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How much daylight today, when the sun rises and sets, and how the light swings across the year — the polar night, the midnight sun, and the Sunrise Festival.
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Inuvik sits about two degrees north of the Arctic Circle, so the light swings further than almost anywhere else in Canada — from weeks when the sun never sets to weeks when it never rises. This works out today's daylight, sunrise and sunset from the town's position, and shows where the year stands.
Today
Inuvik
16 h 25 m of daylight
About 9 minutes less daylight than yesterday
Polar night begins in 105 days, on Sunday, December 6
Hours of daylight on the 15th of each month.
For about 30 days from early December into early January, the sun stays below the horizon and does not rise at all. On the first day it returns, it clears the horizon for only about 23 minutes before setting again.
For about 56 days from late June into early August, the sun never sets — it circles the sky around the clock. This is the light that heats the Community Greenhouse and keeps the town busy late into the night.
Inuvik marks the return of the sun in early January with the Sunrise Festival — a bonfire and fireworks on the last day of darkness, with markets, music and family events. After a month without the sun, it is a real marker, not a tourist set piece.
About these times
Source: Standard solar astronomy for Inuvik's coordinates; Town of Inuvik, checked June 21, 2026 (2 months ago).
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16 h 25 m of daylight
Sunset 11:11 p.m.