Sunset & Sunrise Today in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas sees the sun come up at 6:54 AM and go down at 8:17 PM on Sunday, August 9, 2026 — 13h 23m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Austin at 1:36 PM.

Sitting at 30.27° latitude puts Austin in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 30 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Austin move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Austin this evening is roughly 7:45 PM–8:33 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:33 PM to 8:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Austin is at 8:16 PM and sunrise at 6:55 AM — about 1m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Austin drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Austin, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Austin ranges from as early as 5:29 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 11m.