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Daylight hours in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires gets 14h 29m of daylight on its longest day, around December 21, and 9h 50m on its shortest, around June 21: a swing of 4h 39m across the year. Its summer is in December.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Buenos Aires through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on December 21 (14h 29m) and shortest on June 21 (9h 50m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Key days

Longest day14h 29mDecember 21 · 05:38–20:07
Shortest day9h 50mJune 21 · 08:01–17:51
March equinox12h 09mMarch 20 · 06:57–19:06
Fastest change−2.2 min/dayaround March 15

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Buenos Aires on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 105:4520:1014h 26m
February 106:1420:0113h 47m
March 106:4219:3212h 50m
April 107:0718:5011h 43m
May 107:3018:1310h 43m
June 107:5317:529h 59m
July 108:0217:549h 52m
August 107:4818:1310h 25m
September 107:1418:3611h 22m
October 106:3118:5712h 26m
November 105:5319:2313h 30m
December 105:3519:5214h 17m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Buenos Aires’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 Buenos Aires’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 30°–40° South · compare Buenos Aires with any city