About this web site
Overview
Gaisma website provides sunrise, sunset, dusk and dawn times for thousands of locations all over the world. Sun data is shown in table format for selected dates and as a graph for the whole year. Possible daylight saving times are taken in the account.
Locations
Almost all locations have been picked algorithmically and it is possible that some important locations are missing while a few not so important locations are featured. Please contact if you find missing or incorrect data.
Geospatial data sources
- http://www.world-gazetteer.com/
(areas outside the United States)
© by Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com
- Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
- This site includes IP2Location LITE data available from, http://lite.ip2location.com.
Solar energy and surface meteorology data sources
- NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center
- New, M., Lister, D., Hulme, M. and Makin, I., 2002: A high-resolution data set of surface climate over global land areas. Climate Research 21. Abstract
Altitude data
Accuracy
Sunrise and sunset calculations are based on the algorithms shown on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory web site. For latitudes less than 72° north and south, accuracy is approximately one minute. For latitudes greater than 72° north or less than 72° south calculations are accurate to within 10 minutes.
What does "Gaisma" mean?
"Gaisma" is a Latvian word, meaning "light".