June Solstice
The June solstice is the solstice on Earth that occurs annually between 20 and 22 June according to the Gregorian calendar.
| event | equinox | solstice | equinox | solstice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| month | March | June | September | December | ||||
| year | day | time | day | time | day | time | day | time |
| 2019 | 20 | 21:58 | 21 | 15:54 | 23 | 07:50 | 22 | 04:19 |
| 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 | 09:02 | 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 |
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.
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 as well as from certain other websites.
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 +.
| Fennoscandia and the Baltic states | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Europe | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Africa | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Middle East | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Americas | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Asia and Oceania | |||
| City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 | Sunset 20 June 2016 | Length of the day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also
Astronomy
Holidays
References
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