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Time in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States now

11:42:18

Thursday, March 5, 2026, week 10

Ketchikan switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:26 ↓ 17:30 (11h 5m) - More info - Make Ketchikan time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ketchikan

UTC -9

Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -8 / Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
The time in Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan can for a short while be 3 or 5 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Ketchikan is America/Sitka.

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 Ketchikan

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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Ketchikan

Sunrise: 06:26
Sunset: 17:30
Day length: 11h 5m
Solar noon: 11:58
The current local time in Ketchikan is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Ketchikan on the map

Location: Alaska, United States
Latitude: 55.342. Longitude: -131.648
Population: 8,197
Elevation: 8 m

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Best restaurants in Ketchikan

#1 The Alaska Fish House - Gluten-free and seafood
#2 Salmon Market - Seafood and kosher food
#3 Bawden Street Brewing - Vegetarian options food

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