Sunset & Sunrise Today in McKinney, Texas

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over McKinney at 6:52 PM, having risen at 7:31 AM. That works out to 11h 21m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above McKinney at 1:12 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 59 seconds. Through autumn, 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 6:20 PM to 7:08 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:08 PM to 7:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in McKinney is at 6:51 PM and sunrise at 7:31 AM — about 1m 58s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in McKinney drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in McKinney, and the days are drawing in. 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.