What time is it in Juneau, Alaska?
12:20:48 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Alaska Daylight Time, UTC−8:00.
- Time zone
- Alaska Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−8:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 31,572
Juneau does not keep Alaska's usual time
Most of Alaska is on Alaska Daylight Time, but Juneau keeps Alaska Daylight Time — the same time the rest of the state. This is the kind of thing that catches people out, and it is why the zone is resolved from the city’s own coordinates rather than assumed from the state.
Juneau is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Juneau sits at 58.37°N, 134.18°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Juneau.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Alaska Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Juneau it is highest at 12:48 pm today — 48 minutes after clock noon.
A time zone is fifteen degrees of longitude wide, so a city near its eastern edge sees the sun peak well before noon by the clock and one near the western edge well after. Juneau sits at 134.2°W, toward the western side of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top of that until the clocks change.
Right now, across the United States
- Eastern4:20 PM · 4 hours ahead
- Central3:20 PM · 3 hours ahead
- Mountain2:20 PM · 2 hours ahead
- Mountain (no DST)1:20 PM · 1 hour ahead
- Pacific1:20 PM · 1 hour ahead
- Alaska12:20 PM · same as here
- Hawaii10:20 AM · 2 hours behind