United States · 64.84°N, 147.72°W
Daylight hours in Fairbanks
Fairbanks gets 21h 50m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 3h 41m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 18h 09m across the year. Its summer is in June.
Today in Fairbanks
Sunrise and sunset through the year
Local time, including daylight saving time where Fairbanks observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.
Key days
Daylight by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 10:55 | 14:55 | 4h 00m |
| February 1 | 09:37 | 16:33 | 6h 56m |
| March 1 | 08:01 | 18:07 | 10h 06m |
| April 1 | 07:08 | 20:43 | 13h 36m |
| May 1 | 05:18 | 22:20 | 17h 02m |
| June 1 | 03:33 | 00:07 | 20h 34m |
| July 1 | 03:12 | 00:39 | 21h 27m |
| August 1 | 04:52 | 23:04 | 18h 12m |
| September 1 | 06:32 | 21:12 | 14h 39m |
| October 1 | 08:01 | 19:21 | 11h 20m |
| November 1 | 08:39 | 16:31 | 7h 52m |
| December 1 | 10:20 | 15:02 | 4h 42m |
Cities with similar daylight
These cities sit within 3° of Fairbanks’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:
- Arkhangel’sk 64.54°N
- Nuuk 64.18°N
- Reykjavik 64.14°N
- Tórshavn 62.01°N
Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Fairbanks’s are shortest:
More: all cities between 60°–70° North · compare Fairbanks with any city
Fairbanks is beyond 60° latitude, so it doesn’t appear in the daily puzzle: so far from the equator, days are extreme enough to give the game away.