| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +9h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +10h | Becomes +9h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +12h | Becomes +13h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +17h | Becomes +18h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +18h | Becomes +19h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +4h | Becomes +3h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
Anchorage, United States runs on UTC−8. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−9 in winter, UTC−8 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between Anchorage and New York is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in Anchorage lines up with 13:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Anchorage and London is 9 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Anchorage and Tokyo is 17 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Anchorage lines up with 09:00–11:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Fairbanks, Juneau. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Anchorage.
Anchorage (United States) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 11.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 08:03, sunset at 19:35. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−9 in winter, UTC−8 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 61° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington DC
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AKDT · America/Anchorage
Coordinates
61.22°N, 149.90°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
The 1964 Good Friday earthquake measured magnitude 9.2, the largest ever recorded in North America and second largest worldwide. It lasted about four and a half minutes and permanently raised or lowered parts of the coastline by several metres.
The clock: Anchorage keeps Alaska Time at UTC−9. The state consolidated four time zones into two in 1983, largely so that Juneau and Anchorage could share a business day.
Anchorage lies at 149.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−9, is built around the 135°W meridian. The 14.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 60 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:00 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 120 minutes and pushing solar noon to 14:00.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 19h 23m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 5h 27m. The swing between them is 13h 56m. Close to the Arctic or Antarctic circle, the year swings hard between long light and long dark.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Anchorage the sun comes up earliest on 20 June at 04:19, while the latest sunset waits until 24 June at 23:43. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Anchorage that civil twilight runs about 43 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 62 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Anchorage, United States is America/Anchorage with a current UTC offset of UTC−8.
Anchorage has an estimated population of 290K and is located at coordinates 61.22°N, 149.90°W.
Anchorage gets 19h 23m of daylight on its longest day and 5h 27m on its shortest, averaging 12h 25m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Anchorage falls at about 13:00 on UTC−9 standard time, because the city sits 14.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Second-Largest Earthquake Ever Recorded: The 1964 Good Friday earthquake measured magnitude 9.2, the largest ever recorded in North America and second largest worldwide.