Top 50 Cities with Longest Summer Days
Cities ranked by daylight hours on the summer solstice. Higher latitudes experience dramatically longer days, with some Arctic cities enjoying near-continuous sunlight.
About Summer Solstice Day Length
The summer solstice occurs around June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere and December 21 in the Southern. Cities closer to the poles experience more extreme day lengths - with locations above the Arctic Circle (66.5°N) potentially having 24 hours of continuous daylight, known as the "midnight sun." This ranking shows the total daylight hours for each city's summer solstice.
Complete Rankings
Sorted by summer solstice day length (longest to shortest)
Murmansk
Russia
Norilsk
Russia
Oulu
Finland
Severodvinsk
Russia
Arkhangel’sk
Russia
Reykjavík
Iceland
Umeå
Sweden
Ukhta
Russia
Trondheim
Norway
Noyabrsk
Russia
Kuopio
Finland
Jyväskylä
Finland
Yakutsk
Russia
Petrozavodsk
Russia
Syktyvkar
Russia
Tampere
Finland
Surgut
Russia
Anchorage
Alaska, United States
Nefteyugansk
Russia
Khanty-Mansiysk
Russia
Lahti
Finland
Nizhnevartovsk
Russia
Turku
Finland
Bergen
Norway
Vantaa
Finland
Espoo
Finland
East Helsinki
Finland
Helsinki
Finland
Kalininskiy
Russia
Akademicheskoe
Russia
Krasnogvargeisky
Russia
Vasyl'evsky Ostrov
Russia
Petrogradka
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Oslo
Norway
Centralniy
Russia
Admiralteisky
Russia
Uppsala
Sweden
Kolpino
Russia
Drammen
Norway
Solikamsk
Russia
Västerås
Sweden
Tallinn
Estonia
Sollentuna
Sweden
Berezniki
Russia
Stockholm
Sweden
Södermalm
Sweden
Örebro
Sweden
Vologda
Russia
Cherepovets
Russia
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