Montego BayJamaica
Current time in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Eastern Standard TimeUTC-05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMontego Bay time at a glance
- Country
- Jamaica
- Location
- City in Saint James Parish
- Time zone
America/Jamaica- UTC offset now
UTC-05:00- Current zone label
- GMT-5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Montego Bay
- IANA zone
America/Jamaica- UTC offset now
- UTC-05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Montego Bay is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Montego Bay
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Montego Bay
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Jamaica, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Montego Bay
Location details for Montego Bay in Saint James Parish, Jamaica.
- Administrative area
- Saint James Parish, Jamaica
- Population
- 82,867
- Coordinates
- 18.4712° N, 77.9188° W. The elevation is 12 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Montego Bay
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Montego Bay. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Barrett TownSaint James Parish, Jamaica13 km east
America/JamaicaSame local time - Savanna-la-MarWestmoreland, Jamaica36 km southwest
America/JamaicaSame local time - MandevilleManchester, Jamaica65 km southeast
America/JamaicaSame local time - Ocho RiosSaint Ann Parish, Jamaica86 km east
America/JamaicaSame local time - May PenClarendon, Jamaica91 km southeast
America/JamaicaSame local time - LinsteadSaint Catherine Parish, Jamaica101 km east
America/JamaicaSame local time
Sources for Montego Bay time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.