Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 11 hours 12 minutes in Austin: 1 min 40 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 1 minute more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 10 h 11 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Austin apart
- The sun is highest at 1:30 PM on the longest day, 30 minutes after 1 PM, because Austin sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Even its earliest sunset, 5:31 PM on November 29, is the 5th latest of the 51 cities' earliest sunsets.
- Austin sits at about the latitude of Cairo, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:15 AM, 24 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:16 PM, 24 minutes after sunset: 12 hours 1 minute of light in Austin today, 11 h 12 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 5:45 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Austin
In 2026 the days in Austin bottom out at 10 h 11 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 6 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on November 29) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 3, 2027).
Austin's days run from 10 h 11 min to 14 h 6 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Austin.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:03 AM | 7:29 AMfirst light 7:03 | 5:53 PMlast light 6:19 | 6:19 PM | 10 h 24 min |
| February | 6:48 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:48 | 6:20 PMlast light 6:44 | 6:44 PM | 11 h 8 min |
| March | 7:18 AM | 7:42 AMfirst light 7:18 | 7:40 PMlast light 8:04 | 8:04 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:40 AM | 7:04 AMfirst light 6:40 | 7:59 PMlast light 8:23 | 8:23 PM | 12 h 54 min |
| May | 6:12 AM | 6:38 AMfirst light 6:12 | 8:18 PMlast light 8:45 | 8:45 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| June | 6:02 AM | 6:30 AMfirst light 6:02 | 8:35 PMlast light 9:02 | 9:02 PM | 14 h 5 min |
| July | 6:13 AM | 6:40 AMfirst light 6:13 | 8:35 PMlast light 9:02 | 9:02 PM | 13 h 55 min |
| August | 6:34 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:34 | 8:14 PMlast light 8:39 | 8:39 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| September | 6:52 AM | 7:16 AMfirst light 6:52 | 7:38 PMlast light 8:02 | 8:02 PM | 12 h 22 min |
| October | 7:09 AM | 7:34 AMfirst light 7:09 | 7:01 PMlast light 7:25 | 7:25 PM | 11 h 28 min |
| November | 6:32 AM | 6:57 AMfirst light 6:32 | 5:36 PMlast light 6:01 | 6:01 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| December | 6:54 AM | 7:21 AMfirst light 6:54 | 5:33 PMlast light 6:00 | 6:00 PM | 10 h 12 min |
Nearby
- San Antonio, TX: 74 miles away, sunset today 6:56 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Houston: 146 miles away, sunset today 6:43 PM.
- Fort Worth, TX: 174 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Dallas: 182 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.