Sunrise in Ilulissat today

Ilulissat lies at 69°N. Ilulissat experiences midnight sun near midsummer and polar night near midwinter — the sun stays up or below the horizon for weeks at a time.

The sun comes up over the east-southeast horizon in Ilulissat today, at a bearing of 105°. It starts getting light 59 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 10 minutes later in Ilulissat than in Nuuk, 561 km to the south.

Sunrise shifts earlier through spring and later through 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 Ilulissat.

The longest day in Ilulissat is around Midnight sun (around June 21). The shortest is around Polar night (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 8 minutes per day.