The time difference between New York and Kingston is 1 hour. When it is 12:00 noon in New York, it is 11:00 in Kingston. New York uses the America/New_York time zone (UTC-4), while Kingston uses America/Jamaica (UTC-5).
There are 7 overlapping business hours between New York and Kingston (assuming 9:00–17:00 in each city). The ideal window for calls and meetings is:
Use this table to quickly convert any hour from New York time to Kingston time. Rows highlighted in green indicate overlapping business hours in both cities.
| New York | Kingston | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 23:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | Night |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | Night |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | Night |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | Night |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | Night |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | Overlap |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | Overlap |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | Overlap |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | Overlap |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | Overlap |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | Overlap |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | Overlap |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | Night |
| 23:00 | 22:00 | Night |
New York is currently observing daylight saving time, while Kingston is on standard time. When New York switches back to standard time, the difference between these two cities will shift by 1 hour.
The time difference is 1 hour. Kingston is 1 hour behind New York.
Yes. One of these cities observes DST while the other does not, so the difference shifts by 1 hour when DST begins or ends.
The best window is between 10:00 and 17:00 New York time, which corresponds to 09:00–16:00 in Kingston. Both sides fall within normal business hours.
Subtract 1 hour from New York time to get Kingston time. Use the hour-by-hour table above for a quick reference.
For sunrise and sunset data, visit TheSunsetTimes.com. For detailed DST schedules, see DaylightSavingTime.info.