Sunset from Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille
From the terrace below the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde, high above Marseille, you look west over the rooftops to the Château d'If, the Frioul islands and the open sea. Pick a date and time to see where the sun will set in this view.
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Estimated from cloud forecasts for this viewpoint and for the sky about 40 km towards the horizon. Forecasts more than 2–3 days ahead are less precise. Pick a day to see it in the view above.
Weather data: MET Norway (opens in a new tab) (CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)); scores calculated by getasunrise.com.
When the sun sets in this view
From mid-February to the end of March and from mid-September to the end of October the sun sets inside this frame, straight into the open sea above the Frioul islands, at the official sunset time.
In winter it sets further left, beyond the left edge of this view; in late spring and summer it goes down far to the right, over the coast west of Marseille.
Where it is
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Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 13006 Marseille, France · Open in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
The terraces around the basilica close in the evening (check the opening hours before you go); the photo was taken with a telephoto lens, so the islands look closer than to the eye.