Winter Solstice 2024 Southern Hemisphere. In 2024 the winter solstice will occur on saturday 21 december. Following the winter solstice, days start to become longer (and nights shorter).

You’d think that if the solstice is the shortest day, then december 21 would have the latest sunrise and the earliest sunset. In the southern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs when the south pole faces furthest from the sun.