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Time in Alaska, United States now

 
 
Thursday, February 26, 2026, week 9
Alaska has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Juneau is used here.
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Time zone info for Alaska

UTC -9
Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York
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
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Alaska on the map

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.

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