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Daylight Saving Time Ends: Do We Sleep More?
On the night daylight saving time ended in 2026, Americans got 8 minutes more sleep, woke up 3% less often, went to bed 22 minutes later and got up 35 minutes earlier than on a typical Saturday night.
In the US and Canada, daylight saving time ends at 2am on the first Sunday of November and the clocks fall back an hour. We compared the night of the change with the Saturdays around it.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Sleep vs normal
+8 min
6h 47m vs 6h 39m
Wake-ups vs normal
−3%
3.2 vs 3.3 per night
Bedtime
10:53pm
+22 min vs usual 10:32pm
Under 6 hours of sleep
30%
−3 pts vs usual 33%
In 2026 this night was also Halloween, so the figures reflect both.
What the data shows
- Americans slept an average of 6h 47m, compared with 6h 39m on a typical Saturday night.
- 31% fell asleep after midnight, compared with 24% normally.
- The next morning, people got up at 7:57am on average, 35 minutes earlier than usual.
- 30% of sleepers got less than six hours, against 33% on a normal Saturday.
- That's a similar effect to 2025 (+8 min).
Sleep in the nights around Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada) 2026
United States · dashed line is a typical Saturday
- Sleep
- Typical Saturday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Sleep | Wake-ups | Bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | 6h 45m | 3.26 | 10:38pm |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 6h 30m | 3.14 | 10:23pm |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 6h 29m | 3.19 | 10:26pm |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 6h 26m | 3.18 | 10:22pm |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 6h 25m | 3.17 | 10:27pm |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 6h 28m | 3.15 | 10:28pm |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 6h 36m | 3.20 | 10:38pm |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6h 47m | 3.20 | 10:53pm |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 6h 26m | 3.09 | 10:19pm |
Wake-ups in the nights around Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada) 2026
United States · average times sleep was broken per night
- Wake-ups
- Typical Saturday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Wake-ups |
|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.26 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 3.14 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 3.19 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 3.18 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 3.17 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 3.15 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 3.20 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.20 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 3.09 |
Sleep vs normal on Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada) 2026, by country
Minutes of sleep compared with a typical night
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Region | Sleep | vs normal | Wake-ups vs normal | Bedtime | Bedtime vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6h 47m | +8 min | −3% | 10:53pm | +22 min |
| Canada | 6h 53m | +14 min | +6% | 11:01pm | +19 min |
Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada), year on year
United States · minutes of sleep vs a typical night
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Year | Night | Sleep vs normal | Wake-ups vs normal | Bedtime vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nov 1, 2025 | +8 min | +2% | +12 min |
| 2026 | Oct 31, 2026 | +8 min | −3% | +22 min |
Upcoming dates
- Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada) 2027Saturday, November 6, 2027
Frequently asked questions
When does daylight saving time end?
At 2am on the first Sunday in November in the US and most of Canada. In 2026 that is Sunday November 1, the morning after Halloween.
Do you get more sleep when daylight saving time ends?
The figures above show how much of the extra hour Americans actually slept, compared with a typical Saturday night.
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