Jamaica is on Eastern Time (EST, UTC−5). The IANA identifier is America/Jamaica.
No. Jamaica keeps UTC−5 all year, so its time difference with places that do change their clocks shifts by an hour twice a year.
Eastern Time
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
IANA: America/Jamaica · UTC−5
Jamaica does not use daylight saving time. The offset stays UTC−5 all year.
Sunrise 05:56 · Sunset 17:56
Daylight 12h 00m · Solar noon 11:56
| City | Local time | Difference from Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| New York | Thu | 1 hour ahead |
| Los Angeles | Thu | 2 hours behind |
| London | Thu | 6 hours ahead |
| Paris | Thu | 7 hours ahead |
| Dubai | Thu | 9 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | Thu | 10.5 hours ahead |
| Singapore | Fri | 13 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | Fri | 14 hours ahead |
| Sydney | Fri | 15 hours ahead |
| Johannesburg | Thu | 7 hours ahead |
| São Paulo | Thu | 2 hours ahead |
| Chicago | Thu | same time |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |