Sunset / sunrise Apple Watch not working.

Hi all! This has been bugging me for a while, and I finally googled about it last night and tried your ideas. Thank you for sharing! I’m not sure exactly what fixed me, as I tried a few things.

I toggled the Sunrise/sunset under Watch app->Clock->Siri Face Data Sources, first just turning off, backing out and turning back on, then when that didn’t work turning off, killing the app and going back in to turn it on.

i also found Precise location off under Settings->Privacy->Location Services->Clock and turned it on.

I still had no sunrise time on my watch face after both of these UNTIL I RESTARTED MY WATCH. That was the key for me. It seems like it worked for other people instantly after checking those settings, but for me the time did not show up on my watch face until I powered the watch off and back on. This is also why I’m not sure what exactly fixed it, since I didn’t restart until after doing multiple things.

Just wanted to share with those of you still struggling in case you tried all of the above fixes but never restarted. Hope it helps!

Thank you! This has been driving me crazy for months and I couldn’t find location services. This is amazing and I’m very appreciative.

Thank you for your comment!!!! It actually helped me!

I also had to turn on the “use precise location” toggle for this to work, but that took care of it.

Super! Thank you! tried all the other above suggestions and this is the only one that worked. My issue also occurred after the latest update.

Thank you! This fixed my issue.

Need to unpair and re-pair the watch to your phone.

Worked for me!

The sunrise/sunset on/off solution worked for me (Apr 2024). I tried it twice - it didn’t work the first time but the second time I switched it to off and backed all the way out, then went back in and switched the setting on again. That seemed to have done the trick. Hope this helps

definitly sunset time info in the watch face comes from weather app. i had the same issue. when i click the icon it gives info but doesnt show in the face. the info comes after the moment i changed weather locations usage changed to “always”. but iphone gives warning about “ weather app used your location too many times”. i think it uses too much energy.

bpen33, I did as above, but never turned the above mentioned toggle back on at all, and sunset time now displays. Go figure. What is "Siri Face Data Sources" anyway?? I may have turned off some Siri feature I have long forgotten about; I am not a fan of Siri. This sunset time issue really annoys me; a classic example of software complexity messing up a simple and important feature. Yes, I do want to know when it gets dark. Like every day I want to know, especially if I go hiking near sunset. And no, it was/is not a "feature" to have made the font a whole lot smaller (unreadable) so that somebody could get credit for a new feature telling me not only when sunset is ( helpful ) AND how long it is until sunset. I know how long it is until 8PM, thank you very much, but I can no longer read the sunset time without glasses.

Which software version is your Apple Watch using now?

Settings / General / About

That did the trick. Thank you!

YESSSS. Omg this has been bothering me. It worked just fine and then one day didn’t. I thought I had checked everything. Thank you!!

You have to change the location services from your phone not from your watch. It is grayed out on the watch.