Ukraine · 48.02°N, 37.80°E

Daylight hours in Donetsk

Donetsk gets 16h 03m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 22m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 7h 41m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Donetsk through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (16h 03m) and shortest on December 21 (8h 22m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Donetsk observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day16h 03mJune 21 · 04:30–20:33
Shortest day8h 22mDecember 21 · 07:17–15:38
March equinox12h 08mMarch 20 · 05:33–17:41
Fastest change+3.5 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Donetsk on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 107:1915:468h 27m
February 106:5816:289h 30m
March 106:1217:1311h 01m
April 106:0918:5812h 50m
May 105:1219:4114h 29m
June 104:3520:2015h 46m
July 104:3420:3315h 59m
August 105:0520:0715h 02m
September 105:4719:1313h 26m
October 106:2818:1111h 43m
November 106:1416:129h 59m
December 106:5815:398h 41m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Donetsk’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Donetsk’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 40°–50° North · compare Donetsk with any city