Permanent daylight saving time in Washington, DC.In Washington the sun would rise after 8 AM on 83 days a year, up from 0.

The latest sunrise would move from 7:41 AM to 8:27 AM, and winter's earliest sunset from 4:46 PM to 5:46 PM. Summer stays as it is.

A year of daylight in Washington: a band of blue day edged in orange and violet, stepping up and down on the two days the clocks change. — Each column is one day of 2027, with midnight at the top and bottom. A color is the sky's at that minute. A cliff is a day the clocks change. Move across the picture to read a day.

Washington on each clock
Measure	Today's clocks	Permanent DST	Permanent standard
Latest sunrise	7:41 AM	8:27 AM	7:27 AM
Earliest sunrise	5:42 AM	5:42 AM	4:42 AM
Earliest sunset	4:46 PM	5:46 PM	4:46 PM
Latest sunset	8:38 PM	8:38 PM	7:38 PM
Days with sunrise after 8 AM	0	83	0
Days with sunrise after 9 AM	0	0	0
Days with sunset before 5 PM	57	0	57
Days with sunset after 7 PM	196	209	109
Hours of light after 5 PM on weekdays	498	583	328

Questions.

What time would the sun rise in Washington in winter?

As late as 8:27 AM, on January 5. Today the latest sunrise is 7:41 AM, on November 6.

How many dark mornings would Washington have?

The sun would rise after 8 AM on 83 days a year. Today it rises after 8 AM on 0 days.

What would winter evenings look like in Washington?

The earliest sunset of the year would move from 4:46 PM to 5:46 PM. The sun now sets before 5 PM on 57 days a year; on permanent daylight saving time it never would.

What would permanent standard time do in Washington?

Winter would stay as it is, and summer's clock would fall an hour back. The earliest sunrise would be 4:42 AM and the latest sunset 7:38 PM, instead of 5:42 AM and 8:38 PM today.

Neighbors.

Maryland Virginia Every state

Will tonight's sunset be worth seeing in Washington, DC?

Sol answers hours ahead, in one of four words, and shows where the light will be at any minute. It is free on the web, and coming soon to iPhone.

See Washington, DC's forecast See daylight after work

Sol's Sky tab at dusk in New York, the glow arching up from the horizon.

Figures are for calendar 2027 unless a heading says otherwise, worked out with NOAA's solar equations and the IANA time zone database (version 2026e) at each place's coordinates from GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset put the sun's center 0.833° below a flat horizon, so hills move a real place by minutes. Download the figures.