 am	08:57 pm	15:29 h
New York (USA)	05:52 am	08:11 pm	14:19 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:44 am	05:18 pm	10:34 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:38 am	06:25 pm	12:47 h
Moscow (Russia)	04:36 am	08:34 pm	15:58 h
Shanghai (China)	05:10 am	06:49 pm	13:39 h
Helsinki (Finland)	05:02 am	09:50 pm	16:47 h