Jamaica in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6915, -73.8057
- Population
- 216 866
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 341 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jamaica, New York, United States
See the local time in Jamaica, New York, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Jamaica, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Jamaica
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Jamaica, New York.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:46 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in Jamaica right now
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Jamaica and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05343
- 11405
- 11424
- 11425
- 11430
- 11431
- 11432
- 11433
- 11434
- 11435
- 11436
- 11437
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
Other places named Jamaica
- Jamaica Mayabeque, Cuba
- Jamaica Guanajuato, Mexico
- Jamaica Michoacán, Mexico
- Jamaica Vermont, United States
- Jamaica Iowa, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Cedar Manor — 1.3 km
- Queens — 2.8 km
- Brooklyn Manor — 3.6 km
- Saint Albans — 3.9 km
- Hollis — 4.1 km
- Howard Beach — 4.5 km
Time and daylight in Jamaica
The postal system lists 12 codes for Jamaica.
Clocks in Jamaica take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Daylight in Jamaica starts at 6:35 AM and ends at 4:46 PM today. It lasts 10 h 11 min.
Time in Jamaica applies without change in Cedar Manor and Queens nearby.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Jamaica?
- The entry corresponding to Jamaica is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Jamaica vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Jamaica: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Jamaica?
- Today the sun rises at 6:35 AM.