Time in Ketchikan, United States of America | Ketchikan Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Ketchikan
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 Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan is
America/Sitka.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 Ketchikan
- ▪Sunrise: 07:31
- ▪Sunset: 17:29
- ▪Day length: 9h 58m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:30
- ▪Current time in Ketchikan is currently 30 minutes ahead of solar time.
Ketchikan on map
- ▪Location: Alaska, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 55,34. Longitude: -131,65
- ▪Population: 8,197
- ▪Elevation: 8 m
Time difference
from Ketchikan
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:31
Solar noon 12:30Sunset 17:29
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Sitka- Abbreviation
- AKDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-08:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 10 days, 0 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792660175
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:31
- Sunset
- 17:29
- Solar noon
- 12:30
- Day length
- 9h 58m
- Night length
- 14h 01m
- Civil twilight
- 06:53 – 18:07
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Alaska
- Coordinates
- 55.342°, -131.648°
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Population
- 8,197
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