When Does It Get Dark in Tromsø? Dusk Today & Table

Today it gets dark in Tromsø at 18:39 and fully dark at 21:05 – sunset 17:39. All twilight phases, the next 14 days and the whole year.

Tonight in Tromsø

  • Sunset is not darkness: after it come three twilights. Here is when it really gets dark – today and all year.
  • Sunset: 17:39
  • It gets dark (−6°): 18:39 – Street lights come on; reading outside without light is hardly possible.
  • Horizon disappears (−12°): 19:49 – Only bright stars and the outline of the landscape are left.
  • Fully dark (−18°): 21:05 – The faintest stars and the Milky Way appear.
  • And in the morning: First light (−18°) 03:59 · Horizon appears (−12°) 05:16 · It gets light (−6°) 06:26 · Sunrise 07:26

Clock change on October 25, 2026

  • The change makes it get dark an hour earlier in Tromsø overnight: at 17:27 on the day before, at 16:23 on the day of the change.

The next 14 days

  • Wed, Oct 7: Sunset 17:39 · Dark 18:39 · Fully dark 21:05
  • Thu, Oct 8: Sunset 17:35 · Dark 18:35 · Fully dark 21:00
  • Fri, Oct 9: Sunset 17:30 · Dark 18:30 · Fully dark 20:55
  • Sat, Oct 10: Sunset 17:26 · Dark 18:26 · Fully dark 20:50
  • Sun, Oct 11: Sunset 17:21 · Dark 18:22 · Fully dark 20:45
  • Mon, Oct 12: Sunset 17:17 · Dark 18:17 · Fully dark 20:40
  • Tue, Oct 13: Sunset 17:12 · Dark 18:13 · Fully dark 20:35
  • Wed, Oct 14: Sunset 17:07 · Dark 18:09 · Fully dark 20:30
  • Thu, Oct 15: Sunset 17:03 · Dark 18:05 · Fully dark 20:25
  • Fri, Oct 16: Sunset 16:58 · Dark 18:00 · Fully dark 20:21
  • Sat, Oct 17: Sunset 16:54 · Dark 17:56 · Fully dark 20:16
  • Sun, Oct 18: Sunset 16:49 · Dark 17:52 · Fully dark 20:12
  • Mon, Oct 19: Sunset 16:44 · Dark 17:48 · Fully dark 20:08
  • Tue, Oct 20: Sunset 16:40 · Dark 17:44 · Fully dark 20:03

Dusk through the year in Tromsø

  • Earliest dark: April 27, 00:02
  • Latest dark: August 15, 23:55
  • When does it get dark in Tromsø today? The sun sets at 17:39. It is dark – too dark to read outside without light – from 18:39, and fully dark from 21:05.
  • What is the difference between sunset and darkness? After sunset come three stages of twilight: civil down to 6° below the horizon, nautical to 12°, astronomical to 18°. In Tromsø it takes 60 minutes today from sunset until it is dark.
  • When does it get dark earliest in Tromsø? It gets dark earliest around April 27, at 00:02, and latest around August 15, at 23:55.
  • Why does it get fully dark later in the north? The closer to the polar circle, the flatter the sun sinks below the horizon, so twilight lasts longer. Around the summer solstice the sun no longer gets 18° below the horizon north of about 48.5° – then it does not get fully dark at all.