Sunrise and sunset on the Solomon Islands

Average length of day in Honiara

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of the Solomon 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 May 28th., localtime on the Solomon Islands

Sunrise and sunset by month (Honiara)

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. Honiara lies on the 9th degree of southern latitude and thus very close to the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, on the Solomon Islands, it lasts only an average of 24 minutes. The Solomon Islands is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

International cities for comparison