Daylight is the time between sunrise and sunset. Nighttime is when the Sun is not in the sky. The hours and minutes from sunrise to sunset is the total amount of daylight for one day. That daylight data can help you answer this question: How does the amount of daylight change during a year?

These tables list day and night data for New York City. The data is for one day, or 24 hours, in each month of 2016 and 2017. Compare the amount of daylight for the days shown in the table.