Permanent daylight saving time in Idaho.In Boise the sun would rise after 8 AM on 149 days a year, up from 84.

The latest sunrise would move from 8:27 AM to 9:18 AM, and winter's earliest sunset from 5:08 PM to 6:08 PM. Summer stays as it is.

A year of daylight in Boise: 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.

Boise on each clock
Measure	Today's clocks	Permanent DST	Permanent standard
Latest sunrise	8:27 AM	9:18 AM	8:18 AM
Earliest sunrise	6:03 AM	6:03 AM	5:03 AM
Earliest sunset	5:08 PM	6:08 PM	5:08 PM
Latest sunset	9:30 PM	9:30 PM	8:30 PM
Days with sunrise after 8 AM	84	149	62
Days with sunrise after 9 AM	0	62	0
Days with sunset before 5 PM	0	0	0
Days with sunset after 7 PM	216	254	174
Hours of light after 5 PM on weekdays	654	745	484

Idaho, city by city.

Idaho keeps more than one clock. On Mountain time: Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello. On Pacific time: Coeur d'Alene.

City	Latest sunrise today	On permanent DST	Days after 8 AM today	On permanent DST	Earliest sunset today	On permanent DST	Latest sunset on permanent standard
Boise	8:27 AM	9:18 AM	84	149	5:08 PM	6:08 PM	8:30 PM
Idaho Falls	8:10 AM	9:01 AM	23	125	4:52 PM	5:52 PM	8:13 PM
Pocatello	8:10 AM	9:01 AM	22	127	4:55 PM	5:55 PM	8:13 PM
Coeur d'Alene	7:39 AM	8:36 AM	0	82	3:55 PM	4:55 PM	7:49 PM

Questions.

What time would the sun rise in Boise in winter?

As late as 9:18 AM, on January 3. Today the latest sunrise is 8:27 AM, on November 6.

How many dark mornings would Boise have?

The sun would rise after 8 AM on 149 days a year, and after 9 AM on 62 days. Today it rises after 8 AM on 84 days.

What would winter evenings look like in Boise?

The earliest sunset of the year would move from 5:08 PM to 6:08 PM.

What would permanent standard time do in Boise?

Winter would stay as it is, and summer's clock would fall an hour back. The earliest sunrise would be 5:03 AM and the latest sunset 8:30 PM, instead of 6:03 AM and 9:30 PM today.

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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.