Alaska in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.8400, -85.4781
- Elevation
- 208 m above sea level
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 834 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alaska, Michigan, United States
The local time of Alaska, Michigan, United States is presented here, in line with the America/Detroit zone (−5).
Alaska, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Alaska
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Alaska keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:04 PM
Weather in Alaska right now
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Alaska and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49316 Caledonia — 4.5 km away
- 49302 Alto — 4.6 km away
- 49512 Grand Rapids — 6.5 km away
- 49546 Grand Rapids — 11.3 km away
- 49355 Ada — 12.7 km away
- 49356 Ada — 12.7 km away
- 49357 Ada — 12.7 km away
- 49301 Ada — 13.0 km away
- 49331 Lowell — 15.7 km away
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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Other places named Alaska
- Alaska Ilocos, Philippines
- Alaska Chiapas, Mexico
- Alaska Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Alaska Araucania, Chile
- Alaska Satakunta, Finland
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Labarge — 3.2 km
- Whitneyville — 3.9 km
- Mccords — 4.1 km
- Country Meadows Village Mobile Home Park — 4.8 km
- Holy Corners — 5.1 km
- Caledonia — 6.5 km
Local time details for Alaska
Today's schedule for Alaska: sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:35 PM. That gives 10 h 16 min of daylight.
Around Alaska, places such as Labarge and Whitneyville use the same time.
Within Alaska, postal codes number 9.
Alaska adheres to America/Detroit, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Alaska?
- The entry corresponding to Alaska is America/Detroit, with an offset of −5.
- Does Alaska move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Alaska?
- Daylight begins at 7:18 AM.