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Daylight hours in Constanţa

Constanţa gets 15h 29m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 8h 53m on its shortest in December — a difference of 6h 36m across the year.

How fast the days change

Around 17 March, Constanţa gains or loses about 3.1 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/Bucharest local time, daylight saving included.

Sunrise, sunset and day length by month.
MonthSunriseSunsetDaylightSolar noon
January 07:37 16:52 9h 15m 12:14
February 07:04 17:34 10h 29m 12:19
March 06:17 18:11 11h 53m 12:14
April 06:21 19:49 13h 27m 13:05
May 05:38 20:24 14h 46m 13:01
June 05:21 20:50 15h 29m 13:05
July 05:36 20:46 15h 11m 13:11
August 06:08 20:10 14h 02m 13:09
September 06:44 19:16 12h 32m 13:00
October 07:20 18:22 11h 02m 12:51
November 07:00 16:39 9h 38m 11:50
December 07:33 16:27 8h 53m 12:00

Solstices and equinoxes

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
March equinox 20 Mar 06:08 18:17 12h 09m
June solstice 21 Jun 05:21 20:52 15h 31m
September equinox 22 Sep 06:52 19:03 12h 11m
December solstice 21 Dec 07:37 16:29 8h 52m

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.

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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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