Local time · Kingston
What time is it in Kingston, New York?
4:50:27AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 23,748
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Kingston
Kingston is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Kingston sits at 41.93°N, 74.00°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Kingston.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Kingston it is highest at 11:40 am today — 20 minutes before clock noon.
At 74.0°W, Kingston sits almost exactly on Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Kingston today
- Sunrise
- 6:43 am
- Sunset
- 4:36 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 14 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 53 minutes in Kingston, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 7 minutes, from 15 hours 14 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 7 minutes in December.
At 41.9°N that puts Kingston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.