Sunrise and sunset on the Cook Islands

(Times for Avarua)

The times of sunrise and sunset on the Cook Islands are caused by the southern position in the hemisphere. Not that far in the south, but quite noticable the longest days are in winter months, while the shortest days fall into our summer. In the northern hemisphere it is vice versa. Avarua is positioned near the 21 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 13:30 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Avarua lasts almost 14 hours.

In these days the sun in Avarua rises at 6:51. The Sunset can currently be watched at about 18:25 Uhr in the early evening.


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