Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland · 66.5° N
Sunrise and sunset in Rovaniemi
Today's sunrise, sunset and length of day just south of the Arctic Circle, with the next two weeks and the whole year at a glance.
Thursday 5 November 2026 · local time (EET)
Sunrise
08:30
Sunset
15:29
Day length
6 h 59 min
−7 min 30 s from yesterday
Civil twilight
07:28–16:31
Usable daylight 9 h 03 min
Solar noon at 12:00, when the sun stands 7.8° above the horizon.
The next two weeks
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov | 08:30 | 15:29 | 6 h 59 min |
| Fri 6 Nov | 08:34 | 15:25 | 6 h 51 min |
| Sat 7 Nov | 08:38 | 15:22 | 6 h 44 min |
| Sun 8 Nov | 08:42 | 15:18 | 6 h 36 min |
| Mon 9 Nov | 08:46 | 15:14 | 6 h 29 min |
| Tue 10 Nov | 08:49 | 15:11 | 6 h 21 min |
| Wed 11 Nov | 08:53 | 15:07 | 6 h 13 min |
| Thu 12 Nov | 08:57 | 15:03 | 6 h 06 min |
| Fri 13 Nov | 09:01 | 14:59 | 5 h 58 min |
| Sat 14 Nov | 09:05 | 14:56 | 5 h 51 min |
| Sun 15 Nov | 09:09 | 14:52 | 5 h 43 min |
| Mon 16 Nov | 09:13 | 14:49 | 5 h 35 min |
| Tue 17 Nov | 09:17 | 14:45 | 5 h 28 min |
| Wed 18 Nov | 09:21 | 14:41 | 5 h 20 min |
Through the year 2026
| 1st of | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10:58 | 13:43 | 2 h 45 min |
| February | 09:18 | 15:43 | 6 h 26 min |
| March | 07:31 | 17:28 | 9 h 56 min |
| April | 06:30 | 20:13 | 13 h 43 min |
| May | 04:30 | 22:01 | 17 h 31 min |
| June | 02:11 | 00:24 +1 | 22 h 13 min |
| July | — | — | 24 h, midnight sun |
| August | 03:55 | 22:48 | 18 h 53 min |
| September | 05:49 | 20:42 | 14 h 52 min |
| October | 07:27 | 18:44 | 11 h 16 min |
| November | 08:15 | 15:44 | 7 h 29 min |
| December | 10:13 | 13:58 | 3 h 45 min |
Daylight in Rovaniemi through the year
Rovaniemi lies at 66.5° N, a few kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. Here the length of the day swings from round-the-clock sun in summer to a couple of hours in December, and it changes fast in between.
Midnight sun
In 2026, the sun stays above the horizon around the clock from 7 June to 6 July. For about ten days either side of that, it sets after midnight and rises again less than two hours later. From around 10 May to early August the sun never sinks far enough for the sky to get properly dark.
The shortest day
On 21 December, the sun is up for 2 h 14 min, rising at 11:08 and setting at 13:22. It barely clears the horizon, but it does rise: Rovaniemi is just too far south for polar night. Twilight stretches the usable light to about 5 h 57 min.
The fastest change
Around the spring and autumn equinoxes, the day grows or shrinks by up to 7 min 39 s from one day to the next, so a week makes a visible difference.
Darkness and the northern lights
The aurora needs a dark sky. After civil twilight ends, with the sun 6° below the horizon, the brightest stars come out, and from late August the nights are dark enough for the northern lights. See tonight's northern lights forecast.
About these times
The times are for the centre of Rovaniemi in local time, for the top edge of the sun on a flat horizon. Hills and forest delay sunrise and bring sunset forward. This far north the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle, so even a low ridge can shift the times by many minutes.