How long is a year on Venus?
Data as of July 2026
225 Earth daysone orbit of the Sun
A year on Venus, one full trip round the Sun, lasts 225 Earth days, or 0.62 Earth years. Counted in Venus's own days (sunrise to sunrise), that is 1.9 Venus days.
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What a Venus year means
Venus is the only planet whose spin takes longer than its year: one rotation lasts 243 Earth days, the year 225. Counted from sunrise to sunrise, a Venus year is just under two of its days.
One year
225 Earth days
In Earth years
0.62
In Venus days
1.9
If you are 30 on Earth
you'd be 49 in Venus years
Distance from the Sun
0.72 AU
A day there
117 Earth days
Year length on every world
| World | One year | In its own days |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 88 Earth days | 0.5 |
| Venus | 225 Earth days | 1.9 |
| Earth | 365 Earth days | 365.25 |
| Mars | 687 Earth days | 669 |
| Jupiter | 11.9 Earth years | about 10,500 |
| Saturn | 29 Earth years | about 24,200 |
| Uranus | 84 Earth years | about 42,700 |
| Neptune | 165 Earth years | about 89,700 |
| Pluto | 248 Earth years | about 14,200 |
The farther out a world orbits, the longer its year, and not just because the path is longer: the Sun's pull is weaker out there, so the outer planets also move more slowly. In the interactive view, speed up time and watch the inner planets lap the outer ones.
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✓ Facts verified July 2026
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