What time is it in Anchorage, Alaska?

Anchorage is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Alaska Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Anchorage it is highest at 1:48 pm today — 108 minutes after clock noon.

At 149.3°W, Anchorage sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 11 hours 57 minutes in Anchorage, and the day is getting shorter by 6 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.