Palm Bay, FL · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Palm Bay, Florida

Short answer

Palm Bay gets 13 h 55 min of daylight on June 21 and 10 h 22 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:23 PM on June 29.
Longest day
13 h 55 min
Shortest day
10 h 22 min

Palm Bay daylight through 2026

Daylight in Palm Bay runs from 10 h 22 min on December 21 to 13 h 55 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 33 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 319th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 08 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 08 min.

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Each column is one day from sunrise to sunset in local clock time.

Palm Bay daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 36 min7:10 AM to 7:15 AM5:38 PM to 6:02 PM
February11 h 13 min6:48 AM to 7:09 AM6:03 PM to 6:22 PM
March12 h 01 min6:40 AM to 7:39 AM6:23 PM to 7:39 PM
April12 h 51 min6:43 AM to 7:12 AM7:40 PM to 7:56 PM
May13 h 33 min6:26 AM to 6:42 AM7:57 PM to 8:14 PM
June13 h 53 min6:25 AM to 6:29 AM8:14 PM to 8:23 PM
July13 h 43 min6:30 AM to 6:44 AM8:12 PM to 8:23 PM
August13 h 06 min6:45 AM to 7:00 AM7:44 PM to 8:12 PM
September12 h 18 min7:01 AM to 7:15 AM7:09 PM to 7:43 PM
October11 h 29 min7:15 AM to 7:33 AM6:38 PM to 7:08 PM
November10 h 46 min6:33 AM to 6:55 AM5:26 PM to 5:38 PM
December10 h 24 min6:56 AM to 7:13 AM5:26 PM to 5:37 PM
Local clock time (America/New_York). Computed with SunCalc at 27.955° N, 80.665° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on June 6 at 6:25 AM and the latest sunset on June 29 at 8:23 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:39 AM on March 8. Daylight saving time starts and ends on March 8 and November 1, which shifts every clock time by an hour.

On standard time the clocks run 5 hours behind UTC, the time of the 75° W meridian. Palm Bay sits at 80.67° W, so the sun runs about 23 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:32 PM on January 15 and 1:28 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Tallahassee, the state capital, gets 12 minutes more daylight than Palm Bay on June 21 and 11 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Palm Coast, FL29.54° N14 h 03 min10 h 15 min
Deltona, FL28.91° N13 h 59 min10 h 18 min
Orlando, FL28.41° N13 h 57 min10 h 20 min
Lakeland, FL28.06° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Clearwater, FL27.98° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Tampa, FL27.97° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Palm Bay, FL27.95° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
St. Petersburg, FL27.76° N13 h 54 min10 h 23 min
Port St. Lucie, FL27.28° N13 h 52 min10 h 25 min
West Palm Beach, FL26.75° N13 h 49 min10 h 28 min
Boca Raton, FL26.37° N13 h 48 min10 h 29 min
Palm Bay: 13 h 55 min on June 21 and 10 h 22 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Palm Bay?

June 21, 2026, with 13 h 55 min of daylight: sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 8:22 PM.

What is the shortest day in Palm Bay?

December 21, 2026, with 10 h 22 min: sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 5:31 PM.

When is the latest sunset in Palm Bay?

8:23 PM on June 29, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:26 PM on November 27.

What time zone is Palm Bay in?

America/New_York. Clocks change on March 8 (to EDT) and November 1 (to EST) in 2026.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Palm Bay, 27.955° N, 80.665° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  2. 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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