Current time in Henderson, United States
The current local time in Henderson is shown below. Henderson observes PST in winter and PDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Standard abbreviation
- PST
- DST abbreviation
- PDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Henderson?
Henderson uses Pacific Time alongside the rest of Nevada, observing the federal DST schedule. The city sits around 115 degrees west, exactly on the Mountain/Pacific boundary in geographic terms but politically aligned with Pacific. Arizona, immediately south-east across the Colorado River, observes Mountain Standard Time year-round (no DST) while Nevada follows Pacific with DST, producing a wall-clock relationship that shifts seasonally: one hour difference in winter, the same wall time in summer.
What are the working hours in Henderson?
Casino and resort hospitality on the southern edge of the Strip, healthcare anchored by Henderson Hospital, and a substantial tech-relocation cluster (the new Raiders headquarters and the Google Cloud regional facility) anchor employment. Henderson hosts many companies relocated from California for tax reasons. Standard office hours run 08:00 to 17:00. Heat-related summer scheduling adjustments are common, with construction shifts often starting before 06:00 between June and September. The desert climate makes Christmas and New Year a peak tourism period for the wider valley.
Where is Henderson?
Henderson sits in the Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada, around 25 kilometres south-east of downtown Las Vegas. The city proper holds around 330,000 residents, the second-largest in Nevada after Las Vegas itself and one of the fastest-growing US cities of the 2010s and early 2020s. The McCullough Range rises immediately south, with Lake Mead's western shore around 20 kilometres east. The Henderson Executive Airport handles regional business traffic separate from the Harry Reid International serving the wider valley.