
Sunrise and sunset in Sint Maarten
Sunrise today: 5:37 h
Sunset today: 18:39 h
(Times for Philipsburg)Sunset today: 18:39 h
The times of sunrise and sunset in Sint Maarten are influenced by the country's moderate northern position in the hemisphere. Not as extreme as in the United States, but still noticeable. The days in summer are long and in winter short. With up to approximately 13:10 hours the longest days are in June. On the other hand the longest dark nights happen in winter (in the southern hemisphere it is the other way around). In December a night in Philipsburg last almost 13 hours.
In these days the sun in Philipsburg rises at 5:37. The Sunset can currently be watched at about 18:39 Uhr in the early evening.
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Average length of day in Philipsburg

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Sint Maarten

City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Philipsburg | 05:37 am | 06:39 pm | 13:02 h |
Cul de Sac | 05:37 am | 06:39 pm | 13:02 h |
Sunrise and sunset by month (Philipsburg)
Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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January | 06:45 am | 05:57 pm | 11:13 h |
February | 06:38 am | 06:14 pm | 11:36 h |
March | 06:18 am | 06:23 pm | 12:04 h |
April | 05:54 am | 06:29 pm | 12:36 h |
May | 05:37 am | 06:39 pm | 13:01 h |
June | 05:35 am | 06:50 pm | 13:15 h |
July | 05:43 am | 06:52 pm | 13:09 h |
August | 05:53 am | 06:39 pm | 12:47 h |
September | 05:59 am | 06:15 pm | 12:17 h |
October | 06:04 am | 05:51 pm | 11:47 h |
November | 06:17 am | 05:36 pm | 11:20 h |
December | 06:34 am | 05:40 pm | 11:06 h |
Duration of the sunset
The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. Philipsburg lies on the 18th degree of northern latitude and thus a good distance from the equator.While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in Sint Maarten it only lasts an average of 24 minutes. Saint Martin is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.International cities for comparison
City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Berlin (Germany) | 05:04 am | 09:00 pm | 15:56 h |
New York (USA) | 05:36 am | 08:08 pm | 14:33 h |
Sydney (Australia) | 06:40 am | 05:02 pm | 10:23 h |
Manila (Philippines) | 05:26 am | 06:18 pm | 12:52 h |
Moscow (Russia) | 04:11 am | 08:40 pm | 16:28 h |
Shanghai (China) | 04:55 am | 06:45 pm | 13:49 h |
Helsinki (Finland) | 04:33 am | 10:00 pm | 17:27 h |