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Current Time in Anchorage, United States

Time and Sun Facts for Anchorage

Local time
8:53 am
Date
Monday, 26 October 2026
Time zone
America/Anchorage
UTC offset
UTC-8
Daylight saving
In effect now
Next clock change
1 November 2026 — clocks go back
Sunrise
9:11 am
Sunset
6:15 pm
Day length
9 hours 4 minutes
Coordinates
61.22, -149.90

How Anchorage Keeps Time

Anchorage keeps AKDT, UTC-8. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Anchorage; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Anchorage runs on the America/Anchorage zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-8 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-9 on standard time and UTC-8 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.

The sun rises in Anchorage at 9:11 am today and sets at 6:15 pm — 9 hours 4 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:43 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (61.22, -149.90), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Anchorage has about 19 hours 22 minutes of daylight in June and 5 hours 27 minutes in December. The difference is about 13 hours 55 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Anchorage’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 2 hours between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:43 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.

AKDT is one of several zones in United States, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.

Anchorage at a Glance

Coordinates61.2200, -149.9000
IANA time zoneAmerica/Anchorage
Current UTC offsetUTC-8
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today9:11 am
Sunset today6:15 pm
Solar noon1:43 pm
Daylight today9 hours 4 minutes
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.5,407 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.−4 hours

How Anchorage Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Anchorage. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Anchorage
London4:53 pm8 hours ahead
New York12:53 pm4 hours ahead
Los Angeles9:53 am1 hour ahead
Dubai8:53 pm12 hours ahead
Karachi9:53 pm13 hours ahead
Singapore12:53 am16 hours ahead
Tokyo1:53 am17 hours ahead
Sydney3:53 am19 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Anchorage

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Seattle2,309 km9:53 am
Portland2,478 km9:53 am
Boise2,951 km10:53 am
Sacramento3,185 km9:53 am
San Francisco3,227 km9:53 am

Other Cities in United States

United States keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.

CityLocal timeOffset
Albuquerque10:53 amUTC-6
Atlanta12:53 pmUTC-4
Austin11:53 amUTC-5
Boise10:53 amUTC-6
Boston12:53 pmUTC-4
Charlotte12:53 pmUTC-4
Chicago11:53 amUTC-5
Cleveland12:53 pmUTC-4
Columbus12:53 pmUTC-4
Dallas11:53 amUTC-5
Denver10:53 amUTC-6
Detroit12:53 pmUTC-4
Honolulu6:53 amUTC-10
Houston11:53 amUTC-5
Indianapolis12:53 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville12:53 pmUTC-4
Kansas City11:53 amUTC-5
Las Vegas9:53 amUTC-7
Los Angeles9:53 amUTC-7
Miami12:53 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis11:53 amUTC-5
Nashville11:53 amUTC-5
New Orleans11:53 amUTC-5
New York12:53 pmUTC-4
Orlando12:53 pmUTC-4
Philadelphia12:53 pmUTC-4
Phoenix9:53 amUTC-7
Pittsburgh12:53 pmUTC-4
Portland9:53 amUTC-7
Sacramento9:53 amUTC-7
Salt Lake City10:53 amUTC-6
San Antonio11:53 amUTC-5
San Diego9:53 amUTC-7
San Francisco9:53 amUTC-7
San Jose9:53 amUTC-7
Seattle9:53 amUTC-7
St. Louis11:53 amUTC-5
Tampa12:53 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.12:53 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does Anchorage next change its clocks?

The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Anchorage in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.

Is Anchorage the time everywhere in United States?

No. United States currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.

Why is solar noon in Anchorage far from 12:00?

The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 1:43 pm.

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