Shortest Day Of The Year 2024 Time. Here's why this day is the shortest day of the year, with the fewest hours of daylight. Winter solstice is the shortest day of year, longest night of the year and the official first day of winter in the northern hemisphere.

The actual moment of the solstice in 2024 will occur at 9.21am gmt in the uk, but most people concentrate on the whole solstice day, which has been recognised by holidays and festivals in. 22 (only a few days before christmas ) in the northern.