Current Time in New Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲
Lat/Long: 18.01° N, 76.78° W
Parish: Saint Andrew 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:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for New Kingston
Sunrise
in New Kingston
↑
5:35 AM
Sunset
in New Kingston
↓
6:46 PM
Day Length
13h 11m
Dawn
in New Kingston
5:10 AM
Dusk
in New Kingston
7:11 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for New Kingston
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
99.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 19:38
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 06:49
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FAQ — Time in New Kingston
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 12:15:46 in New 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.
New 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, New Kingston does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at America/Jamaica (EST) — UTC-05:00 year-round.
New 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 New 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.