Time difference between Montego Bay and Beijing
Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Montego Bay.
Local time in both cities
Montego Bay · Jamaica
18:34
Beijing · China
07:34
Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Montego Bay.
already the next day
Time zones
| Montego Bay | America/Jamaica · UTC-05:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Montego Bay does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC-05:00 all year.
Beijing does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+08:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Montego Bay. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Montego Bay (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 13:00 |
| 01:00 | 14:00 |
| 02:00 | 15:00 |
| 03:00 | 16:00 |
| 04:00 | 17:00 |
| 05:00 | 18:00 |
| 06:00 | 19:00 |
| 07:00 | 20:00 |
| 08:00 | 21:00 |
| 09:00 | 22:00 |
| 10:00 | 23:00 |
| 11:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 12:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 13:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 14:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 15:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 16:00 | 05:00 next day |
| 17:00 | 06:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 07:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 08:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 09:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 10:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 11:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 12:00 next day |
Other common differences from Montego Bay
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Montego Bay and Beijing right now?
- The answer at the top of the page is calculated for the current moment and states which side is ahead. The gap changes during the year, because the two places usually start and end daylight saving on different dates.
- Is this difference the same all year?
- Not necessarily. Montego Bay uses America/Jamaica and Beijing uses Asia/Shanghai; if either observes daylight saving, the gap shifts during the year. Use “Convert a specific date and time” below to calculate it for a given day.
- How do I read the conversion table?
- The left column lists each whole hour in Montego Bay; the right column is the local time in Beijing at that same instant, with date rollovers marked. On the day clocks jump forward, some hours do not exist locally — the table says so instead of showing a plausible but wrong value.