Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 65.5723, -144.8040
- Elevation
- 287 m above sea level
- Population
- 96
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5125 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Alaska, United States
See what time it currently is in Central, Alaska, United States — the time zone there is America/Anchorage (−8).
Central, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Anchorage
Local time in Central
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
Central keeps America/Anchorage clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:12 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 8 h 25 min Night 15 h 35 min Civil twilight 8:17 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Alaska
- Anchorage 289 600
- Fairbanks 32 325
- Juneau 31 555
- Eagle River 24 793
- Badger 19 482
- Knik-Fairview 14 923
Other places named Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, United States
Nearby places
- Circle Hot Springs Station — 12.5 km
- Circle Hot Springs — 12.6 km
- Circle — 44.2 km
- Birch Creek — 89.2 km
- Fort Yukon — 112.4 km
- Venetie Landing — 127.3 km
Central: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal code count for Central is 5.
Central tells time by America/Anchorage, an offset of UTC−8. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise for Central today is set at 9:12 AM, sunset at 5:36 PM. Daylight covers 8 h 25 min.
The hour in Central is the hour in Circle Hot Springs Station and Circle Hot Springs as well.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Central in for local time?
- For local time, Central is in America/Anchorage, with an offset of −8.
- Does the clock in Central stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Central: Yes.
- Sunset in Central is at what time?
- At 5:36 PM.