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Daylight hours in Podgorica

Podgorica gets 15h 16m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 9h 05m on its shortest in December — a difference of 6h 11m across the year.

How fast the days change

Around 17 March, Podgorica gains or loses about 2.9 minutes of daylight every day.

Enough to notice over a fortnight, though the seasons arrive more gently here than further from the equator.

Sunrise and sunset by month

On the 15th of each month, in Europe/Podgorica local time, daylight saving included.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylightSolar noon
January 07:09 16:34 9h 25m 11:52
February 06:39 17:14 10h 35m 11:57
March 05:54 17:48 11h 54m 11:51
April 06:01 19:24 13h 22m 12:42
May 05:21 19:57 14h 36m 12:39
June 05:05 20:21 15h 16m 12:43
July 05:19 20:18 14h 59m 12:48
August 05:50 19:44 13h 55m 12:47
September 06:22 18:53 12h 31m 12:38
October 06:55 18:01 11h 06m 12:28
November 06:33 16:21 9h 47m 11:27
December 07:05 16:10 9h 05m 11:38

Solstices and equinoxes

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
March equinox 20 Mar 05:46 17:54 12h 09m
June solstice 21 Jun 05:05 20:23 15h 18m
September equinox 22 Sep 06:30 18:41 12h 11m
December solstice 21 Dec 07:09 16:12 9h 04m

The equinoxes give almost exactly twelve hours of daylight everywhere on earth — "almost" because sunrise is defined by the sun's upper edge rather than its centre, and the atmosphere bends its light over the horizon before it has really arrived. Both lengthen the day by a few minutes.

Assumptions

  • Sea-level horizon. Hills, mountains and buildings all delay sunrise and bring sunset forward, sometimes by a lot in a valley.
  • Standard refraction. Sunrise is taken at −0.833°, allowing for the sun's disc and average atmospheric bending. Unusual air conditions shift it by a minute or two.
  • Local clock time, with daylight saving applied from the IANA timezone database.

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