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 keeps the current time in Alpena, Michigan, United States, according to the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Alpena, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Alpena
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Alpena keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 1:21 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 7:20 PM
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.
Today in Alpena, daylight opens at 7:50 AM and closes at 6:51 PM. That span measures 11 h 00 min.
Anyone in Alpena Junction or Alpena County reads the same clock as Alpena.
Postal codes valid in Alpena number 3.
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 7:50 AM, sunset at 6:51 PM.