Sunrise in Helsinki today

Helsinki lies at 60°N. In Helsinki, day length ranges from 5h 49m in winter to 18h 56m in summer — a swing of about 13h 7m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Helsinki today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 43 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 3 minutes earlier in Helsinki than in Tampere, 161 km to the north-northwest.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Helsinki.

The longest day in Helsinki is around 18h 56m (around June 21). The shortest is around 5h 49m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 5 minutes per day.