After blistering hot summers, New Yorkers practically cry tears of joy when fall finally arrives and the air starts to feel crisp again. But there’s always one catch: those cozy autumn nights come with painfully early sunsets. NYC’s last 7pm sunset of 2025 came and went in mid-September—7:01 pm on the 17th, 6:59 pm on the 18th—and the days have been shrinking ever since.
Unfortunately, the real heartbreak is still ahead.
The city’s final 6 pm sunset of the year will happen on Saturday, October 25. After that? It’s a rapid descent into darkness. We’ll only get one week of sunsets in the 5 o’clock hour before the sun decides to peace out even earlier…