What time is it in Jersey City, New Jersey?

Jersey City is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Jersey City sits at 40.71°N, 74.06°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jersey City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Jersey City it is highest at 12:47 pm today — 47 minutes after clock noon.

At 74.1°W, Jersey City sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Jersey City, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.

At 40.7°N that puts Jersey City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.