When does daylight saving time end in Miami? When will it get light and dark?

It’s the season of change.

Sunsets in South Florida now arrive before 8 p.m. and they’re getting earlier each evening as the weeks roll by.

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So, when does daylight saving time, which began in March, end? We’ll turn our clocks back an hour on Nov. 1 this year and return to standard time until next March.

What does it all mean in our daily lives?

Here’s what to know about the upcoming time change and shift in sunrise and sunset:

Changes in the morning and evening

Work and School: When the clocks fall back an hour, it’ll be lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in the evening..

Reminder: Your phone and computer will change the time automatically, but remember to turn your other clocks back an hour, including the oven and microwave, your watch and grandfather clock, before going to sleep on Saturday night, Oct. 31.

How your sleep is affected

Gain: Whether you love or hate the time change, we all have one thing in common: We’ll gain back an hour’s sleep as we “fall back” — sleep that we lost when we did the “spring ahead” thing earlier this year.

When do we fall back and spring ahead?

Standard time in 2026 starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks will turn back one hour. In 2027, daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 18.

How are sunrise and sunset times changing the rest of 2026?

September

Sept. 1: 7:01 a.m. sunrise, 7:39 p.m. sunset

Sept. 15: 7:06 a.m. sunrise, 7:24 p.m. sunset

Sept. 30: 7:12 a.m. sunrise, 7:08 p.m. sunset

October

Oct. 1: 7:13 a.m. sunrise, 7:07 p.m. sunset

Oct. 15: 7:19 a.m. sunrise, 6:53 p.n. sunset

Oct. 31: 7:28 a.m. sunrise, 6:39 p.m. sunset

November

Nov. 1 (clocks turn back an hour at the end of daylight saving time): 6:29 a.m. sunrise, 5:39 p.m. sunset

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Nov. 15: 6:38 a.m. sunrise, 5:31 p.m. sunset

Nov. 30: 6:49 a.m. sunrise, 5:29 p.m. sunset

December

Dec. 1: 6:50 a.m. sunrise, 5:29 p.m. sunset

Dec. 15: 6:59 a.m. sunrise, 5:32 p.m. sunset

Dec. 31: 7:07 a.m. sunrise, 5:40 p.m. sunset

Why do we tinker with the clock?

Saving energy: Daylight saving time is all about a desire to save energy by extending sunlight later in the day during spring and summer. A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy found that the four-week extension of daylight saving time in 2008 saved about 0.5% of the nation’s electricity per day, or 1.3 trillion watt-hours —which is enough to power 100,000 households for an entire year.

Safety: Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.

Opposition: Critics, however, say additional dark mornings could lead to grogginess for commuters and parents who drive their children to school, especially in the winter months.

Disruptions: Other concerns about daylight saving time included disruptions to harvesting schedules for farmers, interference with religious observances based on solar and lunar time, and potential delays in reworking computer systems programmed to switch twice a year.

What are the origins and opposition to the time change?

The start: One of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, is often credited with the daylight saving time idea. Franklin wrote a 1784 essay about it as a way to conserve the need for lamp oil, while New Zealand entomologist George Hudson came up with the modern-day concept in 1895, so he had more daylight to look for bugs.

Wartime: But the idea didn’t gain traction among U.S. lawmakers until World War I, and then in World War II as a wartime measure. The Uniform Time Act in 1966 made the change in time an annual passage throughout the country.

School: And while proponents want to stop changing the clocks twice a year, opponents — mainly parents and teachers — argue that a permanent daylight saving time means darker mornings and increased safety risks for children heading to school, whether it’s new teen drivers on the road or students walking to a bus stop or nearby school.

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