Local time · Fairbanks
What time is it in Fairbanks, Alaska?
12:49:58AM
- Time zone
- AKST
- America/Anchorage
- UTC offset
- −9:00
- Standard is −9:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 31,732
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Fairbanks
Fairbanks is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Fairbanks sits at 64.84°N, 147.65°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fairbanks.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Alaska Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Fairbanks it is highest at 12:34 pm today — 34 minutes after clock noon.
At 147.7°W, Fairbanks sits 51 minutes of solar time west of Alaska Standard Time’s 135° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 51 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Fairbanks today
- Sunrise
- 9:20 am
- Sunset
- 3:49 pm
- Day length
- 6 hours 29 minutes
- Longest day
- 21 hours 50 minutes
Today runs 6 hours 29 minutes in Fairbanks, and the day is getting shorter by 7 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 18 hours 9 minutes, from 21 hours 50 minutes at the June solstice down to 3 hours 41 minutes in December.
At 64.8°N that puts Fairbanks among the most seasonal places in the country.