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Earliest Sunset in Bettles, AK: 1:53 pm on Dec 20, 2026

At Bettles, Alaska, the earliest sunset of the year is about 1:53 pm (local time), on or around Dec 20. The latest sunrise comes later, at about 12:15 pm on or around Dec 22. The shortest day is the winter solstice, Dec 21, with 1 h 39 min of daylight.
1:53 pmearliest sunset (Dec 20)
12:15 pmlatest sunrise (Dec 22)
1 h 39 minshortest day (Dec 21)
5:32 pm → 4:29 pmsunset Oct 31 → Nov 1, 2026

What happens to sunset when the clocks change (Nov 1, 2026)

Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, Nov 1, 2026. At Bettles, sunset on Saturday, Oct 31 is 5:32 pm. On Sunday, Nov 1 it is 4:29 pm, which is 64 minutes earlier on the clock (one hour from the clock change plus about 4 minutes of normal seasonal change). Sunrise moves from 10:06 am to 9:09 am.

Why the earliest sunset is not on the shortest day

At this latitude the sun sets earliest around Dec 20, about 1 days before the winter solstice, and rises latest around Dec 22, about 1 days after it. In December, solar noon slides a little later on the clock each day (about half a minute per day), which shifts sunsets later while the days are still getting shorter. More on the 2026 findings. Within a minute of that time from Dec 18 to Dec 21.

When does the sun set after 5 pm again?

Sunset at Bettles stays before 5:00 pm until about Feb 9 (2027), and it is first at or after 5:00 pm that day, based on our calculation.

Sunrise and sunset, winter 2026–27, Bettles

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
Oct 31, 202610:06 am5:32 pm7 h 27 min
Nov 1, 20269:09 am4:29 pm7 h 19 min
Nov 15, 202610:06 am3:35 pm5 h 29 min
Dec 1, 202611:14 am2:36 pm3 h 23 min
Dec 15, 202612:05 pm1:57 pm1 h 52 min
Dec 21, 202612:15 pm1:54 pm1 h 39 min
Jan 1, 202712:00 pm2:20 pm2 h 20 min
Jan 15, 202711:14 am3:17 pm4 h 03 min
Feb 1, 202710:11 am4:30 pm6 h 19 min
Feb 15, 20279:16 am5:25 pm8 h 09 min
Mar 1, 20278:21 am6:17 pm9 h 56 min
Mar 13, 20277:34 am6:59 pm11 h 25 min

Local time (America/Anchorage). Computed for the station coordinates (66.92, -151.52).

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These times repeat almost exactly each year (in our checks the earliest-sunset clock time did not change by even a minute from 2025 to 2029). Computed by Earliest Sunset; how we calculate this. Your exact spot, hills, buildings and elevation can shift what you see; this is the time the sun’s upper edge touches the flat horizon.

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