Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 60.5372, -150.7650
- Elevation
- 67 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 617
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 5466 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Alaska, United States
The local time in Sterling, Alaska, United States — in the America/Anchorage time zone (−9) — is shown on this page.
Sterling, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−9 · America/Anchorage
Local time in Sterling
UTC−9 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sterling.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:01 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 4:37 PM Daylight 7 h 36 min Night 16 h 24 min Civil twilight 8:11 AM – 5:26 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
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Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Georgia, United States
Nearby places
- Naptowne — 2.4 km
- Funny River — 3.9 km
- Soldotna — 17.0 km
- Ridgeway — 17.5 km
- Kenai — 27.0 km
- Skittok (historical) — 27.5 km
Sterling: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in Sterling follows the zone America/Anchorage, offset UTC−9. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Today's schedule for Sterling: sunrise 9:01 AM, sunset 4:37 PM. That gives 7 h 36 min of daylight.
Both Naptowne and Funny River are near Sterling and keep its time.
Sterling contains 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Sterling?
- Use America/Anchorage for Sterling; its offset is −9.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Sterling?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Sterling.
- The sun sets at 4:37 PM.