Trip timing
How much daylight will you get?
Sunrise, sunset and usable light for every month of your trip — and when the clocks shift them.
Listed from the biggest seasonal swing to the smallest. How we calculate
Time-zone boundaries: contains information from timezone-boundary-builder 2026e, © OpenStreetMap contributors, made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Our derived place time-zone table is available under the same licence.
| Place | Country | Shortest day | Longest day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murmansk | Russia | No sunrise | No sunset |
| Reykjavík | Iceland | 4 h 07 min | 21 h 09 min |
| Anchorage | United States | 5 h 27 min | 19 h 23 min |
| Helsinki | Finland | 5 h 49 min | 18 h 56 min |
| London | United Kingdom | 7 h 50 min | 16 h 38 min |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | 8 h 11 min | 16 h 15 min |
| Paris | France | 8 h 15 min | 16 h 11 min |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 9 h 13 min | 15 h 08 min |
| New York | United States | 9 h 15 min | 15 h 06 min |
| Madrid | Spain | 9 h 17 min | 15 h 04 min |
| Beijing | China | 9 h 20 min | 15 h 01 min |
| Tokyo | Japan | 9 h 44 min | 14 h 35 min |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | 9 h 50 min | 14 h 29 min |
| Los Angeles | United States | 9 h 53 min | 14 h 25 min |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 9 h 54 min | 14 h 25 min |
| Sydney | Australia | 9 h 54 min | 14 h 25 min |
| Cairo | Egypt | 10 h 13 min | 14 h 05 min |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 10 h 34 min | 13 h 43 min |
| Mumbai | India | 10 h 59 min | 13 h 17 min |
| Singapore | Singapore | 12 h 03 min | 12 h 12 min |