Time in Anchorage, United States of America | Anchorage Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Anchorage
UTC -8
Alaska Time (AKDT) , currently 15 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -9 / Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
▪Time in Anchorage is 16 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 15 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Anchorage is
America/Anchorage.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -8 / Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -9 / Alaska Standard Time (AKST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Anchorage
- ▪Sunrise: 09:01
- ▪Sunset: 18:25
- ▪Day length: 9h 24m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:43
- ▪Current time in Anchorage is currently 103 minutes ahead of solar time.
Anchorage on map
- ▪Location: Alaska, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 61,22. Longitude: -149,90
- ▪Population: 289,600
- ▪Elevation: 31 m
Time difference
from Anchorage
Sun cycle
Sunrise 09:01
Solar noon 13:43Sunset 18:25
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Anchorage- Abbreviation
- AKDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-08:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 21 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792672555
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 09:01
- Sunset
- 18:25
- Solar noon
- 13:43
- Day length
- 9h 24m
- Night length
- 14h 35m
- Civil twilight
- 08:16 – 19:10
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Alaska
- Coordinates
- 61.218°, -149.900°
- Elevation
- 31 m
- Population
- 289,600
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