Make the most of the meagre hours of daylight today if you've got outdoors activities planned, because in all parts of Australia, you’ll be getting less of it than on any other day.

Today is the winter solstice – when the Southern Hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the sun. That means it's the day with the shortest period of daylight of the year.

We've highlighted exactly how many hours and minutes of light each capital city can expect in the attached graphic, from our northernmost capital Darwin to our southernmost Hobart.

You lucky Darwinians are getting two hours and 23 minutes more sunlight than those sun-starved Hobartians (yes, Hobartians is a real word!) Almost 20 extra degrees of warmth too!

As for all the Melburnians, you've got 21 fewer minutes than Sydney in which to enjoy your glorious city by daylight, so go grab a coffee in a laneway now, and that's an order!