Sunset and sunrise times in Iqaluit, Canada

Clock noon and solar noon are 24 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 11:36 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude. Daylight saving adds another hour on top, so today the sun peaks at 12:36 pm.

Light lingers for 55 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 31 minutes longer than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 63.7°N buys you.

Evening golden hour runs 98 minutes today. On the equator the same window lasts about 41 — at 63.7° the sun approaches the horizon at a shallower angle and takes its time.

Summer and winter days differ by 16h 29m here, more seasonal variation than almost anywhere else in Canada we track.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it SSW, June swings it 129° round to NNW. Tonight, WNW.

By the end of August the sun will be setting 102 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 3 minutes a day.

On 1 November 2026 the local clock shifts back an hour and sunset lands at 3:18 pm instead of 4:22 pm. Worth knowing if you are planning a shoot that week.

There is no true astronomical night here right now: the sun bottoms out at -15.5° below the horizon around 12:36 am, and the sky keeps a faint glow until dawn.