United States · 44.98°N, 93.26°W
Daylight hours in Minneapolis
Minneapolis gets 15h 37m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 46m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 6h 51m across the year. Its summer is in June.
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Sunrise and sunset through the year
Local time, including daylight saving time where Minneapolis observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.
Key days
Longest day15h 37mJune 21 · 05:27–21:04
Shortest day8h 46mDecember 21 · 07:49–16:35
March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 07:17–19:26
Fastest change+3.2 min/dayaround March 18
Daylight by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 07:52 | 16:43 | 8h 51m |
| February 1 | 07:34 | 17:21 | 9h 47m |
| March 1 | 06:52 | 18:01 | 11h 09m |
| April 1 | 06:54 | 19:41 | 12h 46m |
| May 1 | 06:03 | 20:19 | 14h 15m |
| June 1 | 05:31 | 20:53 | 15h 22m |
| July 1 | 05:31 | 21:04 | 15h 33m |
| August 1 | 05:59 | 20:41 | 14h 42m |
| September 1 | 06:36 | 19:52 | 13h 16m |
| October 1 | 07:12 | 18:55 | 11h 44m |
| November 1 | 06:52 | 17:03 | 10h 11m |
| December 1 | 07:32 | 16:34 | 9h 02m |
Cities with similar daylight
These cities sit within 3° of Minneapolis’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 Minneapolis’s are shortest:
- Christchurch 43.53°S · compare
- Comodoro Rivadavia 45.86°S · compare
- Dunedin 45.87°S · compare
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