Daylight today
Houston gets 11 hours 13 minutes of daylight today, 1 min 40 sec less than yesterday. That's 59 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 10 h 14 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Houston apart
- Houston sits at about the latitude of Lhasa, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 3 h 50 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 3 min on the longest day against 10 h 14 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Houston gets 10 h 14 min of daylight, 46th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
First light comes 24 minutes before sunrise today, at 7:05 AM, and last light 24 minutes after sunset, at 7:07 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 12 hours 2 minutes, against 11 h 13 min with the sun up. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:35 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 5:36 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Houston
Houston swings from 10 h 14 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 3 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 26, and its latest sunrise on January 8, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
Houston's days run from 10 h 14 min to 14 h 3 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Houston.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:53 AM | 7:18 AMfirst light 6:53 | 5:45 PMlast light 6:10 | 6:10 PM | 10 h 26 min |
| February | 6:38 AM | 7:02 AMfirst light 6:38 | 6:11 PMlast light 6:35 | 6:35 PM | 11 h 9 min |
| March | 7:08 AM | 7:32 AMfirst light 7:08 | 7:30 PMlast light 7:54 | 7:54 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:31 AM | 6:55 AMfirst light 6:31 | 7:49 PMlast light 8:13 | 8:13 PM | 12 h 53 min |
| May | 6:03 AM | 6:29 AMfirst light 6:03 | 8:08 PMlast light 8:34 | 8:34 PM | 13 h 39 min |
| June | 5:54 AM | 6:21 AMfirst light 5:54 | 8:24 PMlast light 8:52 | 8:52 PM | 14 h 3 min |
| July | 6:05 AM | 6:32 AMfirst light 6:05 | 8:24 PMlast light 8:51 | 8:51 PM | 13 h 53 min |
| August | 6:25 AM | 6:50 AMfirst light 6:25 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:29 | 8:29 PM | 13 h 14 min |
| September | 6:43 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:43 | 7:28 PMlast light 7:52 | 7:52 PM | 12 h 21 min |
| October | 7:00 AM | 7:24 AMfirst light 7:00 | 6:52 PMlast light 7:16 | 7:16 PM | 11 h 28 min |
| November | 6:22 AM | 6:47 AMfirst light 6:22 | 5:27 PMlast light 5:52 | 5:52 PM | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 6:44 AM | 7:10 AMfirst light 6:44 | 5:25 PMlast light 5:51 | 5:51 PM | 10 h 15 min |
Nearby
- Austin, TX: 146 miles away, sunset today 6:52 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Antonio: 189 miles away, sunset today 6:56 PM.
- Dallas, TX: 225 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Fort Worth: 237 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.