America/Anchorage Time Zone

America/Anchorage is Alaska Time, UTC-09:00 in January; UTC-08:00 in July. The clock below shows the time there now.

Alaska TimeUTC-09:00 in January; UTC-08:00 in JulyLocal time nowAmerica/Anchorage
America/DawsonAmerica/NomeAmerica/Yakutat
America/Anchorage and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
America/Anchorage
Coordinates (central point)
63.276943, -151.500694

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. United States327,167,434 people

Counties and equivalents, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Anchorage Municipality, Alaska287,155 people
  2. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska118,666 people
  3. Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska93,972 people
  4. Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska61,951 people
  5. Bethel Census Area, Alaska18,391 people
  6. Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska12,387 people
  7. North Slope Borough, Alaska10,582 people
  8. Nome Census Area, Alaska9,830 people
  9. Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska7,932 people
  10. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska7,270 people
  11. Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska7,095 people
  12. Chugach Census Area, Alaska6,553 people
All 20
  1. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska5,028 people
  2. Dillingham Census Area, Alaska4,483 people
  3. Aleutians East Borough, Alaska3,479 people
  4. Copper River Census Area, Alaska2,666 people
  5. Denali Borough, Alaska1,616 people
  6. Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska1,357 people
  7. Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska847 people
  8. Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska672 people

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Anchorage, Alaska (municipality)288,976 people
  2. Fairbanks, Alaska (city)32,083 people
  3. Knik-Fairview, Alaska (CDP)19,972 people
  4. Badger, Alaska (CDP)18,677 people
  5. College, Alaska (CDP)11,924 people
  6. North Lakes, Alaska (CDP)10,223 people
  7. Wasilla, Alaska (city)9,720 people
  8. Tanaina, Alaska (CDP)9,646 people
  9. Meadow Lakes, Alaska (CDP)8,689 people
  10. Kalifornsky, Alaska (CDP)8,663 people
  11. Kenai, Alaska (city)7,641 people
  12. Gateway, Alaska (CDP)6,845 people
All 254
  1. Sterling, Alaska (CDP)6,323 people
  2. Bethel, Alaska (city)6,312 people
  3. Palmer, Alaska (city)6,268 people
  4. South Lakes, Alaska (CDP)6,180 people
  5. Steele Creek, Alaska (CDP)5,928 people
  6. Chena Ridge, Alaska (CDP)5,881 people
  7. Homer, Alaska (city)5,877 people
  8. Fishhook, Alaska (CDP)5,819 people
  9. Kodiak, Alaska (city)5,447 people
  10. Farmers Loop, Alaska (CDP)4,954 people
  11. Utqiaġvik, Alaska (city)4,778 people
  12. Nikiski, Alaska (CDP)4,773 people
  13. Soldotna, Alaska (city)4,485 people
  14. Butte, Alaska (CDP)4,085 people
  15. Valdez, Alaska (city)3,847 people
  16. Mill Bay, Alaska (CDP)3,654 people
  17. Big Lake, Alaska (CDP)3,585 people
  18. Goldstream, Alaska (CDP)3,294 people

See all 254 cities, towns and communities in Alaska Time (America/Anchorage), largest first

ZIP Code areas, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. ZIP 9965444,647 people
  2. ZIP 9950442,093 people
  3. ZIP 9950737,301 people
  4. ZIP 9950836,458 people
  5. ZIP 9964532,103 people
  6. ZIP 9970929,551 people
  7. ZIP 9957728,477 people
  8. ZIP 9950225,006 people
  9. ZIP 9962323,424 people
  10. ZIP 9951521,870 people
  11. ZIP 9970521,769 people
  12. ZIP 9951621,500 people
All 171
  1. ZIP 9970118,061 people
  2. ZIP 9961116,510 people
  3. ZIP 9951716,486 people
  4. ZIP 9950116,175 people
  5. ZIP 9966915,395 people
  6. ZIP 9950312,964 people
  7. ZIP 9971212,477 people
  8. ZIP 9961512,194 people
  9. ZIP 9960311,693 people
  10. ZIP 995189,764 people
  11. ZIP 997038,304 people
  12. ZIP 995597,241 people
  13. ZIP 995067,028 people
  14. ZIP 995676,452 people
  15. ZIP 995055,015 people
  16. ZIP 997234,785 people
  17. ZIP 997374,774 people
  18. ZIP 996644,698 people

See all 171 ZIP Code areas in Alaska Time (America/Anchorage), largest first

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. America/Dawson379 mi northeast
  2. America/Nome430 mi west
  3. America/Yakutat473 mi southeast
  4. Etc/GMT+11sea area
  5. Etc/GMT+10sea area
  6. Etc/GMT+9sea area

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Areas that only touch the edge

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