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Daylight hours in Skopje

Skopje gets 15h 13m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 9h 08m on its shortest in December — a difference of 6h 05m across the year.

How fast the days change

Around 17 March, Skopje gains or loses about 2.8 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/Skopje local time, daylight saving included.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylightSolar noon
January 06:59 16:27 9h 28m 11:43
February 06:30 17:06 10h 37m 11:48
March 05:46 17:40 11h 54m 11:43
April 05:53 19:14 13h 21m 12:34
May 05:13 19:47 14h 34m 12:30
June 04:58 20:11 15h 13m 12:34
July 05:12 20:08 14h 56m 12:40
August 05:42 19:35 13h 53m 12:38
September 06:14 18:44 12h 30m 12:29
October 06:46 17:53 11h 07m 12:20
November 06:24 16:13 9h 49m 11:18
December 06:55 16:03 9h 08m 11:29

Solstices and equinoxes

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
March equinox 20 Mar 05:37 17:45 12h 09m
June solstice 21 Jun 04:58 20:13 15h 14m
September equinox 22 Sep 06:21 18:32 12h 11m
December solstice 21 Dec 06:58 16:05 9h 07m

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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