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Daylight in Saariselkä

11h 48m of daylight today — sunrise 07:08, sunset 18:56. It is astronomically dark for 5h 14m.

Computed for 68.4186°N 27.4139°E on . No feed, so nothing here can be stale or unavailable.

68.4°N, in the Urho Kekkonen national park.

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 14m
1 Feb 09:28 15:15 5h 46m 11h 08m
1 Mar 07:27 17:15 9h 48m 7h 48m
20 Mar spring equinox 06:06 18:27 12h 20m 4h 18m
1 Apr 06:14 20:11 13h 56m never
1 May 03:58 22:15 18h 16m 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 03:22 23:11 19h 48m never
1 Sept 05:37 20:44 15h 08m never
22 Sept autumn equinox 06:54 19:13 12h 18m 4h 22m
1 Oct 07:26 18:34 11h 08m 6h 12m
1 Nov 08:28 15:22 6h 54m 10h 24m
1 Dec 11:11 12:55 1h 44m 12h 50m
21 Dec winter solstice does not rise — none 13h 24m

Sampled on the 1st of each month and on the four turning points, in 2026. Times are Saariselkä 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 22:26 and 03:40.

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