What time is it in Fairbanks, Alaska?
4:54:44 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Alaska Daylight Time, UTC−8:00.
- Time zone
- Alaska Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−8:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 31,732
Daylight saving in Fairbanks
Fairbanks is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fairbanks it is highest at 1:42 pm today — 102 minutes after clock noon.
At 147.7°W, Fairbanks 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.
Daylight in Fairbanks today
- Sunrise
- 7:43 am
- Sunset
- 7:40 pm
- Day length
- 11 hours 56 minutes
- Longest day
- 21 hours 50 minutes
Today runs 11 hours 56 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.