Fairbanks in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.3705, -91.9266
- Elevation
- 504 m above sea level
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1528 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairbanks, Minnesota, United States
Right now in Fairbanks, Minnesota, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Fairbanks, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fairbanks
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Fairbanks.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:51 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 10 h 03 min Night 13 h 57 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Fairbanks right now
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Fairbanks and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47849
- 71240
- 99701
- 99706
- 99707
- 99708
- 99709
- 99710
- 99711
- 99712
- 99775
- 99790
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 Minnesota
- Minneapolis 410 939
- Saint Paul 303 176
- Rochester 112 225
- Bloomington 86 435
- Duluth 86 110
- Brooklyn Park 79 149
Other places named Fairbanks
- Fairbanks Alaska, United States
- Fairbanks Arkansas, United States
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- Fairbanks Florida, United States
- Fairbanks Illinois, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
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- Austin United States
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Fairbanks
The full list of postal codes for Fairbanks runs to 12.
The time zone used in Fairbanks is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Fairbanks sees first light at 7:51 AM today and the sun sets at 5:54 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 03 min.
The same hours are kept in Fairbanks and in nearby Hornby and Reno.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Fairbanks?
- Time in Fairbanks follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Fairbanks changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Fairbanks?
- The hour is 5:54 PM.