Current time in Flagstaff, United States
The current local time in Flagstaff is shown below. Flagstaff observes MST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Flagstaff does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Phoenix
- Standard abbreviation
- MST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Flagstaff?
Flagstaff's position in northern Arizona makes the state's no-DST status more practically visible than for Phoenix or Tucson. The Navajo Nation, whose boundary begins around 80 kilometres north-east of the city, observes daylight saving to align with its administration extending into Utah and New Mexico. The Hopi Nation, entirely enclaved within Navajo territory, does not. From March to November this produces a small 'doughnut' of standard time inside a DST zone, and a one-hour wall-clock shift crossing the reservation boundary in either direction.
What are the working hours in Flagstaff?
Northern Arizona University (around 28,000 students) is the city's largest single employer, followed by the US Geological Survey's Flagstaff Science Center, Lowell Observatory, and Northern Arizona Healthcare. Manufacturing concentrated around W. L. Gore Medical Products runs traditional 06:00 to 14:30 or 07:00 to 15:30 first shifts. Tourism to the Grand Canyon, Sunset Crater, and Walnut Canyon drives a seasonal hospitality workforce peaking May to September. High-elevation winter snowfall produces distinctive scheduling adjustments that southern Arizona cities do not face.
Where is Flagstaff?
Flagstaff sits at 2,106 metres elevation on the southern Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, with the San Francisco Peaks rising to 3,851 metres immediately north of the city. The town holds around 76,000 residents. Phoenix lies around 230 kilometres south; Las Vegas, Nevada, around 430 kilometres to the west. The city is the principal urban centre between Phoenix and the Four Corners region, and the southern gateway for routes into the Grand Canyon's South Rim around 130 kilometres north-west.