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Daylight hours in Geneva

Geneva gets 15h 47m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 37m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 7h 10m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Geneva through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (15h 47m) and shortest on December 21 (8h 37m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Key days

Longest day15h 47mJune 21 · 05:44–21:31
Shortest day8h 37mDecember 21 · 08:16–16:52
March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 06:40–18:48
Fastest change+3.3 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Geneva on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 108:1917:008h 41m
February 107:5917:409h 40m
March 107:1618:2111h 05m
April 107:1620:0412h 47m
May 106:2320:4314h 20m
June 105:4921:2015h 31m
July 105:4821:3215h 43m
August 106:1821:0714h 50m
September 106:5620:1713h 20m
October 107:3419:1811h 44m
November 107:1717:2310h 06m
December 107:5816:538h 54m

Cities with similar daylight

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

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