diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zoneinfo/test_zoneinfo.py b/Lib/test/test_zoneinfo/test_zoneinfo.py
index 41ba92342ff2cbd..020a7f4a1e47353 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zoneinfo/test_zoneinfo.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zoneinfo/test_zoneinfo.py
@@ -747,6 +747,39 @@ def test_tz_before_only(self):
                     self.assertEqual(dt.utcoffset(), offset.utcoffset)
                     self.assertEqual(dt.dst(), offset.dst)
 
+    def test_footer_fold_at_last_transition(self):
+        STD = ZoneOffset("STD", -2 * ONE_H)
+        transition = ZoneTransition(datetime(2023, 10, 28, 23), STD, STD)
+        earlier = ZoneTransition(datetime(2020, 1, 1), STD, STD)
+        cases = [
+            datetime(2023, 10, 28, 22, 59, 59, 999999),
+            datetime(2023, 10, 28, 23),
+            datetime(2023, 10, 28, 23, 0, 0, 1),
+            datetime(2023, 10, 28, 23, 30),
+            datetime(2023, 10, 28, 23, 59, 59, 999999),
+            datetime(2023, 10, 29),
+        ]
+
+        # As in America/Nuuk, the footer describes a fold that would start
+        # before the last explicit transition, while the table has no fold.
+        for transitions in ([transition], [earlier, transition]):
+            zf = self.construct_zone(
+                transitions, after="STD2DST,M3.5.0/-1,M10.5.0/0"
+            )
+            zi = self.klass.from_file(zf)
+            for dt in cases:
+                for fold in (0, 1):
+                    with self.subTest(
+                        num_transitions=len(transitions), dt=dt, fold=fold
+                    ):
+                        local = dt.replace(tzinfo=zi, fold=fold)
+                        self.assertEqual(local.utcoffset(), STD.utcoffset)
+                        self.assertEqual(local.dst(), STD.dst)
+                        self.assertEqual(local.tzname(), STD.tzname)
+                        round_trip = local.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+                        round_trip = round_trip.astimezone(zi)
+                        self.assertEqual(round_trip.replace(tzinfo=None), dt)
+
     def test_empty_zone(self):
         zf = self.construct_zone([], "")
 
diff --git a/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py b/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
index 48154775568b6dc..14cbf3137ae47cf 100644
--- a/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
+++ b/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
@@ -176,7 +176,15 @@ def _find_trans(self, dt):
             return self._tti_before
         elif not num_trans or ts > lt[-1]:
             if isinstance(self._tz_after, _TZStr):
-                return self._tz_after.get_trans_info(ts, dt.year, dt.fold)
+                tti = self._tz_after.get_trans_info(ts, dt.year, dt.fold)
+                # Do not extrapolate recurring rules before the last
+                # explicit transition.
+                if (
+                    self._trans_utc
+                    and ts - tti.utcoff.total_seconds() < self._trans_utc[-1]
+                ):
+                    return self._ttinfos[-1]
+                return tti
             else:
                 return self._tz_after
         else:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-02-02-00.gh-issue-159708.S7h4cV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-02-02-00.gh-issue-159708.S7h4cV.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4beef18cecd2393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-02-02-00.gh-issue-159708.S7h4cV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :class:`zoneinfo.ZoneInfo` applying recurring TZ string rules to local
+times whose UTC offset is still determined by the explicit transition table.
diff --git a/Modules/_zoneinfo.c b/Modules/_zoneinfo.c
index 46ab3499e003542..e726e2cfec45d8d 100644
--- a/Modules/_zoneinfo.c
+++ b/Modules/_zoneinfo.c
@@ -2244,8 +2244,15 @@ find_ttinfo(zoneinfo_state *state, PyZoneInfo_ZoneInfo *self, PyObject *dt)
         return self->ttinfo_before;
     }
     else if (!num_trans || ts > local_transitions[self->num_transitions - 1]) {
-        return find_tzrule_ttinfo(&(self->tzrule_after), ts, fold,
-                                  PyDateTime_GET_YEAR(dt));
+        _ttinfo *tti = find_tzrule_ttinfo(&(self->tzrule_after), ts, fold,
+                                        PyDateTime_GET_YEAR(dt));
+        // Do not extrapolate recurring rules before the last explicit
+        // transition.
+        if (num_trans && !self->tzrule_after.std_only &&
+            ts - tti->utcoff_seconds < self->trans_list_utc[num_trans - 1]) {
+            return self->trans_ttinfos[num_trans - 1];
+        }
+        return tti;
     }
     else {
         size_t idx = _bisect(ts, local_transitions, self->num_transitions) - 1;