Sunrise and sunset on the Cook Islands

Average length of day in Avarua

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

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

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for October 4th., localtime on the Cook Islands

Sunrise and sunset by month (Avarua)

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. Avarua lies on the 21st degree of southern latitude and is therefore quite far away from the equator. While a sunset near the equator only lasts about 20 minutes, on the Cook Islands this period averages 26 minutes. In June, it's about 25 minutes in Avarua, while in December it's 27 minutes.

International cities for comparison