Current time in Scottsdale, United States
The current local time in Scottsdale is shown below. Scottsdale observes MST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale?
Scottsdale shares Arizona's Mountain Standard Time at UTC-7 year-round with no daylight saving observed, identical to Phoenix and the rest of the state. The summer arrangement places Scottsdale on the same wall-clock time as Los Angeles on Pacific Daylight Time while sitting in a different nominal timezone. The exception to Arizona's no-DST rule is the Navajo Nation in the north-east, which observes DST despite lying inside the state's boundaries. The summer heat shaping the original 1968 exemption remains the operational justification.
What are the working hours in Scottsdale?
Scottsdale's working economy is anchored by the resort and tourism sector, with around 70 resorts and the substantial spa, golf, and corporate-retreat business that has built up around them. The medical and wellness sector (Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus, HonorHealth) is a major employer. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00 in conventional sectors, with retail and hospitality extending later. The summer heat (June through September routinely above 40 degrees) significantly compresses outdoor commercial activity into the cooler hours of dawn and dusk.
Where is Scottsdale?
Scottsdale sits in the north-eastern Phoenix metropolitan area in central Arizona, immediately east of Phoenix and north of Tempe. The municipal population is around 245,000, with the city extending around 50 kilometres north from the Salt River through the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The geography combines the desert valley floor with the rugged McDowell Mountains rising sharply on the eastern boundary, where housing density drops dramatically. Scottsdale Road, the city's central north-south axis, runs from the Old Town district through the resort and golf development north toward the preserve.