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
Oulu
Finland
Arkhangel’sk
Russia
Trondheim
Norway
Yakutsk
Russia
Petrozavodsk
Russia
Syktyvkar
Russia
Tampere
Finland
Surgut
Russia
Anchorage
Alaska, United States
Nizhnevartovsk
Russia
Turku
Finland
Bergen
Norway
Vantaa
Finland
Espoo
Finland
Helsinki
Finland
Kalininskiy
Russia
Krasnogvargeisky
Russia
Vasyl'evsky Ostrov
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Oslo
Norway
Centralniy
Russia
Tallinn
Estonia
Stockholm
Sweden
Vologda
Russia
Cherepovets
Russia
Kirov
Russia
Velikiy Novgorod
Russia
Rybinsk
Russia
Perm
Russia
Nizhny Tagil
Russia
Pskov
Russia
Kostroma
Russia
Göteborg
Sweden
Yaroslavl
Russia
Tyumen
Russia
Ivanovo
Russia
Riga
Latvia
Yekaterinburg
Russia
Izhevsk
Russia
Tver
Russia
Yoshkar-Ola
Russia
Tomsk
Russia
Nizhniy Novgorod
Russia
Dzerzhinsk
Russia
Cheboksary
Russia
Vladimir
Russia
Århus
Denmark
Bratsk
Russia
Krasnoyarsk
Russia
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