New KingstonJamaica
Current time in New Kingston, Jamaica
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Eastern Standard TimeUTC-05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockNew Kingston time at a glance
- Country
- Jamaica
- Location
- City in Saint Andrew 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 New Kingston
- 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.
New Kingston is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in New Kingston
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 New Kingston
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 New Kingston
Location details for New Kingston in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica.
- Administrative area
- Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
- Population
- 583,958
- Coordinates
- 18.0075° N, 76.7832° W. The elevation is 99 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near New Kingston
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from New Kingston. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Half Way TreeSaint Andrew Parish, Jamaica1.8 km west
America/JamaicaSame local time - KingstonJamaica1.6 km southwest
America/JamaicaSame local time - PortmoreSaint Catherine Parish, Jamaica12 km west
America/JamaicaSame local time - Spanish TownSaint Catherine Parish, Jamaica19 km west
America/JamaicaSame local time - LinsteadSaint Catherine Parish, Jamaica30 km northwest
America/JamaicaSame local time - Old HarbourSaint Catherine Parish, Jamaica35 km west
America/JamaicaSame local time
Sources for New Kingston 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.