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Sunrise in Longyearbyen today
October 8, 2026 · Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Capital2,060 people
Sunrise in Longyearbyen today is at 08:24. Day length is 8h 43m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Longyearbyen's coordinates and updated daily.
Longyearbyen lies at 78°N. Longyearbyen 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 Longyearbyen today, at a bearing of 115°. It starts getting light 105 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins.
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 Longyearbyen.
The longest day in Longyearbyen is around Midnight sun (around June 21). The shortest is around Polar night (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 16 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Longyearbyen by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | — | Polar night |
| February | — | — | Polar night |
| March | 06:33 | 17:41 | 11h 8m |
| April | 02:46 | 23:11 | 20h 25m |
| May | — | — | Midnight sun |
| June | — | — | Midnight sun |
| July | — | — | Midnight sun |
| August | — | — | Midnight sun |
| September | 05:36 | 20:11 | 14h 35m |
| October | 09:23 | 16:05 | 6h 42m |
| November | — | — | Polar night |
| December | — | — | Polar night |