Australia · 16.92°S, 145.77°E
Daylight hours in Cairns
Cairns gets 13h 08m of daylight on its longest day, around December 21, and 11h 07m on its shortest, around June 21: a swing of 2h 01m across the year. Its summer is in December.
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Sunrise and sunset through the year
Local time, including daylight saving time where Cairns observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.
Key days
Longest day13h 08mDecember 21 · 05:41–18:50
Shortest day11h 07mJune 21 · 06:46–17:53
March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 06:21–18:29
Fastest change−1.0 min/dayaround March 15
Daylight by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 05:47 | 18:54 | 13h 07m |
| February 1 | 06:06 | 18:57 | 12h 51m |
| March 1 | 06:17 | 18:43 | 12h 26m |
| April 1 | 06:23 | 18:20 | 11h 56m |
| May 1 | 06:30 | 18:00 | 11h 30m |
| June 1 | 06:40 | 17:51 | 11h 11m |
| July 1 | 06:47 | 17:55 | 11h 08m |
| August 1 | 06:43 | 18:05 | 11h 22m |
| September 1 | 06:25 | 18:11 | 11h 46m |
| October 1 | 06:00 | 18:15 | 12h 14m |
| November 1 | 05:40 | 18:23 | 12h 43m |
| December 1 | 05:35 | 18:38 | 13h 03m |
Cities with similar daylight
These cities sit within 3° of Cairns’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 17.79°S
- Harare 17.83°S
- Brasília 15.78°S
- Lusaka 15.41°S
- Antananarivo 18.91°S
- Belo Horizonte 19.92°S
Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Cairns’s are shortest:
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