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Time in Alaska, United States now

20:21:02

Thursday, January 15, 2026, week 3

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Alaska has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Juneau is used here.
Sun: ↑ 08:30 ↓ 15:45 (7h 15m) - More info - Make Alaska time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Alaska

UTC -9

Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -8 / Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
The time in Alaska is normally 4 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Alaska can for a short while be 3 or 5 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Alaska is America/Juneau.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -9 / Alaska Standard Time (AKST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -8 / Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Alaska

Los Angeles	+1 hours
Chicago	+3 hours
New York	+4 hours
Toronto	+4 hours
São Paulo	+6 hours
London	+9 hours
UTC	+9 hours
Lagos	+10 hours
Paris	+10 hours
Zurich	+10 hours
Cairo	+11 hours
Johannesburg	+11 hours
Istanbul	+12 hours
Moscow	+12 hours
Dubai	+13 hours
Mumbai	+14.5 hours
Hong Kong	+17 hours
Shanghai	+17 hours
Singapore	+17 hours
Tokyo	+18 hours
Sydney	+20 hours

Compare other time zones

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Alaska

Sunrise: 08:30
Sunset: 15:45
Day length: 7h 15m
Solar noon: 12:07
The current local time in Alaska is 7 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Alaska on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 64.00. Longitude: -150.00
Population: 661,000
Elevation: 420 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Alaska 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.