Sunrise time in Charlotte after daylight saving time ends (2026)

Sunrise in Charlotte for four weeks after the clock change

What changes when the clocks go back

Setting the clock back an hour moves sunrise an hour earlier overnight, from 7:43 AM to 6:44 AM. After that the sun keeps rising later, by about a minute a day, as the days shorten toward the solstice: four weeks on, on November 29, sunrise is at 7:11 AM. Sunrise never gets as late as that last daylight-time morning (7:43 AM) again this winter: the latest winter sunrise is 7:32 AM, on January 7, 2027.

First light, the moment it is bright enough to walk outside without a light, comes at 6:18 AM on the first standard-time morning. Clocks go forward again on March 14, 2027, and sunrise jumps an hour later, to 7:35 AM.

The evening pays for the lighter mornings: sunset moves from 6:29 PM to 5:28 PM the same day. See when it starts getting dark earlier in Charlotte and the earliest sunset of 2026.

How these times are calculated

Times are for Charlotte (35.23° N, 80.84° W), calculated with the NOAA solar-position algorithm for a flat horizon, in local clock time (America/New York), including daylight saving time where it applies. They are the same numbers as on the Charlotte sunset and sunrise pages and are usually within a minute of published tables. Hills and buildings can hide the sun a few minutes early.