Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for McKinney, 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 McKinney, sunset ranges from 5:18 PM in December to 8:39 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for McKinney's coordinates (33.1976, -96.6153) and shown in America/Chicago.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:29 AM | 5:42 PM | 5:05 PM – 5:42 PM | 37 min | 10h 12m |
| February | 7:09 AM | 6:11 PM | 5:37 PM – 6:11 PM | 34 min | 11h 02m |
| March | 7:36 AM | 7:34 PM | 7:01 PM – 7:34 PM | 33 min | 11h 58m |
| April | 6:56 AM | 7:57 PM | 7:23 PM – 7:57 PM | 34 min | 13h 01m |
| May | 6:26 AM | 8:19 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:19 PM | 35 min | 13h 53m |
| June | 6:16 AM | 8:37 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:37 PM | 37 min | 14h 20m |
| July | 6:28 AM | 8:36 PM | 8:00 PM – 8:36 PM | 36 min | 14h 08m |
| August | 6:49 AM | 8:11 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:11 PM | 33 min | 13h 23m |
| September | 7:10 AM | 7:32 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:32 PM | 33 min | 12h 23m |
| October | 7:31 AM | 6:52 PM | 6:19 PM – 6:52 PM | 33 min | 11h 22m |
| November | 6:57 AM | 5:24 PM | 4:48 PM – 5:24 PM | 36 min | 10h 27m |
| December | 7:22 AM | 5:20 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:20 PM | 37 min | 9h 58m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in McKinney. It is longest in January at about 37 minutes and shortest in March at about 33 minutes — a difference of 4 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
McKinney gets 4h 22m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:20 PM in December to 8:37 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 9:06 PM, and in December until about 5:48 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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