The opening of the Paris Olympics on the Seine
26 July 2024 · 19:30 · Paris, France
At 7:30 pm the athletes sailed down the Seine for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The real weather and sky of that evening.
The weather that day
- 18.7 to 21.9 °C, rain, 3.3 mm of rain.
- A northwest wind, 5 km/h on average, and pressure from 1012 to 1013 hPa.
The sky
- Sunrise at 06:17, sunset at 21:37.
- The moon: last quarter, 66% lit.
Its name
Ombrance: Ten hours of rain: summer in Paris.
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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.