Alpena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.0617, -83.4327
- Elevation
- 180 m above sea level
- Population
- 10 175
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 865 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alpena, Michigan, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Alpena, Michigan, United States, in the America/Detroit time zone (−4).
Alpena, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Alpena
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Alpena keeps America/Detroit time.
The sun today
Sunrise 07:00 Solar noon 13:34 Sunset 20:08 Daylight 13 h 07 min Night 10 h 53 min Civil twilight 06:30 – 20:38
Weather in Alpena right now
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Alpena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49707
- 57312
- 72611
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 Alpena
- Alpena Arkansas, United States
- Alpena South Dakota, United States
- Alpena Nova Scotia, Canada
- Alpena Amazonas Department, Colombia
- Alpena West Virginia, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Alpena Junction — 1.9 km
- Alpena County — 2.2 km
- Lakeshore Estates Mobile Home Park — 12.9 km
- Paxton — 14.3 km
- Lakewood — 14.4 km
- Cathro — 14.4 km
Alpena: clock, sun and surroundings
Clocks in Alpena follow America/Detroit, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Alpena at 07:00 and sunset at 20:08 today. Together that makes 13 h 07 min of light.
Travelling from Alpena to Alpena Junction or Alpena County does not change the hour.
Alpena is covered by 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Alpena?
- The correct time zone for Alpena is America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Alpena move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Alpena: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Alpena — what are they?
- Sunrise at 07:00, sunset at 20:08.