Day tours in winter: will the best stop be in the dark?
Short answer: From October to March the sun sets between 15:20 and 16:30 across northern Europe, but many 10 to 12 hour day tours keep their most famous stop for the afternoon. Pick a tour and a date: we check the light at every stop and show which version of the tour keeps it in daylight.
Windsor, Bath & Stonehenge
December: mostly dark at Stonehenge on the usual timing.
Iceland South Coast
December: partly in daylight at Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss and Reynisfjara black sand beach on the usual timing.
Golden Circle
December: mostly dark at Þingvellir National Park and Gullfoss on the usual timing.
Snæfellsnes & Kirkjufell
December: partly in daylight at Arnarstapi cliffs and Kirkjufell on the usual timing.
Loch Ness & Glencoe
December: in daylight at Glencoe and Loch Ness at Fort Augustus on the usual timing.
Cliffs of Moher
December: in daylight at Cliffs of Moher on the usual timing.
Giant's Causeway
December: in daylight at The Dark Hedges and Giant's Causeway on the usual timing.
Neuschwanstein & Linderhof
December: partly in daylight at Neuschwanstein and Marienbrücke on the usual timing.
Norway in a Nutshell
December: mostly dark at Nærøyfjord cruise (Gudvangen to Flåm) and Flåm Railway (Flåm to Myrdal) on the usual timing.
Hallstatt from Vienna
December: in daylight at Hallstatt on the usual timing.
How it works
Each stop has its own coordinates and a typical arrival time from current itineraries. For your date we calculate the sun's height every 5 minutes of the visit and classify it: daylight, low sun, twilight (after sunset, sky still light) or dark. You can change every arrival time to match your booking.