Sunrise and sunset in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Average length of day in Basseterre

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun's course. Since the orbit around the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for June 8th., localtime in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sunrise and sunset by month (Basseterre)

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, causing sunset to last for a different duration. Basseterre lies on the 17th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis, it lasts only an average of 25 minutes. In June, it's about 26 minutes in Basseterre, while in December it's 25 minutes.

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