Sunset & Sunrise Today in Scottsdale, Arizona

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Scottsdale at 6:56 PM, having risen at 5:59 AM. That works out to 12h 56m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Scottsdale, is at 12:28 PM.

Scottsdale lies at latitude 33.51°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 58 seconds. This is summer in Scottsdale, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Scottsdale this evening is roughly 6:24 PM–7:12 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:12 PM to 7:22 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Scottsdale is at 6:55 PM and sunrise at 6:00 AM — about 1m 58s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Scottsdale drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Scottsdale right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Scottsdale ranges from as early as 5:19 PM (around November 27) to as late as 7:41 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 55m.