Houston’s evenings are about to get darker an hour earlier — and sunsets will keep creeping earlier for weeks after clocks fall back.
Daylight saving time ends Sunday, shifting sunrise and sunset earlier on the clock. But the seasonal change on continues beyond the time switch on Nov. 1, with Houston’s earliest sunset arriving Nov. 28 and the least amount of daylight coming in late December.
Through Halloween, the sun rises in Houston around 7:30 a.m. and sets around 6:35 p.m. After clocks move back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, sunrise will be at 6:35 a.m. and sunset at 5:34 p.m.
The clock change shifts daylight earlier in the morning. The amount of daylight will continue to shrink as fall progresses.
Houston’s sunset will move earlier still, reaching 5:21 p.m. on Nov. 28. It will remain at that time through Dec. 5, marking the earliest sunset of the year.
The least daylight arrives later, from Dec. 17 through Dec. 25, when Houston will get just 10 hours and 14 minutes of daylight each day.
If you prefer brighter evenings, you can look forward to March 15, 2027: That’s when Houston’s sunset will reach 7:29 p.m. It will be the first time the sun will set after 7 p.m. since daylight saving time ended.