Current time in Tempe, United States
The current local time in Tempe is shown below. Tempe observes MST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Tempe 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 Tempe?
Tempe uses Mountain Standard Time at UTC-7 year-round, alongside the rest of Arizona. The state has not observed daylight saving since 1968, the only state in the contiguous US to remain on standard time year-round. The Navajo Nation, covering north-eastern Arizona, does observe DST, producing the unusual situation where wall time briefly shifts when crossing into the reservation. Tempe's central Arizona position is firmly outside that area. In summer, Tempe aligns with Pacific Daylight Time; in winter, with Mountain Standard.
What are the working hours in Tempe?
Arizona State University, technology companies along the Mill Avenue corridor (Microsoft, Amazon, and numerous semiconductor design firms have substantial offices here), and the wider Phoenix metropolitan economy anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00, with summer-heat scheduling adjustments common: construction shifts often start before 05:00 between May and September, and outdoor service work compresses into morning and evening windows. The university's football and basketball calendars at Mountain America Stadium and Desert Financial Arena reshape autumn and winter weekend traffic.
Where is Tempe?
Tempe sits in the Phoenix metropolitan area in central Arizona, immediately east of Phoenix and west of Mesa. The city proper holds around 185,000 residents within the wider Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metropolitan area of approximately 5 million. Arizona State University's Tempe campus, with around 60,000 students, dominates the central city and is the largest single-campus university in the United States. The Salt River runs through Tempe Town Lake, a former dry riverbed converted into a recreational reservoir in 1999. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport lies immediately west.