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Time in Jamaica now

11:22:23AM

Friday, April 19, 2024

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Time zone info for Jamaica

UTC -5

Eastern Standard Time (EST)
now 1 hour behind New York

The time in Jamaica is the same as the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 1 hour behind the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Jamaica does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Jamaica is America/Jamaica.

Time difference
from Jamaica

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Jamaica on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 10,991 km²
Capital: Kingston
Currency: Dollar (JMD)
Calling code: +1-876
Internet top level domain: .jm
Latitude: 18.17. Longitude: -77.25
Population: 2,935,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Jamaica 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.