Tampa Says Goodbye to 5 P.M. Sunsets Until November SHARE While Tampa Bay sees its first 6 p.m. sunset of the year, parts of northern Alaska will soon see their first sunrise and sunset of 2021. What You Need To Know Tampa's first 6 p.m. sunset of 2021 arrived on Jan. 19 The sun will not set before 6 p.m. until November 7 Daylight decreases as you go farther north Utqiagvik, Alaska hasn't seen a sunset since November 18 We can finally say goodbye to those early 5 p.m. sunsets and say hello to the 6 p.m. sunsets in Tampa Bay. It will be a while before Tampa sees another 5 p.m. sunset, not until November 7.