Jamaica
Time now in Portland
Sunrise 05:49Sunset 06:29Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Jamaica
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
80,787
Sunrise
05:49
Sunset
06:29
Day length
12h 39m
Coordinates
18.13, -76.53
Time difference from Portland
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Portland right now.
Portland on the map
About the time in Portland
Clocks in Portland stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −5 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Jamaica.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Portland day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Portland runs on America/Jamaica, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Portland
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Portland?
- Portland is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Portland change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Portland keeps UTC −5 throughout the year.
- When do the sun rise and set in Portland today?
- Sunrise is at 05:49 and sunset at 06:29, giving 12h 39m of daylight.
- What time is it in Portland right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Portland, updating every second from America/Jamaica (UTC −5).
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