Daylight Saving Time in Seattle is returning on Sunday, March 9 with the latest sunset of 2025 so far!
Love it or hate it, Daylight Saving Time is still observed in Seattle. That means that on this Sunday, March 9 the sunset will suddenly set an hour later at 7:06 p.m. Longtime Seattleites know what that means: this winter’s Big Dark is officially ending.
Read on for all the details.
Daylight Saving Time is a controversial issue here in Seattle. Back in 2019 Governor Jay Inslee actually signed a state bill that would allow for the year-round observation of daylight saving time (i.e. no more “falling back” to these early winter sunsets). Ultimately, however, the bill won’t go through without a federal waiver.
There is also the Sunshine Protection Act that has been introduced to Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the country. That was introduced back in March 2023 with no result as of yet.
So for now, Seattle will continue to set the clocks back an hour every November and forward an hour every March. This coming March 9 the sunrise will be an hour later at 7:33 a.m. and the sun will set an hour later as well at 7:06 p.m. The latest sunsets in Seattle this summer will be in June before the days begin to get dramatically shorter again in November.
The sun won’t set before 7:00 p.m. again until late September 2025. Then we’ll see an even more dramatic increase in sunlight when Daylight Saving Time ends on November 2, 2025. On that day, the sunset will jump back an hour and we will once again see the sun setting before 5:00 p.m. here in Seattle. So soak up these next few months of sunshine in Seattle while you can!
As Seattle exits the Big Dark, we recommend using our guides full of all the fun things to do in Seattle this spring: