Current time in Juneau, United States
The current local time in Juneau is shown below. Juneau observes AKST in winter and AKDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Anchorage
- Standard abbreviation
- AKST
- DST abbreviation
- AKDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Juneau?
Juneau uses Alaska Time at UTC-9 in winter and UTC-8 in summer with the federal DST schedule. Alaska condensed its previously fragmented timezone arrangement in 1983 into a single Alaska Time covering most of the state, with the Aleutian Islands on Hawaii-Aleutian Time at UTC-10. The city's longitude around 134.4 degrees west sits well east of the Alaska Standard Time meridian, leaving wall time noticeably ahead of mean solar noon. The high latitude of 58 degrees north produces extreme seasonal day-length variation.
What are the working hours in Juneau?
State government (the city's largest employer), tourism (cruise ship arrivals from May through September drive most seasonal employment), and fishing anchor the local economy. The state legislative session runs January through April or May (in odd or even years respectively), drawing substantial seasonal political and lobbying workforce to the city. Cruise ship season visibly transforms downtown each summer, with arrival schedules driving retail and tour-operator hours. Daylight in mid-June extends past 22:00 sunset, while December sees civil twilight that barely reaches 16:00.
Where is Juneau?
Juneau is the capital of Alaska, sitting on a narrow strip of coastal land at the foot of Mount Juneau (1,091 metres) on the Gastineau Channel, accessible only by air or sea. No road connects the city to the rest of North America. The city proper holds around 32,000 residents within Alaska's larger but less populous administrative geography. The Mendenhall Glacier, around 20 kilometres north-west, terminates in Mendenhall Lake. The Juneau Icefield, of which Mendenhall is a tongue, covers around 3,900 square kilometres of mountainous terrain.