Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/New_York |
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What time zone is Jersey City in?
The local standard in Jersey City is EDT — UTC-04:00, or 4 hours behind UTC. Systems that store time zones by name use America/New_York for this part of the world.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 01 November 2026: Jersey City switches to EST, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC-04:00 offset above holds.
Bear in mind United States spans 10 zones across the 419 cities we cover — checking a second city in the same country is often necessary.
Jersey City compared with major world cities
Read this as: relative to each city below, Jersey City is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Jersey City is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Jersey City is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Jersey City is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Jersey City is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Jersey City is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Jersey City is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Jersey City is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Jersey City is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Jersey City is 1 hour behind |
Scheduling calls with Jersey City
Usable call slots from Jersey City, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Jersey City | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Jersey City | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Jersey City | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in Jersey City | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Jersey City's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on America/New_York alongside Jersey City, including through any clock change.
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