Chitina in numbers
- Coordinates
- 61.5156, -144.4400
- Elevation
- 180 m above sea level
- Population
- 126
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5116 km away
What time is it in Chitina, Alaska, United States
The present local time in Chitina, Alaska, United States is given below, for the America/Anchorage time zone (−8).
Chitina, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Anchorage
Local time in Chitina
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Chitina.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:57 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 8 h 51 min Night 15 h 09 min Civil twilight 8:10 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Chitina right now
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Chitina and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 99566
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
- Taral (historical) — 4.9 km
- Lower Tonsina — 19.4 km
- Strelna — 19.7 km
- Kenny Lake — 35.1 km
- Tonsina — 41.9 km
- Tacoma (historical) — 44.4 km
Chitina: clock, sun and surroundings
Chitina appears under 1 postal code.
Time in Chitina follows the zone America/Anchorage, offset UTC−8. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Today at Chitina, the sun rises at 8:57 AM and sets at 5:48 PM. That gives 8 h 51 min of daylight.
Neighbours of Chitina such as Taral (historical) and Lower Tonsina share its clock.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Chitina be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Anchorage, with an offset of −8.
- Does Chitina switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Chitina: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Chitina?
- Today the sun sets at 5:48 PM.