Current Time in Montego Bay, Jamaica 🇯🇲
Lat/Long: 18.47° N, 77.92° W
Parish: Saint James Parish
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:
Weather forecast for Montego Bay provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Montego Bay
Sunrise
in Montego Bay
↑
5:38 AM
Sunset
in Montego Bay
↓
6:51 PM
Day Length
13h 13m
Dawn
in Montego Bay
5:13 AM
Dusk
in Montego Bay
7:16 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Montego Bay
Current Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.3%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 18:57
Next Moonset
↓
Today, 05:05
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FAQ — Time in Montego Bay
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 00:07:49 in Montego Bay, 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.
Montego Bay 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, Montego Bay does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at America/Jamaica (EST) — UTC-05:00 year-round.
Montego Bay 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 Montego Bay'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.