Current Time in Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲
Lat/Long: 17.98° N, 76.8° W
Parish: Kingston
Country: 🇯🇲 Jamaica
IANA Timezone: America/Jamaica
Timezone: EST
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Jamaica: EST
Time now in other cities in Jamaica:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Kingston
Sunrise
in Kingston
↑
5:35 AM
Sunset
in Kingston
↓
6:46 PM
Day Length
13h 11m
Dawn
in Kingston
5:10 AM
Dusk
in Kingston
7:10 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Kingston
Current Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.7%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 18:51
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 05:55
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FAQ — Time in Kingston
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 09:13:49 in Kingston, Jamaica. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Kingston uses America/Jamaica (EST) — UTC-05:00. The IANA time zone identifier is America/Jamaica, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Kingston does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at America/Jamaica (EST) — UTC-05:00 year-round.
Kingston is currently -05:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Kingston's local time, use our time calculator.
Jamaica has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.