Shortest Day Of The Year 2025 Australia Calendar. The winter solsitice is both the shortest day of the year and also the longest night. Australia is about to endure its shortest day of the year as the annual winter solstice marks the astronomical calendar’s beginning of winter.

Australians have woken up to the shortest day of the year, with less than 10 hours of sunlight expected today amid freezing temperatures throughout the week. Palestinians gather at the site of an israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in rafah on may 27, 2024.