In winter, how much daylight does Alaska get?

In the winter, Alaska receives around 6 hours of daylight in a day.

First off, Alaska’s massive, so where you are makes a big difference to how much sunlight you get.

If you’re way up north, you can go through the whole winter without seeing the sun at all.

From around November, it just doesn’t rise — that’s what they call the polar night.

It all comes down to the tilt of the Earth.

That tilt’s what gives us seasons, and in winter, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

Because parts of Alaska are close to — or even above — the Arctic Circle, they get these extreme conditions where the sun stays completely below the horizon for weeks.