Solar almanac · 2026-01-15 · Greenland

Golden hour in Nuuk in January

64.1836° N
51.7214° W
America/Nuuk

Daily solar times for January 2026 in local time (America/Nuuk).

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Golden hour & blue hour

WindowStartsEnds
Blue hour (morning)08:4209:46
Golden hour (morning)10:54—
Golden hour (evening)—16:19
Blue hour (evening)17:2618:30

Light profile · calculated

Golden hour in Nuuk through the year

Midsummer
118 min
Equinox
63 min
Midwinter
—

Length of the evening golden-hour window.

Nuuk lies at 64.18° N, in the subpolar zone, with drawn-out twilight either side of midsummer. Its longest measured day falls on Sat 20 June 2026 with 21h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on Sun 20 December 2026 with 4h 06m — a difference of 17h 05m between the two extremes.

The sun sets toward 341° NNW in late June and toward 208° SSW in late December, a shift of about 133° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Nuuk, around midsummer the sky never reaches full darkness — evening blue hour runs into morning twilight.

Reference day · 2026-01-15

+6 min/day

Sunrise
10:54

rises at 143° SE

Sunset
16:19

sets at 217° SW

Solar noon
13:36
Day length
5h 25m

Daylight envelope · January

+2h 38m
Each bar is one day. The cool line traces sunrise; the warm line traces sunset.

January averages

Avg sunrise
10:49
Avg sunset
16:23
Avg day length
5h 34m
Day length change
+2h 38m

First to last day

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
2026-01-0111:1915:424h 23m
2026-01-0211:1715:444h 26m
2026-01-0311:1615:464h 30m
2026-01-0411:1515:484h 33m
2026-01-0511:1315:514h 37m
2026-01-0611:1215:534h 41m
2026-01-0711:1015:564h 46m
2026-01-0811:0815:584h 50m
2026-01-0911:0716:014h 54m
2026-01-1011:0516:044h 59m
2026-01-1111:0316:075h 04m
2026-01-1211:0016:105h 09m
2026-01-1310:5816:135h 14m
2026-01-1410:5616:165h 19m
2026-01-1510:5416:195h 25m
2026-01-1610:5116:225h 30m
2026-01-1710:4916:255h 36m
2026-01-1810:4616:285h 42m
2026-01-1910:4416:315h 47m
2026-01-2010:4116:345h 53m
2026-01-2110:3916:385h 59m
2026-01-2210:3616:416h 05m
2026-01-2310:3316:446h 11m
2026-01-2410:3016:476h 17m
2026-01-2510:2816:516h 23m
2026-01-2610:2516:546h 29m
2026-01-2710:2216:576h 36m
2026-01-2810:1917:016h 42m
2026-01-2910:1617:046h 48m
2026-01-3010:1317:076h 55m
2026-01-3110:1017:117h 01m

Annual light rhythm · Nuuk

4h 12m—21h 05m
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Longest days in June (21h 05m), shortest in December (4h 12m).

Other views for Nuuk