Pearland, Texas Sunset Time Today

Pearland sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing

Pearland, TX · Sunset & sunrise today

Sunset today at 8:13 PM · Sunrise 6:42 AM

Sunset is at 8:13 PM — 13h 31m of daylight, −1m shorter than yesterday.

−1m shorter than yesterday

Tomorrow in Pearland · Mon, Aug 3

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:42 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 8:12 PM

Sunrise the same time as today · sunset 1 minute earlier than today

In Pearland, the sun rises at 6:42 AM tomorrow and sets at 8:12 PM.

Golden hour & blue hour today

Morning

Golden hour6:42 AM7:42 AM

Blue hour6:12 AM6:42 AM

Evening

Golden hour7:13 PM8:13 PM

Blue hour8:13 PM8:43 PM

Golden hour is the soft, warm light when the sun sits low — the hour after sunrise and before sunset. Blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. Both windows are rules of thumb; they run longer at high latitudes and shorter near the equator.

Sunrise time in Pearland

The sun rises in Pearland at 6:42 AM today and at 6:42 AM tomorrow (the same time as today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins around 6:12 AM, roughly half an hour ahead of sunrise.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light just after the sun clears the horizon — runs from about 6:42 AM to 7:42 AM.

Sunrise & sunset this week

DaySunriseSunsetDaylight
Today6:42 AM8:13 PM13h 31m
Mon, Aug 36:42 AM8:12 PM13h 30m
Tue, Aug 46:43 AM8:11 PM13h 28m
Wed, Aug 56:43 AM8:10 PM13h 27m
Thu, Aug 66:44 AM8:09 PM13h 25m
Fri, Aug 76:44 AM8:09 PM13h 25m
Sat, Aug 86:45 AM8:08 PM13h 23m

Pearland daylight month by month

Sunrise, sunset, and total daylight for the first of each month in 2026, computed from Pearland’s coordinates in local time. The line traces how the day stretches toward summer and contracts toward winter.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylight
January7:17 AM5:34 PM10h 17m
February7:12 AM6:00 PM10h 48m
March6:48 AM6:21 PM11h 33m
April7:12 AM7:40 PM12h 29m
May6:40 AM7:58 PM13h 19m
June6:23 AM8:18 PM13h 55m
July6:25 AM8:26 PM14h 1m
August6:42 AM8:15 PM13h 33m
September7:00 AM7:45 PM12h 45m
October7:15 AM7:08 PM11h 53m
November6:35 AM5:36 PM11h 1m
December7:00 AM5:23 PM10h 23m

Pearland’s longest and shortest days

Pearland’s longest day falls on June 21, 2026 with 14h 3m of daylight; the shortest is December 21, 2026 with just 10h 15m. The two equinoxes, when day and night run nearly equal, sit in between.

Solar landmarkDateDaylight
Longest day (summer solstice)June 21, 202614h 3m
Spring equinoxMarch 20, 202612h 7m
Fall equinoxSeptember 22, 202612h 9m
Shortest day (winter solstice)December 21, 202610h 15m

How fast Pearland gains and loses daylight

The pace of change is not steady. Each month gains or loses a different amount, fastest around the equinoxes and nearly frozen at the solstices. The rate below is the daily change mid-month; the net is the full swing across the month.

MonthDaily rateNet change
Januarygaining 58s a day+31m
Februarygaining 1m 38s a day+45m
Marchgaining 1m 48s a day+55m
Aprilgaining 1m 41s a day+50m
Maygaining 1m 14s a day+36m
Junegaining 14s a day+6m
Julylosing 52s a day−27m
Augustlosing 1m 32s a day−48m
Septemberlosing 1m 45s a day−52m
Octoberlosing 1m 43s a day−52m
Novemberlosing 1m 18s a day−37m
Decemberlosing 17s a day−6m

Pearland golden hour & blue hour by season

Golden hour is the warm, low-sun light; blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. These windows come from Pearland’s true solar geometry — the sun’s altitude, not a fixed hour — so they stretch toward the solstices and run longer than the rule-of-thumb hour.

SeasonMorning goldMorning blueEvening goldEvening blue
Spring equinox7:26 AM7:57 AM7:02 AM7:26 AM7:02 PM7:33 PM7:33 PM7:57 PM
Summer solstice6:23 AM6:57 AM5:55 AM6:23 AM7:50 PM8:25 PM8:25 PM8:52 PM
Fall equinox7:10 AM7:42 AM6:47 AM7:10 AM6:48 PM7:19 PM7:19 PM7:43 PM
Winter solstice7:13 AM7:49 AM6:47 AM7:13 AM4:52 PM5:28 PM5:28 PM5:54 PM

Daylight saving time in Pearland

Pearland springs its clocks forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and falls back on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Between those dates the local clock runs an hour later, so sunrise and sunset both read later — though the amount of daylight is unchanged; only the label on the clock moves.

Clock changeDateUTC offset
Spring forwardSunday, March 8, 2026UTC−5
Fall backSunday, November 1, 2026UTC−6

Why sunset time shifts in Pearland

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In Pearland, the longest day carries about 14h 3m of daylight and the shortest just 10h 15m — a swing of roughly 3h 48m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Pearland’s exact coordinates, in local time.

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Frequently asked

What time is sunset in Pearland today?
Today's sunset time for Pearland is shown at the top of this page in local time, updated daily from astronomical sun-position data. Sunset is the moment the upper edge of the sun dips below the horizon; the warm light lingers for a golden hour beforehand and a blue hour just after.
When is golden hour in Pearland?
Golden hour in Pearland is roughly the hour just after sunrise and the hour just before sunset, when the sun sits low and the light turns warm and soft — the favorite window for photographers. The exact start and end times for today are listed above; the window is shorter near the equator and longer at high latitudes. On Pearland's longest day near the June solstice it stretches to about 14h 3m of daylight, so the golden hours run longest then.
What time is sunrise in Pearland?
Today's sunrise time for Pearland is listed above in local time. Sunrise is the moment the upper edge of the sun first appears over the horizon. Because Earth's tilt changes the sun's path through the year, sunrise drifts earlier through spring and later through autumn.
Is the day getting longer or shorter in Pearland?
The day-length change for Pearland — how many minutes and seconds of daylight you're gaining or losing compared with yesterday — is shown above. Days lengthen from the winter solstice in late December to the summer solstice in late June, then shorten again through to December.

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