What time is it in Jamestown, New York?

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

Jamestown sits at 42.10°N, 79.24°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jamestown.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Jamestown it is highest at 1:08 pm today — 68 minutes after clock noon.

At 79.2°W, Jamestown 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 1 minute in Jamestown, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 9 minutes, from 15 hours 15 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 6 minutes in December.

At 42.1°N that puts Jamestown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.