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Time in Alaska, United States now

08:03:31pm

Monday, May 5, 2025

Alaska has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Juneau is used here.
Sun: ↑ 04:50AM ↓ 08:59PM (16h 10m) - More info - Make Alaska time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Alaska

UTC -8

Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -9 / Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
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 March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Alaska

Los Angeles	+1 hours
Chicago	+3 hours
New York	+4 hours
Toronto	+4 hours
São Paulo	+5 hours
UTC	+8 hours
Lagos	+9 hours
London	+9 hours
Johannesburg	+10 hours
Paris	+10 hours
Zurich	+10 hours
Cairo	+11 hours
Istanbul	+11 hours
Moscow	+11 hours
Dubai	+12 hours
Mumbai	+13.5 hours
Hong Kong	+16 hours
Shanghai	+16 hours
Singapore	+16 hours
Tokyo	+17 hours
Sydney	+18 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Alaska

Sunrise: 04:50AM
Sunset: 08:59PM
Day length: 16h 10m
Solar noon: 12:54PM
The current local time in Alaska is 54 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.