Carrollton, TX · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Carrollton, Texas

Short answer

Carrollton gets 14 h 20 min of daylight on June 21 and 9 h 58 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:40 PM on June 25.
Longest day
14 h 20 min
Shortest day
9 h 58 min

Carrollton daylight through 2026

Daylight in Carrollton runs from 9 h 58 min on December 21 to 14 h 20 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 4 h 21 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 262nd of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 08 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 08 min.

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Each column is one day from sunrise to sunset in local clock time.

Carrollton daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 16 min7:23 AM to 7:31 AM5:32 PM to 5:59 PM
February11 h 02 min6:56 AM to 7:22 AM6:00 PM to 6:24 PM
March12 h 00 min6:48 AM to 7:46 AM6:24 PM to 7:47 PM
April13 h 01 min6:40 AM to 7:15 AM7:47 PM to 8:09 PM
May13 h 52 min6:20 AM to 6:39 AM8:09 PM to 8:30 PM
June14 h 18 min6:18 AM to 6:22 AM8:31 PM to 8:40 PM
July14 h 05 min6:22 AM to 6:40 AM8:27 PM to 8:40 PM
August13 h 20 min6:41 AM to 7:01 AM7:53 PM to 8:26 PM
September12 h 21 min7:02 AM to 7:21 AM7:13 PM to 7:52 PM
October11 h 21 min7:21 AM to 7:44 AM6:37 PM to 7:11 PM
November10 h 28 min6:45 AM to 7:11 AM5:20 PM to 5:36 PM
December10 h 01 min7:12 AM to 7:30 AM5:20 PM to 5:31 PM
Local clock time (America/Chicago). Computed with SunCalc at 32.989° N, 96.900° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on June 6 at 6:18 AM and the latest sunset on June 25 at 8:40 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:46 AM on March 8. Daylight saving time starts and ends on March 8 and November 1, which shifts every clock time by an hour.

On standard time the clocks run 6 hours behind UTC, the time of the 90° W meridian. Carrollton sits at 96.90° W, so the sun runs about 28 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:37 PM on January 15 and 1:33 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Austin, the state capital, gets 14 minutes less daylight than Carrollton on June 21 and 13 minutes more on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Wichita Falls, TX33.91° N14 h 25 min9 h 54 min
Denton, TX33.22° N14 h 21 min9 h 57 min
McKinney, TX33.20° N14 h 21 min9 h 57 min
Frisco, TX33.16° N14 h 21 min9 h 58 min
Allen, TX33.11° N14 h 21 min9 h 58 min
Plano, TX33.05° N14 h 20 min9 h 58 min
Lewisville, TX33.05° N14 h 20 min9 h 58 min
Carrollton, TX32.99° N14 h 20 min9 h 58 min
Richardson, TX32.97° N14 h 20 min9 h 59 min
Garland, TX32.91° N14 h 20 min9 h 59 min
Irving, TX32.86° N14 h 19 min9 h 59 min
Dallas, TX32.79° N14 h 19 min9 h 59 min
Fort Worth, TX32.78° N14 h 19 min9 h 59 min
Mesquite, TX32.76° N14 h 19 min10 h 00 min
Arlington, TX32.70° N14 h 18 min10 h 00 min
Grand Prairie, TX32.69° N14 h 18 min10 h 00 min
Carrollton: 14 h 20 min on June 21 and 9 h 58 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Carrollton?

June 21, 2026, with 14 h 20 min of daylight: sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 8:39 PM.

What is the shortest day in Carrollton?

December 21, 2026, with 9 h 58 min: sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:25 PM.

When is the latest sunset in Carrollton?

8:40 PM on June 25, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:20 PM on November 29.

What time zone is Carrollton in?

America/Chicago. Clocks change on March 8 (to CDT) and November 1 (to CST) in 2026.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Carrollton, 32.989° N, 96.900° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  2. 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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