When will we see more daylight in Miami? See changes as winter solstice comes

It’s not even 6 p.m. and it’s dark in Miami. “It feels like midnight!” your loved one shouts from across the room.

Yes it does.

But longer days are coming. More daylight starts with the winter solstice.

When we moved the clocks forward on Nov. 2, sunrise in Miami was at 6:30 a.m. and sunset at 5:38 p.m. The days will continue to get shorter until 10 a.m. Dec. 21. That marks the shortest day of the year, with more than 10 1/2 hours of daylight — 10 hours, 31 minutes and 48 seconds to be exact.

But, sorry, the days will continue to be shorter until then. On Monday, Dec. 8, for instance, there are 10 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. That’s about three more minutes of daylight than the upcoming shortest day of the year.

But Monday also marked when there will be a little more daylight at the end of each day. Sunset will be slightly later in the evening, although sunrise will also get later as we move toward the winter solstice, when overall daylight increases.

The real change comes in 2026, when daylight saving time returns on March 8. The Miami sunrise that day will be 7:37 a.m., and sunset will be 7:26 p.m., totaling nearly 12 hours of daylight.

Until then, here’s a look at sunrise and sunset in Miami for December:

• Dec. 8: 6:55 a.m. sunrise, 5:30 p.m. sunset
• Dec. 15: 6:59 a.m. sunrise, 5:32 p.m. sunset
• Dec. 21 (winter solstice): 7:03 a.m. sunrise, 5:34 p.m. sunset
• Dec. 28: 7:06 a.m. sunrise, 5:38 p.m. sunset

After the New Year and heading into spring, it breaks down this way:

• Jan. 2: 7:08 a.m. sunrise, 5:42 p.m. sunset
• Feb. 2: 7:04 a.m. sunrise, 6:05 p.m. sunset
• March 2: 6:43 a.m. sunrise, 6:23 p.m. sunset

This story was originally published December 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM.