End of daylight saving time approaches: How short will days get in Kansas City?
If you dislike dark evenings in Kansas City, there’s some bad news for you. As the temperature cools down, the days will keep getting shorter and the Chiefs will have to turn on their stadium lights sooner.
Even before daylight saving time ends, Kansas City area residents will spend more of their waking hours in the dark this fall.
For the rest of 2025, the sun will rise later and set earlier. Here is what you should know.
When does daylight saving time 2025 end?
On Sunday, Nov. 2, you will need to turn back your clock an hour and gain that sleep when daylight saving time ends. The change moves the sunrise and sunset even earlier.
If you hate this annual “fall back,” you’re not alone. Eighteen states have passed bills opting to adopt daylight saving time as the permanent standard time.
However, the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation, and both the 2025 versions of the bill fizzled out in a congressional committee.
How quickly will we lose sunlight in Kansas City?
The days will get progressively shorter in until Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year.
Here is a selection of sunrise and sunset times this fall in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the website Time and Date.
- Sept. 22, fall equinox: 7:06 a.m. sunrise, 7:14 p.m. sunset
- Oct. 15: 7:28 a.m. sunrise, 6:39 p.m. sunset
- Oct. 31: 7:45 a.m. sunrise, 6:18 p.m. sunset
- Nov. 2, end of daylight saving time: 6:47 a.m. sunrise, 5:15 p.m. sunset
- Nov. 15: 7:01 a.m. sunrise, 5:03 p.m. sunset
- Nov. 30: 7:17 a.m. sunrise, 4:56 p.m. sunset
- Dec. 15: 7:30 a.m. sunrise, 4:56 p.m. sunset
- Dec. 21, winter solstice: 7:34 a.m. sunrise, 4:59 p.m. sunset
Why do we lose daylight?
As the Earth orbits around the sun, our planet is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle. When North America is tilted away from the sun, we experience both cooler weather and more time in the dark.
Have more questions about fall in the Kansas City area? Ask the Service Journalism team at kcq@kcstar.com.
This story was originally published September 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM.
