Nikiski in numbers
- Coordinates
- 60.6903, -151.2890
- Elevation
- 40 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 493
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5492 km away
What time is it in Nikiski, Alaska, United States
This page displays how late it is in Nikiski, Alaska, United States, in the America/Anchorage time zone (−8).
Nikiski, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Anchorage
Local time in Nikiski
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nikiski, Alaska.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:11 AM Solar noon 1:50 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 9 h 19 min Night 14 h 41 min Civil twilight 8:26 AM – 7:15 PM
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Nikiski and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 99635
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
- Port Nikiski — 5.0 km
- Nikishka — 6.4 km
- Salamatof — 8.5 km
- Peninsula Park Estates — 12.3 km
- Kenai — 15.2 km
- Skittok (historical) — 15.6 km
Time and daylight in Nikiski
Local time in Nikiski is governed by America/Anchorage at UTC−8. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 9:11 AM today in Nikiski, with the sun setting at 6:30 PM. That leaves 9 h 19 min of light.
Look nearby and you will see Port Nikiski and Nikishka on the same clock as Nikiski.
Nikiski contains 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Nikiski?
- The correct time zone for Nikiski is America/Anchorage, with an offset of −8.
- Is daylight saving time used in Nikiski?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Nikiski.
- The sunset hour is 6:30 PM.