Summer Solstice

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.

#1 Murmansk
Longest summer daylight
24h 0m
Longest summer day
19h 15m
Average in top 50
61°
Avg latitude of top 50

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)

1

Murmansk

Russia

24h 0m
2

Norilsk

Russia

24h 0m
3

Oulu

Finland

21h 23m
4

Severodvinsk

Russia

20h 59m
5

Arkhangel’sk

Russia

20h 58m
6

Reykjavík

Iceland

20h 40m
7

Umeå

Sweden

20h 26m
8

Ukhta

Russia

20h 16m
9

Trondheim

Norway

20h 11m
10

Noyabrsk

Russia

20h 3m
11

Kuopio

Finland

19h 53m
12

Jyväskylä

Finland

19h 32m
13

Yakutsk

Russia

19h 26m
14

Petrozavodsk

Russia

19h 20m
15

Syktyvkar

Russia

19h 16m
16

Tampere

Finland

19h 12m
17

Surgut

Russia

19h 5m
18

Anchorage

Alaska, United States

19h 5m
19

Nefteyugansk

Russia

19h 2m
20

Khanty-Mansiysk

Russia

18h 59m
21

Lahti

Finland

18h 59m
22

Nizhnevartovsk

Russia

18h 58m
23

Turku

Finland

18h 46m
24

Bergen

Norway

18h 45m
25

Vantaa

Finland

18h 43m
26

Espoo

Finland

18h 41m
27

East Helsinki

Finland

18h 41m
28

Helsinki

Finland

18h 40m
29

Kalininskiy

Russia

18h 37m
30

Akademicheskoe

Russia

18h 37m
31

Krasnogvargeisky

Russia

18h 36m
32

Vasyl'evsky Ostrov

Russia

18h 35m
33

Petrogradka

Russia

18h 35m
34

Saint Petersburg

Russia

18h 35m
35

Oslo

Norway

18h 35m
36

Centralniy

Russia

18h 35m
37

Admiralteisky

Russia

18h 35m
38

Uppsala

Sweden

18h 34m
39

Kolpino

Russia

18h 31m
40

Drammen

Norway

18h 31m
41

Solikamsk

Russia

18h 29m
42

Västerås

Sweden

18h 28m
43

Tallinn

Estonia

18h 25m
44

Sollentuna

Sweden

18h 25m
45

Berezniki

Russia

18h 24m
46

Stockholm

Sweden

18h 22m
47

Södermalm

Sweden

18h 22m
48

Örebro

Sweden

18h 22m
49

Vologda

Russia

18h 20m
50

Cherepovets

Russia

18h 19m

Sunniest Cities

Cities ranked by the number of clear, sunny days per year.

View rankings

Shortest Shadows

Cities where the sun reaches closest to directly overhead.

View rankings