Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 11 hours 6 minutes in Fort Worth: 1 min 50 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 7 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 59 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Fort Worth apart
- The sun is highest at 1:29 PM on the longest day, 29 minutes after 1 PM, because Fort Worth sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Its longest day is 4 h 19 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 19 min on the longest day against 9 h 59 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Fort Worth gets 9 h 59 min of daylight, 39th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:16 AM, 25 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:13 PM, 25 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 57 minutes of light in Fort Worth today, 11 h 6 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 7:47 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 5:40 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Fort Worth
In 2026 the days in Fort Worth bottom out at 9 h 59 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 19 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 2, 2027).
Fort Worth's days run from 9 h 59 min to 14 h 19 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Fort Worth.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:06 AM | 7:32 AMfirst light 7:06 | 5:46 PMlast light 6:13 | 6:13 PM | 10 h 14 min |
| February | 6:48 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:48 | 6:15 PMlast light 6:41 | 6:41 PM | 11 h 2 min |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:41 AMfirst light 7:16 | 7:38 PMlast light 8:02 | 8:02 PM | 11 h 57 min |
| April | 6:35 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:35 | 8:00 PMlast light 8:25 | 8:25 PM | 12 h 59 min |
| May | 6:04 AM | 6:31 AMfirst light 6:04 | 8:22 PMlast light 8:49 | 8:49 PM | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 5:53 AM | 6:22 AMfirst light 5:53 | 8:40 PMlast light 9:08 | 9:08 PM | 14 h 18 min |
| July | 6:05 AM | 6:33 AMfirst light 6:05 | 8:39 PMlast light 9:07 | 9:07 PM | 14 h 6 min |
| August | 6:28 AM | 6:54 AMfirst light 6:28 | 8:16 PMlast light 8:42 | 8:42 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| September | 6:49 AM | 7:14 AMfirst light 6:49 | 7:37 PMlast light 8:02 | 8:02 PM | 12 h 23 min |
| October | 7:09 AM | 7:34 AMfirst light 7:09 | 6:58 PMlast light 7:22 | 7:22 PM | 11 h 24 min |
| November | 6:34 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:34 | 5:29 PMlast light 5:55 | 5:55 PM | 10 h 29 min |
| December | 6:58 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:58 | 5:26 PMlast light 5:53 | 5:53 PM | 10 h |
Nearby
- Dallas, TX: 31 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Austin: 174 miles away, sunset today 6:52 PM.
- Oklahoma City, OK: 188 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Houston: 237 miles away, sunset today 6:43 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.