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Time in Anchorage, Alaska, United States now

05:04:21AM

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026, week 10

Anchorage switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:49AM ↓ 06:33PM (10h 44m) - More info - Make Anchorage time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Anchorage

UTC -9

Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York

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

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 02:00AM to 01:00AM 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Anchorage

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 Anchorage

Sunrise: 07:49AM
Sunset: 06:33PM
Day length: 10h 44m
Solar noon: 01:11PM
The current local time in Anchorage is 71 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Anchorage on the map

Location: Alaska, United States
Latitude: 61.22. Longitude: -149.90
Population: 290,000
Elevation: 30 m

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Best restaurants in Anchorage

#1 Spenard Roadhouse - American and new american food
#2 Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse - Seafood and american food
#3 Bear Tooth Theatrepub - American and southwestern food

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