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Daylight hours in Irkutsk

Irkutsk gets 16h 47m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 7h 41m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 9h 06m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Irkutsk through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (16h 47m) and shortest on December 21 (7h 41m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Key days

Longest day16h 47mJune 21 · 04:42–21:29
Shortest day7h 41mDecember 21 · 09:11–16:52
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 07:08–19:15
Fastest change+4.1 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Irkutsk on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 109:1317:007h 47m
February 108:4517:499h 03m
March 107:5118:4110h 50m
April 106:3919:3612h 56m
May 105:3420:2814h 54m
June 104:4921:1516h 26m
July 104:4621:2916h 43m
August 105:2320:5715h 33m
September 106:1419:5413h 40m
October 107:0418:4311h 40m
November 107:5817:369h 38m
December 108:5016:558h 05m

Cities with similar daylight

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

More: all cities between 50°–60° North · compare Irkutsk with any city