Sunset in Rovaniemi today

Rovaniemi lies at 67°N. Rovaniemi experiences midnight sun near midsummer — the sun stays up or below the horizon for weeks at a time.

The sun goes down towards the west-southwest in Rovaniemi today, at a bearing of 257°. Civil twilight then lasts another 52 minutes before it gets properly dark. The sun sets 15 minutes earlier in Rovaniemi than in Helsinki, 705 km to the south. Rovaniemi is the northernmost of the 42 cities we cover in Finland, so its daylight swings further over the year than any of them.

Sunset shifts later through spring and earlier through autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and slowest near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunset times shift month by month for Rovaniemi.

The longest day in Rovaniemi is around Midnight sun (around June 21). The shortest is around 2h 15m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 7 minutes per day.