Time zone in Anchorage
Anchorage is on Alaska Standard Time (AKST, UTC-9) in winter and switches to Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT, UTC-8) in summer. Its identifier in the international time zone database is America/Anchorage: it is what your phone and computer use to show the right time there.
Clock changes in Anchorage:
- 2026: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
- 2027: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 14, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 7, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
Alaska is one hour behind the US West Coast: UTC-9 in winter, UTC-8 in summer, on the same dates as the rest of the country.
Anchorage follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 AM local time.
Anchorage is 5,408 km from Washington, D.C., the capital.
By the sun, noon in Anchorage falls at about 1:00 PM in winter and 2:00 PM in summer (on average over the year). The city lies at 149.90° west, and every degree of longitude shifts the sun by 4 minutes. The clock runs well ahead of the sun here, so mornings stay dark late and evenings stay light late. See the sunrise and sunset times in Anchorage.
Time difference with major cities
When it is 12:00 PM (noon) in Anchorage, it is:
| City | January | July |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| Los Angeles | 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| London | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| Paris | 10:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| Tokyo | 6:00 AM, next day | 5:00 AM, next day |
| Sydney | 8:00 AM, next day | 6:00 AM, next day |
The gap with Tokyo changes by one hour during the year, because Anchorage changes its clocks and this city does not. With Sydney, the gap is not the same in January and July: the clocks change at other times of the year there. With London and Paris, the gap is the same in January and July but one hour different for 21 days a year, because the clocks do not change on the same dates.
Best time to call Anchorage from New York
To reach someone at work in Anchorage from New York, the best window is from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM in New York, which is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Anchorage.
For any other city, use the time zone converter or add it to the world clock.