Current time in Fort Collins, United States
The current local time in Fort Collins is shown below. Fort Collins observes MST in winter and MDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Denver
- Standard abbreviation
- MST
- DST abbreviation
- MDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Fort Collins?
Fort Collins uses Mountain Time alongside the rest of Colorado. The federal DST schedule applies. The city's longitude around 105 degrees west sits very close to the Mountain Standard Time meridian, so wall time aligns nearly perfectly with mean solar noon in standard months. Wyoming and Nebraska's western panhandle immediately north and east respectively also use Mountain Time, providing a regional consistency. Utah immediately west also uses Mountain. The high-altitude position produces strong seasonal sunrise variation relative to the wall clock.
What are the working hours in Fort Collins?
Colorado State University, a substantial craft brewery cluster (New Belgium, Odell, and many others), and a growing technology sector centred on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Woodward Inc. campuses anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00. The university's academic calendar dominates seasonal commercial rhythms. New Belgium's Tour de Fat in summer and FoCoMX (Fort Collins Music Experiment) in late April are distinctive local festivals. Colorado-specific holidays include Colorado Day on 1 August commemorating the 1876 statehood centennial of US independence.
Where is Fort Collins?
Fort Collins sits in northern Colorado along the Cache la Poudre River, around 100 kilometres north of Denver. The city proper holds around 170,000 residents and Larimer County roughly 360,000. The city sits at around 1,525 metres elevation at the foot of the Rocky Mountain front range, with the foothills rising abruptly to the west. Colorado State University, with around 33,000 students, anchors the central campus area. Rocky Mountain National Park's eastern entrance at Estes Park lies around 70 kilometres west. The Wyoming border lies 70 kilometres north.