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What time is it in Kingston?

11:39:51

Friday 13 November 2026

Kingston, Jamaica
Time zone UTC−05:00
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 06:12 · sunset 17:30

Time difference with Kingston

Kingston is on UTC−05:00 right now: 5 hours behind UTC all year round.

City	Time	Compared with Kingston
London United Kingdom	16:39	5 hours ahead
New York United States	11:39	same time
Los Angeles United States	08:39	3 hours behind
Paris France	17:39	6 hours ahead
Berlin Germany	17:39	6 hours ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates	20:39	9 hours ahead
New Delhi India	22:09	10 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore	00:39	13 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong	00:39	13 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan	01:39	14 hours ahead
Sydney Australia	03:39	16 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil	13:39	2 hours ahead

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Kingston

Kingston does not change its clocks: UTC−05:00 all year round.

History of local time in Kingston

Period	Legal time
since 30 October 1983	UTC−5 all year round
1974 – 1983	UTC−5, summer time UTC−4
until 1973	UTC−5 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): America/Jamaica. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Kingston

26 January 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 30 % of the Sun covered at 09:10
14 January 2029 · solar eclipsepartial, 7 % of the Sun covered at 12:22
11 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 23:13
25 June 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 22:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 219 km away, Pilón (Cuba) is 1 hour ahead of Kingston most of the year.

Place	Distance
Half Way Tree	2 km
Portmore	10 km
Spanish Town	17 km
Linstead	30 km
Old Harbour	34 km
May Pen	48 km
Mandeville	76 km
Montego Bay	130 km

Day and night around the world

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Sun and Moon in Kingston

Sunrise: 06:12
Sunset: 17:30
Day length: 11 h 18 min
Tomorrow: no change

Dawn 05:49, dusk 17:53, solar noon 11:51. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 3 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (13 h 12 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:30 (30 May 2027), latest at 06:41 (12 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:29 (19 November 2026), latest at 18:47 (4 July 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 20 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:55 · moonset 21:02 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 06:47 · moon calendar