June solstice

UT date and time of
equinoxes and solstices on Earth[1][2]
event equinox solstice equinox solstice
month March[3] June[4] September[5] December[6]
year day time day time day time day time
2019 20 21:58 21 15:54 23 07:50 22 04:19
2020 20 03:50 20 21:43 22 13:31 21 10:03
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 09:02 21 02:42 22 18:20 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
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.

Solar year[edit]

The June solstice solar year is the solar year based on the June solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent June solstices.

The length of the day on June solstice[edit]

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[7] as well as from certain other websites.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

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 +.

Fennoscandia and the Baltic states
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
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
Europe
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
United Kingdom 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
Africa
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
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
Middle East
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
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 Sana'a 5:33 18:35 13 h 02 min
Americas
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
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, D.C. 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
Asia and Oceania
City Sunrise
20 June 2016
Sunset
20 June 2016
Length of the day
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

See also[edit]

Astronomy[edit]

Holidays[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Astronomical Applications Department of USNO. "Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion". Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Solstices and Equinoxes: 2001 to 2100". AstroPixels.com. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ Équinoxe de printemps entre 1583 et 2999
  4. ^ Solstice d’été de 1583 à 2999
  5. ^ Équinoxe d’automne de 1583 à 2999
  6. ^ Solstice d’hiver
  7. ^ "Paikallissää Helsinki" [Local weather in Helsinki] (in Finnish). Finnish Meteorological Institute. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Jamestown, Saint Helena". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Fairbanks". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Nuuk". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Iqaluit". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Sitka". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Unalaska". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Provideniya". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Katmandu". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Edmonton, Canada". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Inuvik, Canada". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Winnipeg, Canada". Retrieved 31 July 2021.