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Current time in Jamestown

Thursday, 16 July 2026

Jamestown, Saint Helena · Atlantic/St_Helena · UTC+00:00

Time-zone identity for Jamestown

IANA zone
Atlantic/St_Helena
UTC offset now
UTC+00:00
Current zone label
GMT
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Jamestown is currently the same clock time as UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Jamestown

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Weather now

Weather in Jamestown

Conditions near Jamestown and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

19°C

Cloudy

Feels like
11°C
Humidity
67%
Wind
18.4 km/h E
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby18°C to 19°C44% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.8 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby18°C to 19°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby18°C to 18°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h

Forecast valid from 21:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:05:34.994Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:20:34.994Z.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Jamestown

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Atlantic/St_Helena, 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.

Sun and Moon today

Sun and Moon in Jamestown

Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in Atlantic/St_Helena local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise
06:51
Sunset
18:07
Solar noon
12:29
Civil twilight
06:28–18:30

Moon

Moonrise
08:39
Moonset
20:30
Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illumination
6%

Capital city context

About Jamestown, capital of Saint Helena

Jamestown is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Saint Helena. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.

Capital status
Capital of Saint Helena
Administrative area
Saint Helena, Saint Helena
Population
637
Coordinates
15.9249° S, 5.7182° W. The elevation is 10 metres.

Country context

St. Helena at a glance

Country information for St. Helena. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital
Jamestown is the listed capital.
Country codes
SH · SHN · 654
Population
7,460
Currency
St. Helena Pound (SHP)
Calling code
+290
Languages
English (St. Helena)
Time zones represented
1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Atlantic/St_Helena.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for Atlantic/St_Helena when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3370903 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:05:34.971Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:05:34.994Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T16:23:04.318Z

View calculation details and sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessed
    Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
    United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed
    Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.