| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 1 Nov |
Kingston, Jamaica runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Kingston and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Kingston lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Kingston and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Kingston lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Kingston and Tokyo is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bogotá, Lima, Quito. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kingston.
Kingston (Jamaica) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:57, sunset at 17:57. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Jamaica
Capital
Kingston 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EST · America/Jamaica
Coordinates
18.02°N, 76.81°W
Currency
JMD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kingston Harbour is generally ranked among the largest natural harbours in the world. The city was founded after Port Royal — once called the wickedest city on Earth — slid into the sea in the 1692 earthquake, and replaced Spanish Town as capital in 1872.
The clock: Jamaica keeps UTC−5 year-round. Its sprinters have held the men's 100 m world record since 2005.
Kingston lies at 76.8°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 1.8° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:07 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 13m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 3m. The swing between them is 2h 10m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Kingston the sun comes up earliest on 6 June at 05:31, while the latest sunset waits until 8 July at 18:47. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Kingston that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Kingston, Jamaica is America/Jamaica with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Kingston has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 18.02°N, 76.81°W. It is the capital city of Jamaica.
Kingston gets 13h 13m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 3m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kingston falls at about 12:07 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 1.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
One of the Largest Natural Harbours: Kingston Harbour is generally ranked among the largest natural harbours in the world.