diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.test.ts
index d7e2bb5ab91..520cc777009 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
     featureToggles: {
       newDashboardWithFiltersAndGroupBy: false,
     },
+    bootData: {
+      user: {
+        timezone: 'Africa/Abidjan',
+      },
+    },
   },
   getDataSourceSrv: () => ({
     get: (): Promise<DataSourceApi> => {
@@ -72,5 +77,10 @@ describe('buildNewDashboardSaveModel', () => {
       expect(result.dashboard.templating?.list?.[0].type).toBe('adhoc');
       expect(result.dashboard.templating?.list?.[1].type).toBe('groupby');
     });
+
+    it("should set the new dashboard's timezone to the user's timezone", async () => {
+      const result = await buildNewDashboardSaveModel();
+      expect(result.dashboard.timezone).toEqual('Africa/Abidjan');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
index fad5422f15b..62bd1985f6d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export async function buildNewDashboardSaveModel(urlFolderUid?: string): Promise
       uid: '',
       title: 'New dashboard',
       panels: [],
+      timezone: config.bootData.user?.timezone || defaultDashboard.timezone,
     },
   };