UT date and time of equinoxes and solstices on Earth event equinox solstice equinox solstice month March June September December year day time day time day time day time 2021 20 09:37 21 03:32 22 19:21 21 15:59 2022 20 15:33 21 09:14 23 01:04 21 21:48 2023 20 21:25 21 14:58 23 06:50 22 03:28 2024 20 03:07 20 20:51 22 12:44 21 09:20 2025 20 09:01 21 02:42 22 18:19 21 15:03 2026 20 14:46 21 08:25 23 00:06 21 20:50 2027 20 20:25 21 14:11 23 06:02 22 02:43 2028 20 02:17 20 20:02 22 11:45 21 08:20 2029 20 08:01 21 01:48 22 17:37 21 14:14 2030 20 13:51 21 07:31 22 23:27 21 20:09 2031 20 19:41 21 13:17 23 05:15 22 01:56
Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the June solstice The June solstice is the solstice on Earth that occurs annually between 20 and 22 June according to the Gregorian calendar . In the Northern Hemisphere , the June solstice is the summer solstice (the day with the longest period of daylight), while in the Southern Hemisphere it is the winter solstice (the day with the shortest period of daylight). It is also known as the northern solstice . During the June solstice, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer , located in the northern hemisphere.
Solar year The June solstice solar year is the solar year based on the June solstice. It is the length of time between adjacent June solstices.
The length of the day on June solstice The following tables contain information on the length of the day on 20 June 2016, close to the summer solstice of the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice of the Southern Hemisphere . The data was collected from the website of the Finnish Meteorological Institute as well as from certain other websites.
The data is arranged geographically and within the tables from the longest day to the shortest one. Times that occur the next day (21 June) are marked with +.
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Fennoscandia and the Baltic states Russia Murmansk — — 24 h Russia Apatity — — 24 h Norway Bodø — — 24 h Finland Rovaniemi — — 24 h Sweden Luleå 1:00 0:05+ 23 h 04 min Russia Arkhangelsk 1:34 23:04 21 h 30 min Iceland Reykjavík 2:55 0:03+ 21 h 08 min Norway Trondheim 3:02 23:37 20 h 35 min Faroe Islands Tórshavn 3:36 23:21 19 h 45 min Russia Petrozavodsk 2:55 22:33 19 h 38 min Finland Helsinki 3:54 22:49 18 h 55 min Russia Saint Petersburg 3:35 22:25 18 h 50 min Norway Oslo 3:53 22:43 18 h 49 min Estonia Tallinn 4:03 22:42 18 h 39 min Sweden Stockholm 3:30 22:07 18 h 37 min Latvia Riga 4:29 22:21 17 h 52 min Denmark Copenhagen 4:25 21:57 17 h 32 min Lithuania Vilnius 4:41 21:59 17 h 17 min
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Europe Scotland Edinburgh 4:26 22:02 17 h 36 min Russia Moscow 3:44 21:17 17 h 33 min Germany Berlin 4:43 21:33 16 h 49 min Poland Warsaw 4:14 21:00 16 h 46 min United Kingdom London 4:43 21:21 16 h 38 min Ukraine Kyiv 4:46 21:12 16 h 26 min France Paris 5:46 21:57 16 h 10 min Austria Vienna 4:53 20:58 16 h 04 min Hungary Budapest 4:46 20:44 15 h 58 min Switzerland Zürich 5:29 21:25 15 h 56 min Italy Rome 5:34 20:48 15 h 13 min Spain Madrid 6:44 21:48 15 h 03 min Portugal Lisbon 6:11 21:04 14 h 52 min Greece Athens 6:02 20:50 14 h 48 min
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Africa Egypt Cairo 4:54 18:59 14 h 04 min Spain Tenerife 7:08 21:05 13 h 57 min Senegal Dakar 6:41 19:41 12 h 59 min Ethiopia Addis Ababa 6:07 18:46 12 h 38 min Kenya Nairobi 6:32 18:35 12 h 02 min Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 6:04 17:56 11 h 52 min Tanzania Dar es Salaam 6:32 18:16 11 h 43 min Angola Luanda 6:20 17:56 11 h 36 min Saint Helena Jamestown 6:49 17:59 11 h 10 min Madagascar Antananarivo 6:21 17:21 10 h 59 min Namibia Windhoek 6:30 17:15 10 h 44 min South Africa Johannesburg 6:54 17:24 10 h 29 min South Africa Cape Town 7:51 17:44 9 h 53 min
