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June solstice

Solstice that occurs each June (summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice in Southern Hemisphere)

UT date and time of equinoxes and solstices on Earth¹ ²

event	equinox		solstice		equinox		solstice
month	March		June		September		December
year	day	time	day	time	day	time	day	time
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	09:01	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
2030	20	13:51	21	07:31	22	23:27	21	20:09

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 or summer solstice. During June solstice, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, located in the northern hemisphere.

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Solar year

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

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 +.

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Fennoscandia and the Baltic states
Murmansk	—	—	24 h
Apatity	—	—	24 h
Bodø	—	—	24 h
Rovaniemi	—	—	24 h
Luleå	1:00	0:05+	23 h 04 min
Arkhangelsk	1:34	23:04	21 h 30 min
Reykjavík	2:55	0:03+	21 h 08 min
Trondheim	3:02	23:37	20 h 35 min
Tórshavn	3:36	23:21	19 h 45 min
Petrozavodsk	2:55	22:33	19 h 38 min
Helsinki	3:54	22:49	18 h 55 min
Saint Petersburg	3:35	22:25	18 h 50 min
Oslo	3:53	22:43	18 h 49 min
Tallinn	4:03	22:42	18 h 39 min
Stockholm	3:30	22:07	18 h 37 min
Riga	4:29	22:21	17 h 52 min
Copenhagen	4:25	21:57	17 h 32 min
Vilnius	4:41	21:59	17 h 17 min

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Europe
Edinburgh	4:26	22:02	17 h 36 min
Moscow	3:44	21:17	17 h 33 min
Berlin	4:43	21:33	16 h 49 min
Warsaw	4:14	21:00	16 h 46 min
London	4:43	21:21	16 h 38 min
Kyiv	4:46	21:12	16 h 26 min
Paris	5:46	21:57	16 h 10 min
Vienna	4:53	20:58	16 h 04 min
Budapest	4:46	20:44	15 h 58 min
Zürich	5:29	21:25	15 h 56 min
Rome	5:34	20:48	15 h 13 min
Madrid	6:44	21:48	15 h 03 min
Lisbon	6:11	21:04	14 h 52 min
Athens	6:02	20:50	14 h 48 min

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Africa
Cairo	4:54	18:59	14 h 04 min
Tenerife	7:08	21:05	13 h 57 min
Dakar	6:41	19:41	12 h 59 min
Addis Ababa	6:07	18:46	12 h 38 min
Nairobi	6:32	18:35	12 h 02 min
Kinshasa	6:04	17:56	11 h 52 min
Dar es Salaam	6:32	18:16	11 h 43 min
Luanda	6:20	17:56	11 h 36 min
Jamestown	6:49	17:59	11 h 10 min
Antananarivo	6:21	17:21	10 h 59 min
Windhoek	6:30	17:15	10 h 44 min
Johannesburg	6:54	17:24	10 h 29 min
Cape Town	7:51	17:44	9 h 53 min

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Middle East
Tehran	5:48	20:23	14 h 34 min
Beirut	5:27	19:52	14 h 24 min
Baghdad	4:53	19:14	14 h 21 min
Jerusalem	5:33	19:47	14 h 13 min
Manama	4:45	18:32	13 h 46 min
Doha	4:44	18:26	13 h 42 min
Dubai	5:29	19:11	13 h 42 min
Riyadh	5:04	18:44	13 h 39 min
Muscat	5:19	18:55	13 h 35 min
Sana'a	5:33	18:35	13 h 02 min

