<P> The following tables contain information on the length of the day on the winter solstice of the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice of the Southern Hemisphere (i.e. December solstice). The data was collected from the website of the Finnish Meteorological Institute on 22 December 2015, as well as from certain other websites . </P> <P> The data is arranged geographically and within the tables from the shortest day to the longest one . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> The Nordic countries and the Baltic states </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> City </Th> <Th> Sunrise 22 Dec 2015 </Th> <Th> Sunset 22 Dec 2015 </Th> <Th> Length of the day </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rovaniemi </Td> <Td> 11: 08 </Td> <Td> 13: 22 </Td> <Td> 2 h 14 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reykjavík </Td> <Td> 11: 22 </Td> <Td> 15: 29 </Td> <Td> 4 h 07 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trondheim </Td> <Td> 10: 01 </Td> <Td> 14: 31 </Td> <Td> 4 h 30 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tórshavn </Td> <Td> 9: 51 </Td> <Td> 14: 59 </Td> <Td> 5 h 08 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Helsinki </Td> <Td> 9: 24 </Td> <Td> 15: 13 </Td> <Td> 5 h 49 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oslo </Td> <Td> 9: 18 </Td> <Td> 15: 12 </Td> <Td> 5 h 54 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tallinn </Td> <Td> 9: 17 </Td> <Td> 15: 20 </Td> <Td> 6 h 02 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stockholm </Td> <Td> 8: 43 </Td> <Td> 14: 48 </Td> <Td> 6 h 04 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Riga </Td> <Td> 9: 00 </Td> <Td> 15: 43 </Td> <Td> 6 h 43 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Copenhagen </Td> <Td> 8: 37 </Td> <Td> 15: 38 </Td> <Td> 7 h 01 min </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vilnius </Td> <Td> 8: 40 </Td> <Td> 15: 54 </Td> <Td> 7 h 14 min </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> The Nordic countries and the Baltic states </Td> </Tr>

The shortest day length that occurs in the northen hemisphere