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Earliest Sunset in King Salmon, AK: 4:31 pm on Dec 15, 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 King Salmon, sunset on Saturday, Oct 31 is 6:38 pm. On Sunday, Nov 1 it is 5:35 pm, which is 62 minutes earlier on the clock (one hour from the clock change plus about 2 minutes of normal seasonal change). Sunrise moves from 9:42 am to 8:44 am.
Why the earliest sunset is not on the shortest day
At this latitude the sun sets earliest around Dec 15, about 6 days before the winter solstice, and rises latest around Dec 27, about 6 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 11 to Dec 19.
When does the sun set after 5 pm again?
Sunset at King Salmon stays before 5:00 pm until about Jan 11 (2027), and it is first at or after 5:00 pm that day, based on our calculation.
Sunrise and sunset, winter 2026–27, King Salmon
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 9:42 am | 6:38 pm | 8 h 56 min |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 8:44 am | 5:35 pm | 8 h 51 min |
| Nov 15, 2026 | 9:18 am | 5:04 pm | 7 h 46 min |
| Dec 1, 2026 | 9:52 am | 4:39 pm | 6 h 47 min |
| Dec 15, 2026 | 10:12 am | 4:31 pm | 6 h 19 min |
| Dec 21, 2026 | 10:17 am | 4:33 pm | 6 h 16 min |
| Jan 1, 2027 | 10:17 am | 4:43 pm | 6 h 26 min |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 10:04 am | 5:08 pm | 7 h 04 min |
| Feb 1, 2027 | 9:33 am | 5:48 pm | 8 h 15 min |
| Feb 15, 2027 | 9:00 am | 6:23 pm | 9 h 23 min |
| Mar 1, 2027 | 8:22 am | 6:57 pm | 10 h 35 min |
| Mar 13, 2027 | 7:48 am | 7:25 pm | 11 h 37 min |
Local time (America/Anchorage). Computed for the station coordinates (58.68, -156.63).
Nearby places
- Kodiak, AK 4:22 pm
- Anchorage, AK 3:41 pm
- McGrath, AK 3:42 pm
- Cordova, AK 3:30 pm
- Tanana, AK 2:50 pm
- St. Paul Island, AK 5:38 pm
- Fairbanks, AK 2:40 pm
- Bettles, AK 1:53 pm
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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