Sunset & Sunrise Today in Jamaica, New York

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Jamaica at 7:31 PM, having risen at 6:19 AM. That works out to 13h 12m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Jamaica at 12:56 PM.

Sitting at 40.69° latitude puts Jamaica in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 33 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Jamaica move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Jamaica runs from about 6:56 PM to 7:49 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:49 PM to 8:00 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Jamaica is at 7:30 PM and sunrise at 6:20 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Jamaica drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Jamaica right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Jamaica ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.