Sunset & Sunrise Today in McKinney, Texas

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over McKinney at 7:55 PM, having risen at 6:59 AM. That works out to 12h 55m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above McKinney at 1:27 PM.

Sitting at 33.20° latitude puts McKinney in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 56 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in McKinney keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in McKinney runs from about 7:22 PM to 8:11 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:11 PM to 8:20 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in McKinney is at 7:53 PM and sunrise at 6:59 AM — about 1m 57s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in McKinney drift across the whole year.

It's summer in McKinney right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in McKinney ranges from as early as 5:18 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:39 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 20m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 56m.