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The calculator uses 1.8721°, -157.4278° and Pacific/Kiritimati. Coordinates represent the city center and also serve London, Tabwakea, Banana and Poland villages on the atoll. The selected date belongs to this time zone.
Plan the month or the year
After you calculate a day, the Open monthly calendar link carries Kiritimati and the date to the monthly calendar, where you can print the table or download it as CSV. For the whole of Kiritimati’s year at a glance, including its longest and shortest day, use the annual sunrise and sunset table.
Check the context
The visible horizon and weather affect what you see. Tall buildings, hills and a high floor around Kiritimati all move the moment the Sun actually appears or disappears relative to the flat-horizon times shown here.
What makes Kiritimati’s daylight different
Kiritimati sits at 1.9° N, so its northern-hemisphere seasons give it a longest day of 12h 14m on 21 June and a shortest day of 12h 01m on 22 December in 2026. The earliest sunrise (06:12 AM on 26 October) and the latest sunset (06:45 PM on 5 February) do not fall on the solstice itself, because solar noon drifts against the clock through the year. So close to the equator the day length barely moves: the difference between the longest and shortest day is only 13 minutes.
Sunrise and sunset in Kiritimati through the year
The table below is calculated by the same engine for four reference dates this year, so you can see the seasonal range at Kiritimati’s latitude. Times are local clock times for the city center.
| Reference date | Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox period | 2026-03-20 | 06:34 AM | 06:41 PM | 12h 06m |
| June solstice period | 2026-06-21 | 06:24 AM | 06:38 PM | 12h 14m |
| September equinox period | 2026-09-22 | 06:19 AM | 06:26 PM | 12h 07m |
| December solstice period | 2026-12-21 | 06:27 AM | 06:28 PM | 12h 01m |
Clock changes in Kiritimati
Kiritimati keeps GMT+14 all year, so there is no clock change to allow for; sunrise and sunset simply drift with the season.
Sunrise and sunset in Kiritimati today and tomorrow
The page opens on today’s date in Pacific/Kiritimati. Press Tomorrow to move one day ahead, or type any date between 2000 and 2099. Twilight boundaries for Kiritimati are on the twilight page, photography windows on the golden hour page and the daylight comparison on the day length page.
Nearby places
The nearest places with their own page, by straight-line distance from the city center:
- Sunrise and sunset in Honolulu, HI (about 2,160 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Apia, Samoa (about 2,360 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Auckland, New Zealand (about 5,180 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Sydney, Australia (about 6,670 km away)
All 27 locations are listed on the sunrise and sunset times by city page.