when is the earliest sunrise and earliest sunset
At latitude 25N, latest sunrise occurs just before mid-January, and earliest sunset is around the end of November. And at 50N, the date of earliest sunset is approximately 13th December, while latest sunrise is experienced at the end of December.
Earliest Sunset a Few Days Before. If you look at the sunrise and sunset times for any city in the Northern Hemisphere around the December Solstice, you will notice that the earliest sunset occurs a few days before the solstice and the latest sunrise happens a few days after the solstice.