Petersburg in numbers
- Coordinates
- 56.8125, -132.9560
- Elevation
- 11 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 948
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 4466 km away
- Same name
- 46 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Petersburg, Alaska, United States
Check the current local time in Petersburg, Alaska, United States, which sits in the America/Sitka time zone (−8).
Petersburg, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−8 · America/Sitka
Local time in Petersburg
UTC−8 · daylight saving time is active
Petersburg keeps America/Sitka clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:58 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 9 h 16 min Night 14 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 5:55 PM
Weather in Petersburg right now
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Petersburg and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12138
- 16669
- 23803
- 23804
- 23805
- 26847
- 37144
- 41080
- 44454
- 47567
- 49270
- 58272
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 Petersburg
- Petersburg Virginia, United States
- Petersburg West Virginia, United States
- Petersburg Indiana, United States
- Petersburg Illinois, United States
- Petersburg Michigan, United States
Nearby places
- Kupreanof — 1.5 km
- Doyhof — 3.2 km
- Scow Bay — 4.7 km
- Tonka (historical) — 9.7 km
- Petersburg Borough — 15.4 km
- Saint John Harbor — 41.8 km
Local time details for Petersburg
Petersburg is served by a set of 12 postal codes.
Petersburg observes America/Sitka time, currently expressed as UTC−8. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Sunrise time for Petersburg today is 7:58 AM; sunset time is 5:15 PM. Daylight fills 9 h 16 min.
Anyone in Kupreanof or Doyhof reads the same clock as Petersburg.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Petersburg?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Sitka, with an offset of −8.
- Do people in Petersburg set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Petersburg: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Petersburg?
- In Petersburg the sun rises at 7:58 AM.