Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Austin, TX. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
The month-by-month table below is in this city's own local time. The live times above follow your device's timezone. Mountains, ridgelines and buildings can shorten the usable window — scout your horizon.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
In Austin, sunset ranges from 5:30 PM in November to 8:36 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Austin's coordinates (30.2672, -97.7431) and shown in America/Chicago.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:28 AM | 5:53 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:53 PM | 36 min | 10h 25m |
| February | 7:10 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:46 PM – 6:19 PM | 33 min | 11h 09m |
| March | 7:40 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:39 PM | 32 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 7:03 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:26 PM – 7:58 PM | 32 min | 12h 55m |
| May | 6:36 AM | 8:18 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:18 PM | 34 min | 13h 41m |
| June | 6:28 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:34 PM | 35 min | 14h 05m |
| July | 6:39 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:59 PM – 8:34 PM | 35 min | 13h 55m |
| August | 6:58 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:39 PM – 8:12 PM | 33 min | 13h 14m |
| September | 7:15 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:04 PM – 7:36 PM | 32 min | 12h 21m |
| October | 7:33 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:27 PM – 6:59 PM | 32 min | 11h 27m |
| November | 6:56 AM | 5:34 PM | 4:59 PM – 5:34 PM | 35 min | 10h 38m |
| December | 7:19 AM | 5:32 PM | 4:56 PM – 5:32 PM | 36 min | 10h 12m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Austin. It is longest in January at about 36 minutes and shortest in March at about 32 minutes — a difference of 4 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Austin gets 3h 53m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:32 PM in December to 8:34 PM in June, so an evening shoot that works in summer will be shooting in the dark at the same clock time in winter.
Blue hour follows sunset and is worth planning for separately: in June it runs until about 9:01 PM, and in December until about 5:58 PM.
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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