United States · 61.22°N, 149.90°W
Daylight hours in Anchorage
Anchorage gets 19h 22m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 5h 27m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 13h 55m across the year. Its summer is in June.
Today in Anchorage
Sunrise and sunset through the year
Local time, including daylight saving time where Anchorage observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.
Key days
Daylight by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 10:15 | 15:53 | 5h 39m |
| February 1 | 09:21 | 17:07 | 7h 46m |
| March 1 | 08:01 | 18:25 | 10h 24m |
| April 1 | 07:23 | 20:45 | 13h 22m |
| May 1 | 05:51 | 22:04 | 16h 13m |
| June 1 | 04:37 | 23:20 | 18h 44m |
| July 1 | 04:28 | 23:40 | 19h 12m |
| August 1 | 05:33 | 22:40 | 17h 07m |
| September 1 | 06:53 | 21:09 | 14h 16m |
| October 1 | 08:07 | 19:33 | 11h 26m |
| November 1 | 08:28 | 17:00 | 8h 31m |
| December 1 | 09:46 | 15:53 | 6h 06m |
Cities with similar daylight
These cities sit within 3° of Anchorage’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:
- Helsinki 60.17°N
- Saint Petersburg 59.94°N
- Oslo 59.91°N
- Tallinn 59.44°N
- Stockholm 59.33°N
- Reykjavik 64.14°N
Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Anchorage’s are shortest:
More: all cities between 60°–70° North · compare Anchorage with any city
Anchorage is beyond 60° latitude, so it doesn’t appear in the daily puzzle: so far from the equator, days are extreme enough to give the game away.