Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Houston

Sunrise in Houston today is at 05:28:55 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:18:23 PM, giving Houston 15h 49min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:42:58 AM and ends at 10:04:41 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Houston or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Houston. Get a full year of light data with the printable Houston Photography Planner 2026.

Houston lies in the temperate zone at 54.4° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Houston receives 17.2 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:51 AM and sunset at 10:05 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.3 hours — a difference of 9.9 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:51, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:05. The evening golden hour in Houston lasts about 93 minutes in summer and 99 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.