The Best Rainy Day Date Ideas in Phoenix

Music lovers get plenty to explore here, where more than 7,500 instruments from over 200 countries and territories fill the galleries. Weekday afternoons are quieter than weekends, and the galleries are busiest from 11am to 2pm.

Beats Coffee Bar serves coffee, tea and pastries, while Cafe Allegro has lunch daily from 11am to 3pm. Parking costs nothing, and a full visit takes roughly three hours.

Four levels of exhibits at Arizona Science Center come with live demos and activities you can get your hands on. It is an interactive museum on Visit Phoenix's list of weather-proof indoor escapes, and its events calendar includes adult-only events.

The center is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:30am to 4pm.

Walk among the butterflies in an indoor rainforest in Scottsdale, with a chrysalis display, rainforest reptiles and a 3D film on Monarch migration. It also makes the list of indoor escapes for a rainy day.

Adult tickets cover ages 13 and up, and the doors are open daily from 9am to 5pm.

Spend two to three hours working through the exhibits and encounters at OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale. Visit Phoenix and ABC15 both put the aquarium on their rainy-day lists.

For an evening version, Fish & Sips is an adults-only happy hour with live music, animal talks, games, food and drinks on select evenings. Each ticket includes a Boardwalk Big Wheel ride.

Take on a little friendly competition at Cobra Arcade Bar, a downtown bar where vintage arcade booths sit alongside cocktails. Games run on tokens from an onsite machine, and the brand lists more than 200 vintage games, plus DJs and food trucks.

Guests must be 21 or older with ID, and the bar is open every day from 4pm to 2am. Free parking is on site.

Bowl duckpin lanes, then switch to pinball or pool at Cham Pang Lanes, a bar with six lanes, two pool tables and four pinball machines. The menu includes sushi.

Three of the six lanes can be reserved, while the other three are first come, first served. Guests must be 21 or older with ID after 8pm.

Pick a game from more than 1,000 board games and settle in with food, drinks or coffee at Snakes & Lattes in downtown Tempe. The cafe is also a bar, with pints and signature cocktails to go with your game.

Happy hour from 2pm to 5pm Monday through Friday brings discounted games and pints. Doors stay open until 10pm Sunday through Thursday and until midnight Friday and Saturday.

See a night of stand-up at Stand Up Live, a comedy club that assigns your table seating when you arrive. A full dinner menu and a bar are on site, along with a 2-drink minimum per person.

Booking early is the way to go, since most of the shows sell out. Saturday shows are 21+ unless stated otherwise. Validated parking in the garage under the club is free for the first 3 hours.

Explore 12 galleries of American Indian art at Heard Museum, one of the museums to visit on a rainy day. A library card gets you an Act One Culture Pass, which covers free admission for two.

The museum is open daily from 10am to 4pm, and it is closed on Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Settle in for an Alice in Wonderland afternoon at Drink Me! Tea Room in Tempe, with tea trays, tea or cocktails. Its treats are plant based and free of gluten.

Each reservation has a 2 hour table limit, and weekends fill up. The tea room is open from 8am to 4pm, closed Mondays and Tuesdays.