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Middle East Iran Tehran 5:48 20:23 14 h 34 min Lebanon Beirut 5:27 19:52 14 h 24 min Iraq Baghdad 4:53 19:14 14 h 21 min Israel Jerusalem 5:33 19:47 14 h 13 min Bahrain Manama 4:45 18:32 13 h 46 min Qatar Doha 4:44 18:26 13 h 42 min United Arab Emirates Dubai 5:29 19:11 13 h 42 min Saudi Arabia Riyadh 5:04 18:44 13 h 39 min Oman Muscat 5:19 18:55 13 h 35 min Yemen Sanaa 5:33 18:35 13 h 02 min
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Americas Canada Inuvik — — 24 h United States Fairbanks 2:57 0:47+ 21 h 49 min Greenland Nuuk 2:53 0:03+ 21 h 09 min Canada Iqaluit 2:11 23:00 20 h 49 min United States Anchorage 4:20 23:41 19 h 21 min United States Kodiak 5:07 23:14 18 h 06 min United States Sitka 4:06 22:00 17 h 54 min United States Unalaska 6:34 23:41 17 h 06 min Canada Edmonton 5:04 22:07 17 h 02 min Canada Winnipeg 5:19 21:40 16 h 21 min Canada Vancouver 5:06 21:21 16 h 14 min United States Seattle 5:11 21:10 15 h 59 min Canada Ottawa 5:14 20:54 15 h 40 min Canada Toronto 5:35 21:02 15 h 26 min United States New York 5:24 20:30 15 h 05 min United States Washington 5:42 20:36 14 h 53 min United States Los Angeles 5:42 20:07 14 h 25 min United States Miami 6:30 20:14 13 h 44 min Cuba Havana 6:44 20:17 13 h 33 min United States Honolulu 5:50 19:16 13 h 25 min Mexico Mexico City 6:59 20:17 13 h 18 min Jamaica Kingston 5:32 18:45 13 h 13 min Barbados Bridgetown 5:33 18:27 12 h 54 min Nicaragua Managua 5:21 18:11 12 h 50 min Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 5:45 18:30 12 h 45 min Guyana Georgetown 5:38 18:09 12 h 31 min Colombia Bogotá 5:46 18:09 12 h 23 min Ecuador Quito 6:12 18:19 12 h 06 min Peru Lima 6:27 17:52 11 h 24 min Bolivia La Paz 6:59 18:08 11 h 08 min Brazil Rio de Janeiro 6:32 17:16 10 h 43 min Brazil São Paulo 6:47 17:28 10 h 40 min Brazil Porto Alegre 7:20 17:32 10 h 12 min Chile Santiago 7:46 17:42 9 h 56 min Argentina Buenos Aires 8:00 17:50 9 h 49 min Argentina Ushuaia 9:58 17:11 7 h 12 min
City Sunrise 20 June 2016 Sunset 20 June 2016 Length of the day Asia and Oceania Russia Provideniya 0:52 22:16 21 h 23 min Russia Magadan 3:37 22:19 18 h 41 min Russia Petropavlovsk 4:58 21:55 16 h 56 min Russia Khabarovsk 4:57 21:04 16 h 07 min Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 5:52 21:54 16 h 01 min Russia Vladivostok 5:32 20:55 15 h 22 min China Beijing 4:45 19:46 15 h 00 min South Korea Seoul 5:11 19:56 14 h 46 min Japan Tokyo 4:25 19:00 14 h 34 min China Shanghai 4:50 19:01 14 h 10 min China Lhasa 6:55 20:58 14 h 03 min India Delhi 5:23 19:21 13 h 58 min Nepal Kathmandu 5:08 19:02 13 h 53 min Taiwan Taipei 5:04 18:46 13 h 41 min Hong Kong Hong Kong 5:39 19:09 13 h 30 min Philippines Manila 5:27 18:27 12 h 59 min Thailand Bangkok 5:51 18:47 12 h 56 min Singapore Singapore 7:00 19:12 12 h 11 min Indonesia Jakarta 6:01 17:47 11 h 45 min Australia Darwin 7:06 18:29 11 h 23 min French Polynesia Papeete 6:27 17:32 11 h 04 min Australia Sydney 6:59 16:53 9 h 53 min New Zealand Auckland 7:33 17:11 9 h 37 min Australia Melbourne 7:35 17:07 9 h 32 min New Zealand Dunedin 8:19 16:59 8 h 39 min
The length of day increases from the equator towards the North Pole in the Northern Hemisphere in June (around the summer solstice there), but decreases towards the South Pole in the Southern Hemisphere at the time of the southern winter solstice.
See also Astronomy Holidays 