Permanent daylight saving time in Alaska.In Anchorage the sun would rise after 8 AM on 173 days a year, up from 161.

The latest sunrise would move from 10:16 AM to 11:16 AM, and winter's earliest sunset from 3:40 PM to 4:40 PM. Summer stays as it is.

A year of daylight in Anchorage: a band of blue day edged in orange and violet, stepping up and down on the two days the clocks change. — Each column is one day of 2027, with midnight at the top and bottom. A color is the sky's at that minute. A cliff is a day the clocks change. Move across the picture to read a day.

Anchorage on each clock
Measure	Today's clocks	Permanent DST	Permanent standard
Latest sunrise	10:16 AM	11:16 AM	10:16 AM
Earliest sunrise	4:20 AM	4:20 AM	3:20 AM
Earliest sunset	3:40 PM	4:40 PM	3:40 PM
Latest sunset	11:43 PM	11:43 PM	10:43 PM
Days with sunrise after 8 AM	161	173	131
Days with sunrise after 9 AM	104	131	88
Days with sunset before 5 PM	84	41	90
Days with sunset after 7 PM	211	233	191
Hours of light after 5 PM on weekdays	797	840	628

Alaska, city by city.

City	Latest sunrise today	On permanent DST	Days after 8 AM today	On permanent DST	Earliest sunset today	On permanent DST	Latest sunset on permanent standard
Anchorage	10:16 AM	11:16 AM	161	173	3:40 PM	4:40 PM	10:43 PM
Fairbanks	10:59 AM	11:59 AM	155	168	2:39 PM	3:39 PM	11:48 PM
Juneau	8:46 AM	9:46 AM	84	123	3:06 PM	4:06 PM	9:08 PM
Sitka	8:40 AM	9:40 AM	81	123	3:19 PM	4:19 PM	9:01 PM
Ketchikan	8:14 AM	9:14 AM	42	106	3:16 PM	4:16 PM	8:32 PM

Of these cities, Fairbanks would see the latest sunrise, 11:59 AM on December 24.

Questions.

What time would the sun rise in Anchorage in winter?

As late as 11:16 AM, on December 26. Today the latest sunrise is 10:16 AM, on December 26.

How many dark mornings would Anchorage have?

The sun would rise after 8 AM on 173 days a year, and after 9 AM on 131 days. Today it rises after 8 AM on 161 days.

What would winter evenings look like in Anchorage?

The earliest sunset of the year would move from 3:40 PM to 4:40 PM. The sun now sets before 5 PM on 84 days a year; on permanent daylight saving time it would on 41 days.

What would permanent standard time do in Anchorage?

Winter would stay as it is, and summer's clock would fall an hour back. The earliest sunrise would be 3:20 AM and the latest sunset 10:43 PM, instead of 4:20 AM and 11:43 PM today.

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Figures are for calendar 2027 unless a heading says otherwise, worked out with NOAA's solar equations and the IANA time zone database (version 2026e) at each place's coordinates from GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset put the sun's center 0.833° below a flat horizon, so hills move a real place by minutes. Download the figures.