Sunrise in Nuuk today

Nuuk lies at 64°N. In Nuuk, day length ranges from 4h 6m in winter to 21h 10m in summer — a swing of about 17h 4m.

The sun comes up over the east-southeast horizon in Nuuk today, at a bearing of 102°. It starts getting light 48 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 10 minutes earlier in Nuuk than in Ilulissat, 561 km to the north.

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 Nuuk.

The longest day in Nuuk is around 21h 10m (around June 21). The shortest is around 4h 6m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 6 minutes per day.