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Earliest Sunset in St. Paul Island, AK: 5:38 pm on Dec 14, 2026

At St. Paul Island, Alaska, the earliest sunset of the year is about 5:38 pm (local time), on or around Dec 14. The latest sunrise comes later, at about 11:01 am on or around Dec 28. The shortest day is the winter solstice, Dec 21, with 6 h 40 min of daylight.
5:38 pmearliest sunset (Dec 14)
11:01 amlatest sunrise (Dec 28)
6 h 40 minshortest day (Dec 21)
7:37 pm → 6:35 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 St. Paul Island, sunset on Saturday, Oct 31 is 7:37 pm. On Sunday, Nov 1 it is 6:35 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 10:31 am to 9:33 am.

Why the earliest sunset is not on the shortest day

At this latitude the sun sets earliest around Dec 14, about 7 days before the winter solstice, and rises latest around Dec 28, about 7 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 10 to Dec 19.

Sunset and 5 pm

At St. Paul Island the earliest sunset (5:38 pm) is already at or after 5:00 pm, so the sun never sets before 5 pm here.

Sunrise and sunset, winter 2026–27, St. Paul Island

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
Oct 31, 202610:31 am7:37 pm9 h 07 min
Nov 1, 20269:33 am6:35 pm9 h 02 min
Nov 15, 202610:04 am6:07 pm8 h 03 min
Dec 1, 202610:36 am5:44 pm7 h 08 min
Dec 15, 202610:55 am5:38 pm6 h 43 min
Dec 21, 202610:59 am5:39 pm6 h 40 min
Jan 1, 202711:00 am5:49 pm6 h 50 min
Jan 15, 202710:49 am6:13 pm7 h 24 min
Feb 1, 202710:20 am6:49 pm8 h 29 min
Feb 15, 20279:49 am7:22 pm9 h 33 min
Mar 1, 20279:14 am7:54 pm10 h 40 min
Mar 13, 20278:42 am8:20 pm11 h 38 min

Local time (America/Nome). Computed for the station coordinates (57.16, -170.22).

Nearby places

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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