College Station, TX · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in College Station, Texas

Short answer

College Station gets 14 h 08 min of daylight on June 21 and 10 h 10 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:31 PM on June 22.
Longest day
14 h 08 min
Shortest day
10 h 10 min

College Station daylight through 2026

Daylight in College Station runs from 10 h 10 min on December 21 to 14 h 08 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 58 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 295th 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.

College Station daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 26 min7:16 AM to 7:23 AM5:35 PM to 6:00 PM
February11 h 07 min6:52 AM to 7:16 AM6:01 PM to 6:23 PM
March12 h 00 min6:44 AM to 7:43 AM6:23 PM to 7:43 PM
April12 h 56 min6:42 AM to 7:14 AM7:44 PM to 8:02 PM
May13 h 43 min6:23 AM to 6:41 AM8:03 PM to 8:22 PM
June14 h 06 min6:22 AM to 6:25 AM8:23 PM to 8:31 PM
July13 h 54 min6:26 AM to 6:42 AM8:20 PM to 8:31 PM
August13 h 13 min6:43 AM to 7:01 AM7:49 PM to 8:19 PM
September12 h 20 min7:01 AM to 7:18 AM7:11 PM to 7:47 PM
October11 h 25 min7:18 AM to 7:39 AM6:38 PM to 7:10 PM
November10 h 37 min6:39 AM to 7:03 AM5:23 PM to 5:37 PM
December10 h 12 min7:04 AM to 7:22 AM5:23 PM to 5:34 PM
Local clock time (America/Chicago). Computed with SunCalc at 30.585° N, 96.296° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on June 3 at 6:22 AM and the latest sunset on June 22 at 8:31 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:43 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. College Station sits at 96.30° W, so the sun runs about 25 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:34 PM on January 15 and 1:31 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Austin, the state capital, gets 2 minutes less daylight than College Station on June 21 and 1 minutes more on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Waco, TX31.56° N14 h 13 min10 h 05 min
Killeen, TX31.08° N14 h 10 min10 h 08 min
Georgetown, TX30.67° N14 h 08 min10 h 10 min
College Station, TX30.59° N14 h 08 min10 h 10 min
Round Rock, TX30.53° N14 h 07 min10 h 10 min
Conroe, TX30.33° N14 h 06 min10 h 11 min
Austin, TX30.30° N14 h 06 min10 h 11 min
Beaumont, TX30.08° N14 h 05 min10 h 12 min
Houston, TX29.79° N14 h 04 min10 h 14 min
New Braunfels, TX29.70° N14 h 03 min10 h 14 min
Pasadena, TX29.66° N14 h 03 min10 h 14 min
Sugar Land, TX29.59° N14 h 03 min10 h 15 min
Pearland, TX29.56° N14 h 03 min10 h 15 min
League City, TX29.49° N14 h 02 min10 h 15 min
San Antonio, TX29.46° N14 h 02 min10 h 15 min
College Station: 14 h 08 min on June 21 and 10 h 10 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in College Station?

June 21, 2026, with 14 h 08 min of daylight: sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 8:30 PM.

What is the shortest day in College Station?

December 21, 2026, with 10 h 10 min: sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:28 PM.

When is the latest sunset in College Station?

8:31 PM on June 22, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:23 PM on November 28.

What time zone is College Station 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 College Station, 30.585° N, 96.296° 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.