Local time · Anchorage
What time is it in Anchorage, Alaska?
12:48:52AM
- Time zone
- AKST
- America/Anchorage
- UTC offset
- −9:00
- Standard is −9:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 289,600
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Anchorage
Anchorage is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Anchorage sits at 61.17°N, 149.28°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Anchorage.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Alaska Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Anchorage it is highest at 12:41 pm today — 41 minutes after clock noon.
At 149.3°W, Anchorage sits 57 minutes of solar time west of Alaska Standard Time’s 135° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 57 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Anchorage today
- Sunrise
- 8:58 am
- Sunset
- 4:24 pm
- Day length
- 7 hours 25 minutes
- Longest day
- 19 hours 21 minutes
Today runs 7 hours 25 minutes in Anchorage, and the day is getting shorter by 5 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 13 hours 53 minutes, from 19 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 5 hours 28 minutes in December.
At 61.2°N that puts Anchorage among the most seasonal places in the country.