Kotzebue in numbers
- Coordinates
- 66.8985, -162.5980
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 277
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5898 km away
What time is it in Kotzebue, Alaska, United States
This page shows the current local time in Kotzebue, Alaska, United States, in the America/Nome time zone (−8).
Kotzebue, United States
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Nome
Local time in Kotzebue
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Kotzebue, Alaska.
The sun today
Sunrise 10:02 AM Solar noon 2:37 PM Sunset 7:11 PM Daylight 9 h 09 min Night 14 h 51 min Civil twilight 9:07 AM – 8:06 PM
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Kotzebue and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 99752
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
- Sheshalik — 14.6 km
- Ulezara (historical) — 20.8 km
- Aniyak (historical) — 35.8 km
- Talikoot (historical) — 48.1 km
- Taapkuk (historical) — 58.7 km
- Noatak — 76.4 km
About the time in Kotzebue
Clocks across Kotzebue run on America/Nome at UTC−8. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The day begins at Kotzebue with sunrise at 10:02 AM and ends with sunset at 7:11 PM. Daylight totals 9 h 09 min.
Anyone in Sheshalik or Ulezara (historical) reads the same clock as Kotzebue.
Kotzebue includes 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Kotzebue in?
- Kotzebue is in the America/Nome time zone, with an offset of −8.
- Does the time in Kotzebue vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Kotzebue: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Kotzebue?
- At 7:11 PM.