Sunrise and sunset on the Virgin Islands

Average length of day in Charlotte Amalie

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of the Virgin Islands

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 December 3rd., localtime on the Virgin Islands

Sunrise and sunset by month (Charlotte Amalie)

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. Charlotte Amalie 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, on the Virgin Islands, it lasts only an average of 25 minutes. In June, it's about 26 minutes in Charlotte Amalie, while in December it's 25 minutes.

International cities for comparison