Mesa Temple Christmas Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 455 E Main St, Mesa, Arizona
When: Nov 28/29 - Dec 30
Hours: 5-10pm (also Tue-Thu 11am-1pm)
Cost: free
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The Mesa Arizona Temple grounds glow with around 200,000 lights alongside nativity scenes from around the world, in what is described as one of the largest volunteer-driven Christmas lighting displays in the country. Admission is free.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Mesa is around 5:21 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:48 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 42°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 9 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 57 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Merry Main Street
- Chick-fil-A Stapley Lights
- Mesa Christmas (Hermosa Vista)
- Gilbert Water Tower Lights
- Encinas Ave Displays
- Gilbert Rd Displays
- Riparian After Dark
- San Pedro Ave Displays
Make a night of it. This is stop 14 on our 16-stop Mesa lights loop — about 43.7 miles and 169 minutes of driving in total.