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Time in Alaska, United States now

10:35:30PM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Alaska has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Juneau is used here.
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Time zone info for Alaska

UTC -8

Alaska Time
now 4 hours behind New York

From 1 November 2026: 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 8 2026

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 1 2026

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
Cairo	+10 hours
Johannesburg	+10 hours
Paris	+10 hours
Zurich	+10 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	+19 hours

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Alaska on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 64.00. Longitude: -150.00
Population: 740,000
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.