Sun position in Tromso

Sun times in Tromso on 12 November 2026

Times are computed for 69.6496°, 18.956° and refreshed every day. For any other date, an exact azimuth or a shadow drawn on the map, open the interactive sun position map for Tromso.

The sun’s path over Tromso

How high the sun stands and where, from sunrise to sunset: today, at both solstices and at the equinox. The higher a curve climbs, the higher the sun; where a curve meets the bottom line, the sun rises or sets at that compass bearing.

The sun through the year in Tromso

At the June solstice the midday sun reaches 43.8° above the horizon in Tromso and the day lasts 24 h 00 min. At the December solstice the sun climbs only to -3.1° and the day shrinks to 0 h 00 min. That difference is what decides whether a garden, a window or a solar array sees the sun in winter. The noon shadow column gives the length of the shadow of anything one metre tall.

Tromso through 2026 at a glance

• At solar noon the sun in Tromso always stands due south, so the south side of a building, a garden or a roof is the one that gets the sun.
• The midnight sun: from 18 May to 25 July the sun does not set in Tromso, 69 days of continuous daylight.
• The polar night: from 28 November to 14 January the sun does not rise above the horizon in Tromso for 48 days, though there is still twilight around midday.
• White nights: from 28 April to 17 May and 26 July to 13 August the sun sets but never sinks more than 6° below the horizon, so it stays light enough to read outdoors all night.
• From 26 March to 15 September the sky over Tromso never gets fully dark: the sun stays less than 18° below the horizon all night, so there is no true astronomical night.

The winter solstice 2026: the moment, and the shortest and the longest day, city by city →

When the days start getting longer: the earliest sunset, the latest sunrise and lighter evenings, city by city →

Planning around the sun in Tromso

Solar panels

At 69.6° N a fixed array facing due south collects the most over a year at a tilt of about 56°. Use the solar panel angle calculator with the coordinates 69.6496°, 18.956° for the exact optimum, the seasonal optima and the loss from an east or west facing roof.

Buying a flat or a plot

At the December solstice the noon sun in Tromso sits -3.1° above the horizon, so every obstacle casts a shadow countless times its own height at midday. Check what stands to the south before you commit: place the building on the map and read the shaded hours for 21 December.

Photography

Golden hour runs 09:08–- in the morning and -–13:48 in the evening today, and the sun sets toward SSW (213°). The golden hour calculator gives the same windows for any date, and the map’s alignment finder shows the days when the setting sun lines up with a street.

More on planning around the sun: which way a house, garden or balcony should face, how long golden hour lasts and why the earliest sunset comes before the shortest day.

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