Times of Sunrise and Sunset in Lofoten
The Lofoten archipelago is located above the Arctic Circle, the result of this situation is a period of permanent days in summer and at the opposite a period of permanent night in winter (polar night).
In between those two extreme periods there is a big variation between days and night depending of the season.
To organize properly your trips and expedition in this region, it is important to take this phenomenon into account due to the high latitude (68 ° N ).
We provide you below with a table of hours of sunrise and Sunset over the 12 months of the year.
All datas were collected at Leknes (68.1472 ° N, 13.6114 ° E), in the center of the archipelago, there may be slight variations depending on the point where you stand on the islands.
January
Date
Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
01/01/12
1:00 AM
1:00 AM
0h 0m 0s
07/01/12
11:28 AM
12h55 PM
1h 26m 43s
14/01/12
10:47 AM
1:41 PM
2h 54m 40s
21/01/12
10:13 AM
2:20 PM
4h 6m 33s
28/01/12
9:42 AM
2:54 PM
5h 12m 50s
February
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/02/12 | 9:24 AM | 3:13 PM | 5h 49m 11s |
| 07/02/12 | 8:58 AM | 3:40 PM | 6h 42m 8s |
| 14/02/12 | 8:28 AM | 4:10 PM | 7h 42m 59s |
| 21/02/12 | 7:59 AM | 4:39 PM | 8h 40m 12s |
| 28/02/12 | 7:29 AM | 5:06 PM | 9h 37m 10s |
March
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/03/12 | 7:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 9h 53m 15s |
| 07/03/12 | 6:55 AM | 5:36 PM | 10h 41m 9s |
| 14/03/12 | 6:26 AM | 6:02 PM | 11h 36m 33s |
| 21/03/12 | 5:56 AM | 6:28 PM | 12h 31m 46s |
| 28/03/12 | 6:26 AM | 7:53 PM | 13h 26m 51s |
April
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/04/12 | 6:09 AM | 8:08 PM | 13h 58m 44s |
| 07/04/12 | 5:43 AM | 8:31 PM | 14h 47m 5s |
| 14/04/12 | 5:13 AM | 8:57 PM | 15h 44m 40s |
| 21/04/12 | 4:42 AM | 9:26 PM | 16h 44m 4s |
| 28/04/12 | 4:09 AM | 9:55 PM | 17h 46m 5s |
May
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/05/12 | 3:55 AM | 10:09 PM | 18h 13m 47s |
| 07/05/13 | 3:26 AM | 10:38 PM | 19h 12m 3s |
| 14/05/13 | 2:47 AM | 11:15 PM | 20h 27m 59s |
| 21/05/13 | 1:58 AM | 12:05 AM | 22h 6m 45s |
| 28/05/13 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
June
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/06/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 07/06/13 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 14/06/13 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 21/06/13 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 28/06/13 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
July
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/07/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 07/07/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 14/07/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 24h |
| 21/07/12 | 2:14 AM | 12:09 AM | 21h 54m 7s |
| 28/07/12 | 3:01 1M | 11:22 PM | 20h 20m 14s |
August
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/08/12 | 3:23 AM | 11:00 PM | 19h 36m 34s |
| 07/08/12 | 3:52 AM | 10:29 PM | 18h 36m 56s |
| 14/08/12 | 4:23 AM | 9:56 PM | 17h 32m 42s |
| 21/08/12 | 4:52 AM | 9:24 PM | 16h 32m 4s |
| 28/08/12 | 5:19 AM | 8:53 PM | 15h 33m 52s |
September
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/09/12 | 5:34 AM | 8:36 PM | 15h 1m 25s |
| 07/09/12 | 5:56 AM | 8:10 PM | 14h 13m 32s |
| 14/09/12 | 6:21 AM | 7:40 PM | 13h 18m 30s |
| 21/09/12 | 6:46 AM | 7:10 PM | 12h 23m 59s |
| 28/09/12 | 7:11 AM | 6:40 PM | 11h 29m 35s |
October
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/10/12 | 7:21 AM | 6:28 PM | 11h 6m 14s |
| 07/10/12 | 7:43 AM | 6:02 PM | 10h 19m 16s |
| 14/10/12 | 8:09 AM | 5:33 PM | 9h 23m 50s |
| 21/10/12 | 8:36 AM | 5:03 PM | 8h 27m 24s |
| 28/10/12 | 8:04 AM | 3:33 PM | 7h 29m 15s |
November
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/11/12 | 8:21 AM | 3:16 PM | 6h 55m 28s |
| 07/11/12 | 8:47 AM | 2:51 PM | 6h 3m 32s |
| 14/11/12 | 9:19 AM | 2:20 PM | 5h 0m 36s |
| 21/11/12 | 9:54 AM | 1:48 PM | 3h 54m 4s |
| 28/11/12 | 10:33 AM | 1:14 PM | 2h 41m 8s |
December
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
| 01/12/12 | 10:52 AM | 12:57 PM | 2h 5m 42s |
| 07/12/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 0h 0m 0s |
| 14/12/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 0h 0m 0s |
| 21/12/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 0h 0m 0s |
| 28/12/12 | 1:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 0h 0m 0s |