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How much daylight Whitehorse has today, sunrise and sunset, and how fast the light is changing through the long northern swing.
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How much daylight Whitehorse has today, sunrise and sunset, and how fast the light is changing through the long northern swing.
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Whitehorse swings from about 19 hours of daylight at the summer solstice to roughly 5 and a half hours in the depth of winter. Here's today's light — sunrise, sunset, and how fast it's changing — worked out from the town's latitude.
Today
Whitehorse
15 h 3 m of daylight
About 5 minutes less daylight than yesterday
Hours of daylight on the 15th of each month.
At 60.7° north Whitehorse never gets the true midnight sun or polar night — the sun always rises and always sets — but the change across the year is dramatic. Around June 21 there are close to 19 hours between sunrise and sunset, with a long bright dusk on either side. Around December 21 it's under 6 hours, and the sun stays low. Watch how many minutes the day gains or loses each week as the season turns.
Late January and February — when the cold sits in and the light is still short — is when locals say cabin fever sets in. It's a normal thing to feel and a normal thing to talk about. Getting outside while it's light, time at the Canada Games Centre, and the returning sun all help; if the dark is weighing on you, the Yukon's free wellness supports are there year-round.
The flip side of the dark winters is the payoff at both ends: weeks of soft late-night light around the solstice, and — once the nights draw back in — some of the best northern-lights viewing anywhere. The darker the sky and the further from town lights, the better the aurora.
About these times
Source: Computed from Whitehorse coordinates (standard astronomy), checked June 18, 2026 (2 months ago).
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15 h 3 m of daylight
Sunset 9:35 p.m.