Nordic Explorer

Daylight in Kilpisjärvi

11h 48m of daylight today — sunrise 07:35, sunset 19:22. It is astronomically dark for 5h 00m.

Computed for 69.0470°N 20.7970°E on . No feed, so nothing here can be stale or unavailable.

Finland's north-west corner, 69°N.

Today against the solstices

Longest day24h 00m
Today11h 48m
Shortest dayno sunrise

Through the year

DateSunriseSunsetDaylightDark enough for the aurora
1 Jan does not rise — none 13h 18m
1 Feb 10:03 15:34 5h 32m 11h 10m
1 Mar 07:56 17:39 9h 42m 7h 40m
20 Mar spring equinox 06:32 18:53 12h 20m 3h 56m
1 Apr 06:38 20:40 14h 02m never
1 May 04:16 22:49 18h 32m never
1 Jun — does not set 24h 00m never
21 Jun summer solstice — does not set 24h 00m never
1 Jul — does not set 24h 00m never
1 Aug 03:35 23:51 20h 16m never
1 Sept 06:01 21:13 15h 12m never
22 Sept autumn equinox 07:20 19:40 12h 20m 4h 02m
1 Oct 07:54 19:00 11h 06m 6h 00m
1 Nov 09:01 15:42 6h 42m 10h 24m
1 Dec does not rise — none 12h 54m
21 Dec winter solstice does not rise — none 13h 28m

Sampled on the 1st of each month and on the four turning points, in 2026. Times are Kilpisjärvi local time and include the summer-time change, which in Finland is the last Sunday of March and of October.

The last column is the one that matters for the northern lights: the sun more than 18° below the horizon. It is always shorter than the night, and in midsummer it is zero for weeks at a time even where the sun still sets.

Tonight's aurora verdict for this place: Worth going out after 23:00 if the cloud breaks — a 10% chance of aurora overhead. The cloud thins to 67% around 03:00. A full moon (100% lit) is up, so faint arcs will be washed out.

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