Current time in Jamaica
Local time in Jamaica
The time in Jamaica is 5 hours behind UTC and 1 hour behind Columbus. The timezone in Jamaica is Eastern Standard Time (EST). Jamaica is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1983.
Details for the time in Jamaica
| Current time | 9:08 a.m.
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| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| IANA time zone | America/Jamaica |
| Your time difference | 1 hour behind Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC-5 5 hours behind UTC |
Jamaica Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Jamaica is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Jamaica
Jamaica uses Eastern Standard Time EST. EST is UTC -0500. Jamaica's latitude and longitude is 18° 15' N and 77° 30' W. Therefore a five hours offset between EST and UTC is very suitable for Jamaica. Because of its low latitude Jamaica has no need for daylight savings time. The country isn’t far north of the equator meaning the length of the day isn’t heavily affected by the seasons.
Important cities in Jamaica
The current time in some important cities in Jamaica is shown below.
Time in Jamaica