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Daylight hours in San Pawl il-Baħar

San Pawl il-Baħar gets 14h 35m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 9h 44m on its shortest in December — a difference of 4h 51m across the year.

How fast the days change

Around 17 March, San Pawl il-Baħar gains or loses about 2.3 minutes of daylight every day.

Enough to notice over a fortnight, though the seasons arrive more gently here than further from the equator.

Sunrise and sunset by month

On the 15th of each month, in Europe/Malta local time, daylight saving included.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylightSolar noon
January 07:12 17:11 9h 59m 12:11
February 06:49 17:43 10h 54m 12:16
March 06:13 18:09 11h 56m 12:11
April 06:29 19:35 13h 06m 13:02
May 05:56 20:00 14h 04m 12:58
June 05:45 20:20 14h 35m 13:02
July 05:57 20:19 14h 22m 13:08
August 06:20 19:52 13h 32m 13:06
September 06:44 19:10 12h 25m 12:57
October 07:09 18:27 11h 18m 12:48
November 06:38 16:55 10h 16m 11:46
December 07:05 16:49 9h 44m 11:57

Solstices and equinoxes

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
March equinox 20 Mar 06:05 18:13 12h 08m
June solstice 21 Jun 05:46 20:22 14h 36m
September equinox 22 Sep 06:50 18:59 12h 10m
December solstice 21 Dec 07:08 16:51 9h 43m

The equinoxes give almost exactly twelve hours of daylight everywhere on earth — "almost" because sunrise is defined by the sun's upper edge rather than its centre, and the atmosphere bends its light over the horizon before it has really arrived. Both lengthen the day by a few minutes.

Assumptions

  • Sea-level horizon. Hills, mountains and buildings all delay sunrise and bring sunset forward, sometimes by a lot in a valley.
  • Standard refraction. Sunrise is taken at −0.833°, allowing for the sun's disc and average atmospheric bending. Unusual air conditions shift it by a minute or two.
  • Local clock time, with daylight saving applied from the IANA timezone database.

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