Shortest Day Of The Year 2024 New Zealand 2024. The winter solsitice is both the shortest day of the year and also the longest night. The shortest day of the year was around 5 months ago, during the winter solstice on june 21, 2024, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 40 minutes.
Aotearoa is set to have its shortest day of the year on friday as winter solstice approaches the southern hemisphere. During june it is summer solstice in the northern.