Bolivia
Colombia
Guyana
French Guiana
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
France
Greece
the Netherlands
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Poland
Portugal
the United Kingdom
the Czech Republic
Switzerland
Turkey
Canada
Mexico
the Dominican Republic
South Africa
Australia
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Norway
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Earth and travel
Seasons and the midnight sun
Why we have seasons, how many hours of daylight each place gets through the year and where the Sun doesn't set in summer or rise in winter.
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Why we have seasons
Earth's axis is tilted 23.4° and always points the same way in space. Through the year, first one hemisphere and then the other leans toward the Sun.
Hours of daylight through the year
Chosen latitudeAt the equator: about 12 hours all year
Midnight sun and polar night at destinations
Dates computed for the whole Sun above or below a flat horizon. Mountains and twilight change what you see a little: even in deep polar night there are a few hours of twilight around noon.
Calculated on your device with the Nautical Almanac's simple solar position formulas and atmospheric refraction; times may be off by a few minutes.
Where to see it on your trip
Places in the guide related to this topic.
Midnight sun
Norway
Norway
Nordkapp
Norway
Lofoten
Sweden
Abisko
Finland
Rovaniemi
Long days in the northern summer
Iceland
Reykjavík
Iceland
Akureyri
Finland
Helsinki
the United States
Anchorage
Long days in the southern summer
Argentina
Ushuaia
Argentina
El Calafate
Chile
Punta Arenas
New Zealand
Queenstown
Twelve hours of sun all year, on the equator
Brazil
Macapá
Brazil
Marco Zero do Equador
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