Daylight in Rovaniemi
11h 48m of daylight today — sunrise 07:14, sunset 19:03. It is astronomically dark for 5h 56m.
Computed for 66.5039°N 25.7294°E on . No feed, so nothing here can be stale or unavailable.
On the Arctic Circle — which, because of refraction, means the midnight sun in June and no polar night in December. The sun clears the horizon here on the shortest day.
Today against the solstices
Through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | Dark enough for the aurora |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 10:56 | 13:43 | 2h 46m | 13h 00m |
| 1 Feb | 09:14 | 15:43 | 6h 28m | 11h 10m |
| 1 Mar | 07:28 | 17:28 | 10h 00m | 8h 08m |
| 20 Mar spring equinox | 06:13 | 18:33 | 12h 20m | 5h 10m |
| 1 Apr | 06:26 | 20:13 | 13h 46m | 1h 50m |
| 1 May | 04:26 | 22:00 | 17h 34m | never |
| 1 Jun | 02:05 | 00:24 | 22h 20m | never |
| 21 Jun summer solstice | — | does not set | 24h 00m | never |
| 1 Jul | — | does not set | 24h 00m | never |
| 1 Aug | 03:59 | 22:48 | 18h 50m | never |
| 1 Sept | 05:53 | 20:42 | 14h 50m | never |
| 22 Sept autumn equinox | 07:01 | 19:19 | 12h 18m | 5h 12m |
| 1 Oct | 07:31 | 18:44 | 11h 14m | 6h 44m |
| 1 Nov | 08:19 | 15:44 | 7h 26m | 10h 28m |
| 1 Dec | 10:17 | 13:58 | 3h 42m | 12h 42m |
| 21 Dec winter solstice | 11:08 | 13:22 | 2h 14m | 13h 10m |
Sampled on the 1st of each month and on the four turning points, in 2026. Times are Rovaniemi 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: Clouded out — 100% cloud at best between 22:12 and 04:08.