Pearland, TX · 2026
Sunrise and sunset in Pearland, Texas
Short answer
- Longest day
- 14 h 03 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 15 min
Pearland daylight through 2026
Daylight in Pearland runs from 10 h 15 min on December 21 to 14 h 03 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 48 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 310th 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.
Pearland daylight by month
| Month | Average | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 h 30 min | 7:11 AM to 7:17 AM | 5:33 PM to 5:58 PM |
| February | 11 h 10 min | 6:47 AM to 7:10 AM | 5:59 PM to 6:20 PM |
| March | 12 h 01 min | 6:40 AM to 7:39 AM | 6:20 PM to 7:39 PM |
| April | 12 h 54 min | 6:39 AM to 7:10 AM | 7:39 PM to 7:57 PM |
| May | 13 h 39 min | 6:21 AM to 6:39 AM | 7:58 PM to 8:16 PM |
| June | 14 h 01 min | 6:20 AM to 6:24 AM | 8:16 PM to 8:25 PM |
| July | 13 h 49 min | 6:24 AM to 6:40 AM | 8:14 PM to 8:25 PM |
| August | 13 h 10 min | 6:41 AM to 6:58 AM | 7:44 PM to 8:13 PM |
| September | 12 h 19 min | 6:58 AM to 7:14 AM | 7:07 PM to 7:43 PM |
| October | 11 h 26 min | 7:14 AM to 7:33 AM | 6:35 PM to 7:06 PM |
| November | 10 h 40 min | 6:34 AM to 6:57 AM | 5:22 PM to 5:34 PM |
| December | 10 h 17 min | 6:58 AM to 7:15 AM | 5:21 PM to 5:32 PM |
Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock
The earliest sunrise comes on June 6 at 6:20 AM and the latest sunset on June 24 at 8:25 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:39 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. Pearland sits at 95.32° W, so the sun runs about 21 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:30 PM on January 15 and 1:27 PM on July 15.
Compared with nearby cities
Austin, the state capital, gets 4 minutes more daylight than Pearland on June 21 and 3 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.
| City | Latitude | June 21 | December 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Station, TX | 30.59° N | 14 h 08 min | 10 h 10 min |
| Conroe, TX | 30.33° N | 14 h 06 min | 10 h 11 min |
| Austin, TX | 30.30° N | 14 h 06 min | 10 h 11 min |
| Lafayette, LA | 30.21° N | 14 h 06 min | 10 h 12 min |
| Beaumont, TX | 30.08° N | 14 h 05 min | 10 h 12 min |
| Houston, TX | 29.79° N | 14 h 04 min | 10 h 14 min |
| Pasadena, TX | 29.66° N | 14 h 03 min | 10 h 14 min |
| Sugar Land, TX | 29.59° N | 14 h 03 min | 10 h 15 min |
| Pearland, TX | 29.56° N | 14 h 03 min | 10 h 15 min |
| League City, TX | 29.49° N | 14 h 02 min | 10 h 15 min |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 27.75° N | 13 h 54 min | 10 h 23 min |
| Brownsville, TX | 26.00° N | 13 h 46 min | 10 h 31 min |
Questions people ask
What is the longest day of the year in Pearland?
June 21, 2026, with 14 h 03 min of daylight: sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 8:24 PM.
What is the shortest day in Pearland?
December 21, 2026, with 10 h 15 min: sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:26 PM.
When is the latest sunset in Pearland?
8:25 PM on June 24, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:21 PM on December 1.
What time zone is Pearland 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 Pearland, 29.556° N, 95.323° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.
- 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.