Nordic Explorer

Daylight in Copenhagen

9h 52m of daylight today — sunrise 07:58, sunset 17:50. It is astronomically dark for 10h 00m.

Computed for 55.6761°N 12.5683°E on . No feed, so nothing here can be stale or unavailable.

Denmark's capital, 55.7°N, the furthest south of the cities here.

Today against the solstices

Longest day17h 32m
Today9h 52m
Shortest day7h 02m

Through the year

DateSunriseSunsetDaylightDark enough for the aurora
1 Jan 08:38 15:47 7h 08m 12h 12m
1 Feb 08:01 16:43 8h 42m 11h 00m
1 Mar 06:58 17:44 10h 46m 9h 08m
20 Mar spring equinox 06:09 18:23 12h 14m 7h 32m
1 Apr 06:38 19:47 13h 08m 6h 20m
1 May 05:25 20:47 15h 22m 1h 54m
1 Jun 04:33 21:41 17h 08m never
21 Jun summer solstice 04:25 21:57 17h 32m never
1 Jul 04:31 21:56 17h 26m never
1 Aug 05:16 21:15 15h 58m never
1 Sept 06:16 20:03 13h 46m 5h 26m
22 Sept autumn equinox 06:56 19:08 12h 12m 7h 34m
1 Oct 07:14 18:45 11h 30m 8h 22m
1 Nov 07:17 16:30 9h 14m 10h 36m
1 Dec 08:16 15:42 7h 26m 12h 00m
21 Dec winter solstice 08:37 15:38 7h 02m 12h 18m

Sampled on the 1st of each month and on the four turning points, in 2026. Times are Copenhagen local time and include the summer-time change, on 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.

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