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Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica

Saint Andrew Parish follows Jamaica Standard Time at UTC-5 without daylight saving time. Half Way Tree, Constant Spring, and the parish’s other communities keep the same clock as adjacent Kingston.

New Kingston, Jamaica

6:40:24 PM

Sunday, 6 September 2026

UTC−5 · America/Jamaica

Time and sun data for New Kingston — the largest city of Saint Andrew Parish

The sun in New Kingston

Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 12 h 24 min Night 11 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:41 PM

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Current time in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica

The applicable IANA zone is America/Jamaica. It fixes Saint Andrew at five hours behind UTC throughout the year. Residents do not reset clocks when North American or European countries begin and end their daylight-saving periods.

Saint Andrew’s close physical and administrative relationship with Kingston does not require any conversion. Both parishes form a connected metropolitan area and use an identical time standard. A city service may label a result “Kingston” even for a Saint Andrew address; the clock remains correct when the underlying zone is America/Jamaica.

Local time standard: Jamaica Standard Time Offset from UTC: minus five hours IANA selection: America/Jamaica Daylight saving time: not observed Difference from Kingston Parish: none The Kingston–Saint Andrew boundary can puzzle a map reader, but it never troubles a wristwatch.

Half Way Tree and the Kingston metropolitan area

Half Way Tree is Saint Andrew’s parish capital and an important commercial centre. Much of what people commonly call Kingston extends into Saint Andrew, including major residential and business districts. Constant Spring and Papine are among the parish’s other familiar place names.

Describing these places as “cities” can obscure the connected nature of the urban area. For timekeeping, the distinction is unnecessary: Half Way Tree, Constant Spring, Papine, and central Kingston all agree. The mountainous interior of Saint Andrew also remains on the same clock as its densely built southern districts.

International meeting organisers should save the location as Kingston, Jamaica, or America/Jamaica if Saint Andrew is absent from the menu. Avoid choosing a fixed “Eastern Time” label without checking its rules. Some systems interpret that label as a North American zone that advances for summer, unlike Jamaica.

Sunrise from city streets to mountain slopes

A single sunrise value cannot represent every viewpoint in Saint Andrew. The parish reaches from the metropolitan plain into mountainous terrain, so the eastern horizon changes markedly by location. The astronomical calculation depends on coordinates and date; the observed appearance additionally depends on ridges, buildings, and weather.

Half Way Tree offers a convenient reference for an urban forecast. A mountain community should use its own coordinates where precision is required. Dawn may provide workable outdoor light before formal sunrise, while direct sun can arrive later in a valley or behind a ridge.

Select a nearby named place rather than the parish centre by default. Check whether the service reports sunrise, dawn, or first light. Allow for elevation and the direction of surrounding slopes. Use a weather forecast to judge whether the event will be visible.

Questions and answers

Is Saint Andrew one hour different from Kingston?: No. Saint Andrew and Kingston have exactly the same local time.
Why does an app call my Saint Andrew time “Kingston”?: Apps often use a nearby representative city. The result is appropriate if the selected time zone is America/Jamaica.
Does elevation change the official time of sunrise?: Coordinates and elevation can affect a detailed calculation, while nearby mountains determine when the sun becomes visible from a particular viewpoint.