Sunset in Tromsø today

Tromsø lies at 70°N. Tromsø 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 goes down towards the west-southwest in Tromsø today, at a bearing of 256°. Civil twilight then lasts another 60 minutes before it gets properly dark. The sun sets 53 minutes earlier in Tromsø than in Oslo, 1148 km to the south-southwest. Tromsø is the northernmost of the 33 cities we cover in Norway, so its daylight swings further over the year than any of them.

The time of sunset slides 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 Tromsø.

The longest day in Tromsø is around Midnight sun (around June 21). The shortest is around Polar night (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 9 minutes per day.