What time is it in Prescott, Arizona?
5:54:47 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Mountain Standard Time, UTC−7:00.
- Time zone
- Mountain Standard Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−7:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Population
- 48,224
Prescott does not change its clocks
Prescott stays on Mountain Standard Time all year and does not move its clocks. Its offset from UTC never changes, so its relationship to the rest of the country shifts twice a year instead.
Prescott sits at 34.59°N, 112.45°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Prescott.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Prescott it is highest at 12:21 pm today — 21 minutes after clock noon.
At 112.4°W, Prescott sits comfortably inside its zone.
Daylight in Prescott today
- Sunrise
- 6:20 am
- Sunset
- 6:22 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 28 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Prescott, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 38 minutes, from 14 hours 28 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 50 minutes in December.
At 34.6°N that puts Prescott between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.