Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 61.2069, -149.9210
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5410 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Alaska, United States
The time in Chester, Alaska, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Anchorage zone (−8).
Chester, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Anchorage
Local time in Chester
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Chester.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:18 AM Solar noon 1:45 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 8 h 53 min Night 15 h 07 min Civil twilight 8:32 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, United States
Nearby places
- Lingo — 0.5 km
- Romig — 0.9 km
- Rainbow — 1.3 km
- Thompson — 1.4 km
- Anchor Terrace — 1.5 km
- Sunbeam — 1.6 km
Time and daylight in Chester
Neighbouring places Lingo and Romig run on Chester time.
Chester has 12 postal codes in total.
The time zone here in Chester is America/Anchorage, offset UTC−8. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Sunlight reaches Chester at 9:18 AM and fades after 6:11 PM today. The span is 8 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Chester?
- The time zone used in Chester is America/Anchorage, with an offset of −8.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Chester?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Chester?
- 6:11 PM marks sunset.