Chefornak in numbers
- Coordinates
- 60.1600, -164.2660
- Elevation
- 0 m above sea level
- Population
- 441
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 6195 km away
What time is it in Chefornak, Alaska, United States
The current local time in Chefornak, Alaska, United States — time zone America/Nome (−8) — is shown right here.
Chefornak, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Nome
Local time in Chefornak
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
Chefornak keeps America/Nome clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:41 AM Solar noon 2:44 PM Sunset 7:47 PM Daylight 10 h 06 min Night 13 h 54 min Civil twilight 8:58 AM – 8:29 PM
Weather in Chefornak right now
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Chefornak and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 99561
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
Nearby places
- Cheching (historical) — 10.7 km
- Kinak (historical) — 19.4 km
- Kipnuk — 27.6 km
- Chalit (historical) — 31.0 km
- Nvortulermiut (historical) — 35.8 km
- Aguikchuk — 36.3 km
Time and daylight in Chefornak
For nearby Cheching (historical) and Kinak (historical), use the time shown for Chefornak.
The full list of postal codes for Chefornak runs to 1.
Chefornak is served by the America/Nome time zone, offset UTC−8. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The day begins at Chefornak with sunrise at 9:41 AM and ends with sunset at 7:47 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 06 min.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Chefornak in for local time?
- For local time, Chefornak is in America/Nome, with an offset of −8.
- Is the offset in Chefornak changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When is the sun up in Chefornak?
- The sun comes up at 9:41 AM.