Alta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.6188, -114.3000
- Elevation
- 1520 m above sea level
- Region
- Montana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3126 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alta, Montana, United States
Look up the current time in Alta, Montana, United States, which follows the America/Denver zone (−6).
Alta, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Alta
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Alta.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:56 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 6:52 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 7:22 PM
Weather in Alta right now
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Alta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51002
- 83414
- 95701
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 Montana
Other places named Alta
- Alta Troms og Finnmark, Norway
- Alta Stockholm, Sweden
- Alta Iowa, United States
- Alta California, United States
- Alta Wyoming, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Ulysses (historical) — 21.3 km
- Shoup — 27.0 km
- Gibbonsville — 30.2 km
- Upper Crossing — 31.8 km
- Medicine Hot Springs — 32.6 km
- North Fork — 33.6 km
About the time in Alta
The same local time applies in Alta, Ulysses (historical) and Shoup.
Alta carries 3 postal codes.
Alta lies in the America/Denver time zone, offset UTC−6. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:56 AM, sets at 6:52 PM, and stays over Alta for 10 h 56 min. That is today's daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Alta follow?
- Alta follows America/Denver, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Alta?
- Daylight saving time in Alta: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Alta?
- Yes, it is 6:52 PM.