Sunrise and sunset in Saint-Tropez
When does the sun rise and set in Saint-Tropez today, and how does that change through the year? Below are today’s times, a table for the whole year and the viewpoints in Saint-Tropez where you can check, on a real photo, exactly where the sun will be.
Today and tomorrow
Where to watch the sunrise and sunset in Saint-Tropez
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Coastal path, Saint-Tropez
Sunrise view
This is a view for summer sunrises: from late April to mid-August the sun rises inside this frame, straight out of the open sea to the right of the distant Esterel mountains, a minute or two after the official sunrise time.
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Pampelonne beach, Ramatuelle
Sunrise view
For most of the year the sun rises straight out of the sea in this frame: around the equinoxes just left of centre, in winter on the right.
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Port Grimaud
Sunrise view
From mid-April to the end of August the sun rises inside this frame, out of the sea at the mouth of the gulf, a minute or two after the official sunrise time.
Through the year
Saint-Tropez gets about 15.4 hours of daylight around the June solstice and about 9 hours around the December solstice. On June 21 the sun rises at 5:53 and sets at 21:17; on December 21 it rises at 8:02 and sets at 17:00. The earliest sunset of the year is around December 9 (16:57), and the latest sunrise around January 3 (8:05).
The direction changes as much as the time. In June the sun rises in the north-east (56°) and sets in the north-west (304°); in December it rises in the south-east (122°) and sets in the south-west (238°). That is why the same viewpoint can show the sun over the sea in one season and behind the hills, or outside the view, in another.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
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| January 1 | 8:05 | 17:08 | 9 h 03 min |
| January 15 | 8:02 | 17:23 | 9 h 21 min |
| February 1 | 7:49 | 17:45 | 9 h 56 min |
| February 15 | 7:31 | 18:04 | 10 h 33 min |
| March 1 | 7:09 | 18:22 | 11 h 12 min |
| March 15 | 6:45 | 18:39 | 11 h 54 min |
| April 1 | 7:15 | 19:59 | 12 h 44 min |
| April 15 | 6:51 | 20:16 | 13 h 25 min |
| May 1 | 6:26 | 20:34 | 14 h 08 min |
| May 15 | 6:09 | 20:50 | 14 h 41 min |
| June 1 | 5:56 | 21:06 | 15 h 11 min |
| June 15 | 5:52 | 21:15 | 15 h 23 min |
| July 1 | 5:57 | 21:17 | 15 h 20 min |
| July 15 | 6:06 | 21:11 | 15 h 05 min |
| August 1 | 6:23 | 20:55 | 14 h 32 min |
| August 15 | 6:38 | 20:36 | 13 h 58 min |
| September 1 | 6:57 | 20:08 | 13 h 11 min |
| September 15 | 7:12 | 19:43 | 12 h 31 min |
| October 1 | 7:30 | 19:14 | 11 h 44 min |
| October 15 | 7:47 | 18:50 | 11 h 04 min |
| November 1 | 7:08 | 17:25 | 10 h 17 min |
| November 15 | 7:26 | 17:09 | 9 h 43 min |
| December 1 | 7:45 | 16:59 | 9 h 13 min |
| December 15 | 7:58 | 16:58 | 9 h 00 min |
Local time (CET in winter, CEST in summer). The times differ by no more than a minute or two from year to year.
More about where and when to watch: our guide to sunrises and sunsets on the French Riviera.