Today Is NYC’s Last Sunset After 6 p.m. Until March

If you have been meaning to take that autumn walk, today is the day. Sunday, October 25, marks the final sunset after 6 p.m. in New York City for the rest of 2026, according to Time and Date’s solar calendar, as reported by Time Out New York. Sundown is listed at 6:01 p.m., which leaves just enough room to appreciate the milestone before it passes. By Monday, October 26, the sun will set at 5:59 p.m.

That makes this evening a natural excuse to linger along the Hudson River, or to finally take the stroll that has been on the to-do list since September. After today, the after-work sunset becomes something to catch through an office window or from a subway platform, if at all.

The larger jolt arrives next weekend. Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 1, when clocks turn back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m., handing everyone an extra hour of sleep after Halloween night. The trade-off is a much earlier evening: Time Out reports that sunset that Sunday will land around 4:52 p.m., a particularly unwelcome development for anyone whose workday ends at five.

The clock change itself does not remove any actual sunshine; it simply moves daylight into the morning. But the days are also shrinking as the city heads toward the winter solstice, and the two effects combine to make a routine afternoon errand feel like a late-night outing.

This year’s shortest day falls on Monday, December 21, with nine hours and 15 minutes of daylight in New York and a 4:31 p.m. sunset. After that, total daylight begins to grow again, though the early gains are small enough that few commuters will notice them.

The 6 p.m. barrier does not fall again until Sunday, March 14, 2027, when daylight saving time returns. On that day, Time Out reports, sunset jumps to roughly 7:01 p.m., while the evening before it falls around 6 p.m. The usual catch applies: clocks spring forward, and an hour of sleep goes with them.

Until then, the practical advice is to move outdoor ambitions into the middle of the day, whether that means a lap around a park at lunch or a coffee by the water. As for tonight, give the sunset your full attention. It is the last one of its kind for nearly five months.