Daylight hours in Daşoguz
Daşoguz gets 15h 12m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 9h 09m on its shortest in December — a difference of 6h 03m across the year.
How fast the days change
Around 17 March, Daşoguz 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 Asia/Ashgabat local time, daylight saving included.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:25 | 17:53 | 9h 28m | 13:09 |
| February | 07:55 | 18:32 | 10h 37m | 13:14 |
| March | 07:12 | 19:06 | 11h 54m | 13:09 |
| April | 06:20 | 19:40 | 13h 20m | 13:00 |
| May | 05:40 | 20:12 | 14h 33m | 12:56 |
| June | 05:24 | 20:36 | 15h 12m | 13:00 |
| July | 05:38 | 20:33 | 14h 56m | 13:06 |
| August | 06:08 | 20:01 | 13h 53m | 13:04 |
| September | 06:40 | 19:10 | 12h 30m | 12:55 |
| October | 07:12 | 18:19 | 11h 07m | 12:45 |
| November | 07:49 | 17:39 | 9h 50m | 12:44 |
| December | 08:20 | 17:29 | 9h 09m | 12:55 |
Solstices and equinoxes
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 20 Mar | 07:03 | 19:11 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice | 21 Jun | 05:25 | 20:38 | 15h 13m |
| September equinox | 22 Sep | 06:47 | 18:58 | 12h 11m |
| December solstice | 21 Dec | 08:24 | 17:32 | 9h 08m |
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.
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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.