Sunrise and sunset in Tokelau

Average length of day in Atafu Village

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Tokelau

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 9th., localtime in Tokelau

Sunrise and sunset by month (Atafu Village)

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. Atafu Village 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, in Tokelau, it lasts only an average of 24 minutes. Tokelau is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

International cities for comparison