Current time in Anchorage, United States
12:44:04 AM
Monday, October 26, 2026
Anchorage is on Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT), UTC−8. It observes daylight saving time.
About 290,000 people live in Anchorage, United States. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger flights is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC, 7 km away).
- Time zone
- America/Anchorage
- UTC offset now
- UTC−8
- Daylight saving time
- In effect now
- Sunrise today
- 9:08 AM
- Sunset today
- 6:18 PM
- Daylight
- 9 h 10 min
- Population
- 289,600
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Dialing code
- +1
- Languages (country)
- English, Spanish
- Next clock change
- Clocks fall back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM local (UTC−8 to UTC−9)
- Airports
- ANC 7 km
Cities near Anchorage
- Vancouver1:44 AM · +1 h2,132 km away
- Seattle1:44 AM · +1 h2,309 km away
- Calgary2:44 AM · +2 h2,448 km away
- San Francisco1:44 AM · +1 h3,226 km away
- Salt Lake City2:44 AM · +2 h3,417 km away
- Las Vegas1:44 AM · +1 h3,693 km away
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