Sitka in numbers
- Coordinates
- 57.0532, -135.3310
- Elevation
- 8 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 863
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 4611 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sitka, Alaska, United States
See what time it currently is in Sitka, Alaska, United States — the time zone there is America/Sitka (−9).
Sitka, United States
Sunday, 15 November 2026
UTC−9 · America/Sitka
Local time in Sitka
UTC−9 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sitka.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 3:50 PM Daylight 8 h 06 min Night 15 h 54 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 4:34 PM
Weather in Sitka right now
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Sitka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41255
- 99835
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 Sitka
- Sitka Arkansas, United States
- Sitka Kansas, United States
- Sitka Kentucky, United States
- Sitka Ohio, United States
- Sitka Pennsylvania, United States
Nearby places
- Mount Edgecumbe — 1.4 km
- Sitka City And Borough — 5.0 km
- Silver Bay (historical) — 15.1 km
- The Redoubt (historical) — 18.6 km
- Goddard — 24.4 km
- Fort Saint Michael (historical) — 27.2 km
About the time in Sitka
The name of the time zone in Sitka is America/Sitka, and it runs UTC−9. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise happens at 7:44 AM in Sitka today and sunset at 3:50 PM. That marks 8 h 06 min of daylight.
Nothing changes on the clock between Sitka and neighbouring Mount Edgecumbe or Sitka City And Borough.
Postal codes tied to Sitka number 2.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Sitka use?
- Sitka uses America/Sitka, which has an offset of −9.
- Does the clock in Sitka follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Sitka: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Sitka today?
- Sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 3:50 PM.