Daylight today
San Antonio gets 11 hours 14 minutes of daylight today, 1 min 40 sec less than yesterday. That's 58 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 10 h 15 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets San Antonio apart
- Even on its shortest day, December 22, San Antonio gets 10 h 15 min of daylight: the 5th longest winter day of the 51 cities on DaySight.
- The sun is highest at 1:33 PM on the longest day, 33 minutes after 1 PM, because San Antonio sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Even its earliest sunset, 5:36 PM on November 27, is the 3rd latest of the 51 cities' earliest sunsets.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 7:18 AM, 24 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 7:20 PM, 24 minutes after it sets. That gives San Antonio 12 hours 2 minutes of usable light today, against 11 h 14 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In San Antonio that takes sunset from 6:50 PM the day before to 5:49 PM, and sunrise from 7:47 AM to 6:48 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in San Antonio
San Antonio swings from 10 h 15 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 2 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 27, and its latest sunrise on January 3, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
San Antonio's days run from 10 h 15 min to 14 h 2 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over San Antonio.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:04 AM | 7:30 AMfirst light 7:04 | 5:58 PMlast light 6:24 | 6:24 PM | 10 h 28 min |
| February | 6:50 AM | 7:14 AMfirst light 6:50 | 6:24 PMlast light 6:48 | 6:48 PM | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 7:21 AM | 7:45 AMfirst light 7:21 | 7:43 PMlast light 8:07 | 8:07 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:44 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:44 | 8:01 PMlast light 8:25 | 8:25 PM | 12 h 53 min |
| May | 6:17 AM | 6:43 AMfirst light 6:17 | 8:20 PMlast light 8:46 | 8:46 PM | 13 h 37 min |
| June | 6:08 AM | 6:35 AMfirst light 6:08 | 8:36 PMlast light 9:03 | 9:03 PM | 14 h 1 min |
| July | 6:18 AM | 6:45 AMfirst light 6:18 | 8:36 PMlast light 9:03 | 9:03 PM | 13 h 51 min |
| August | 6:38 AM | 7:03 AMfirst light 6:38 | 8:16 PMlast light 8:41 | 8:41 PM | 13 h 13 min |
| September | 6:56 AM | 7:20 AMfirst light 6:56 | 7:41 PMlast light 8:05 | 8:05 PM | 12 h 21 min |
| October | 7:12 AM | 7:36 AMfirst light 7:12 | 7:05 PMlast light 7:29 | 7:29 PM | 11 h 29 min |
| November | 6:34 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:34 | 5:40 PMlast light 6:05 | 6:05 PM | 10 h 41 min |
| December | 6:56 AM | 7:22 AMfirst light 6:56 | 5:38 PMlast light 6:04 | 6:04 PM | 10 h 16 min |
Nearby
- Austin, TX: 74 miles away, sunset today 6:52 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Houston: 189 miles away, sunset today 6:43 PM.
- Fort Worth, TX: 240 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Dallas: 252 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.