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Daylight hours in Almaty

Almaty gets 15h 24m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 58m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 6h 26m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Almaty through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (15h 24m) and shortest on December 21 (8h 58m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Almaty observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day15h 24mJune 21 · 04:13–19:37
Shortest day8h 58mDecember 21 · 07:22–16:20
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 05:57–18:04
Fastest change+3.0 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Almaty on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 107:2516:279h 02m
February 107:0917:049h 55m
March 106:3017:4111h 11m
April 105:3618:1812h 42m
May 104:4718:5314h 06m
June 104:1619:2615h 10m
July 104:1619:3715h 21m
August 104:4319:1614h 34m
September 105:1718:3013h 13m
October 105:5017:3611h 46m
November 106:2716:4610h 19m
December 107:0516:199h 14m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Almaty’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Almaty’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 40°–50° North · compare Almaty with any city