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Americas
Inuvik	—	—	24 h
Fairbanks	2:57	0:47+	21 h 49 min
Nuuk	2:53	0:03+	21 h 09 min
Iqaluit	2:11	23:00	20 h 49 min
Anchorage	4:20	23:41	19 h 21 min
Kodiak	5:07	23:14	18 h 06 min
Sitka	4:06	22:00	17 h 54 min
Unalaska	6:34	23:41	17 h 06 min
Edmonton	5:04	22:07	17 h 02 min
Winnipeg	5:19	21:40	16 h 21 min
Vancouver	5:06	21:21	16 h 14 min
Seattle	5:11	21:10	15 h 59 min
Ottawa	5:14	20:54	15 h 40 min
Toronto	5:35	21:02	15 h 26 min
New York	5:24	20:30	15 h 05 min
Washington, D.C.	5:42	20:36	14 h 53 min
Los Angeles	5:42	20:07	14 h 25 min
Miami	6:30	20:14	13 h 44 min
Havana	6:44	20:17	13 h 33 min
Honolulu	5:50	19:16	13 h 25 min
Mexico City	6:59	20:17	13 h 18 min
Kingston	5:32	18:45	13 h 13 min
Bridgetown	5:33	18:27	12 h 54 min
Managua	5:21	18:11	12 h 50 min
Port of Spain	5:45	18:30	12 h 45 min
Georgetown	5:38	18:09	12 h 31 min
Bogotá	5:46	18:09	12 h 23 min
Quito	6:12	18:19	12 h 06 min
Lima	6:27	17:52	11 h 24 min
La Paz	6:59	18:08	11 h 08 min
Rio de Janeiro	6:32	17:16	10 h 43 min
São Paulo	6:47	17:28	10 h 40 min
Porto Alegre	7:20	17:32	10 h 12 min
Santiago	7:46	17:42	9 h 56 min
Buenos Aires	8:00	17:50	9 h 49 min
Ushuaia	9:58	17:11	7 h 12 min

City	Sunrise20 June 2016	Sunset20 June 2016	Length of the day
Asia and Oceania
Provideniya	0:52	22:16	21 h 23 min
Magadan	3:37	22:19	18 h 41 min
Petropavlovsk	4:58	21:55	16 h 56 min
Khabarovsk	4:57	21:04	16 h 07 min
Ulaanbaatar	5:52	21:54	16 h 01 min
Vladivostok	5:32	20:55	15 h 22 min
Beijing	4:45	19:46	15 h 00 min
Seoul	5:11	19:56	14 h 46 min
Tokyo	4:25	19:00	14 h 34 min
Shanghai	4:50	19:01	14 h 10 min
Lhasa	6:55	20:58	14 h 03 min
Delhi	5:23	19:21	13 h 58 min
Kathmandu	5:08	19:02	13 h 53 min
Taipei	5:04	18:46	13 h 41 min
Hong Kong	5:39	19:09	13 h 30 min
Manila	5:27	18:27	12 h 59 min
Bangkok	5:51	18:47	12 h 56 min
Singapore	7:00	19:12	12 h 11 min
Jakarta	6:01	17:47	11 h 45 min
Darwin	7:06	18:29	11 h 23 min
Papeete	6:27	17:32	11 h 04 min
Sydney	6:59	16:53	9 h 53 min
Auckland	7:33	17:11	9 h 37 min
Melbourne	7:35	17:07	9 h 32 min
Dunedin	8:19	16:59	8 h 39 min

References

Astronomical Applications Department of USNO. "Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion". Retrieved 1 August 2022. /wiki/USNO ↩
"Solstices and Equinoxes: 2001 to 2100". AstroPixels.com. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018. http://www.astropixels.com/ephemeris/soleq2001.html ↩
Équinoxe de printemps entre 1583 et 2999 http://www.imcce.fr/newsletter/docs/Equinoxe_printemps_1583_2999.pdf ↩
Solstice d’été de 1583 à 2999 http://www.imcce.fr/newsletter/docs/Solstice_ete_1583_2999.pdf ↩
Équinoxe d’automne de 1583 à 2999 http://www.imcce.fr/newsletter/docs/Equinoxe_automne_1583_2999.pdf ↩
Solstice d’hiver http://www.imcce.fr/newsletter/docs/Solstice_hiver_1583_2999.pdf ↩
"Paikallissää Helsinki" [Local weather in Helsinki] (in Finnish). Finnish Meteorological Institute. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016. http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/helsinki ↩
"Jamestown, Saint Helena". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/jamestown ↩
"Fairbanks". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/fairbanks ↩
"Nuuk". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/greenland/nuuk ↩
"Iqaluit". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/canada/iqaluit ↩
"Sitka". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/sitka ↩
"Unalaska". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/unalaska ↩
"Provideniya". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/russia/provideniya ↩
"Katmandu". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/nepal/kathmandu ↩
"Edmonton, Canada". Retrieved 22 June 2016. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/edmonton ↩
"Inuvik, Canada". Retrieved 19 December 2020. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/inuvik ↩
"Winnipeg, Canada". Retrieved 31 July 2021. http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/winnipeg ↩

Solar year

The length of the day on June solstice

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