Winter Solstice 2024 Southern Hemisphere 2024. Winter 2024 starts on saturday, december 21st in the northern hemisphere, with the first day of winter being the shortest daylight day of the year with the earth's axis having. 21, 2024 and the next winter solstice for the southern hemisphere will occur on june 20, 2024.

As the solstice turning point passes, the time in which the southern hemisphere faces the sun grows gradually each day until the summer solstice in december. The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year after which the days begin to get longer and the nights get shorter.