Jersey City, NJ · 2026
Sunrise and sunset in Jersey City, New Jersey
Short answer
- Longest day
- 15 h 06 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 15 min
Jersey City daylight through 2026
Daylight in Jersey City runs from 9 h 15 min on December 21 to 15 h 06 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 5 h 50 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 78th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 09 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 09 min.
Jersey City daylight by month
| Month | Average | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 h 39 min | 7:07 AM to 7:20 AM | 4:39 PM to 5:12 PM |
| February | 10 h 40 min | 6:31 AM to 7:06 AM | 5:14 PM to 5:46 PM |
| March | 11 h 58 min | 6:20 AM to 7:19 AM | 5:47 PM to 7:20 PM |
| April | 13 h 19 min | 5:56 AM to 6:39 AM | 7:21 PM to 7:51 PM |
| May | 14 h 28 min | 5:27 AM to 5:54 AM | 7:52 PM to 8:20 PM |
| June | 15 h 03 min | 5:24 AM to 5:28 AM | 8:21 PM to 8:31 PM |
| July | 14 h 45 min | 5:28 AM to 5:52 AM | 8:12 PM to 8:31 PM |
| August | 13 h 44 min | 5:53 AM to 6:22 AM | 7:29 PM to 8:11 PM |
| September | 12 h 27 min | 6:23 AM to 6:51 AM | 6:39 PM to 7:28 PM |
| October | 11 h 06 min | 6:52 AM to 7:25 AM | 5:53 PM to 6:38 PM |
| November | 9 h 55 min | 6:26 AM to 6:59 AM | 4:29 PM to 4:52 PM |
| December | 9 h 19 min | 7:00 AM to 7:20 AM | 4:28 PM to 4:38 PM |
Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock
The earliest sunrise comes on June 9 at 5:24 AM and the latest sunset on June 21 at 8:31 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:25 AM on October 31. Daylight saving time starts and ends on March 8 and November 1, which shifts every clock time by an hour.
On standard time the clocks run 5 hours behind UTC, the time of the 75° W meridian. Jersey City sits at 74.06° W, so the sun runs about 4 minutes ahead of the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:05 PM on January 15 and 1:02 PM on July 15.
Compared with nearby cities
Trenton, the state capital, gets 3 minutes less daylight than Jersey City on June 21 and 3 minutes more on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.
| City | Latitude | June 21 | December 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven, CT | 41.31° N | 15 h 10 min | 9 h 11 min |
| Bridgeport, CT | 41.19° N | 15 h 09 min | 9 h 12 min |
| Stamford, CT | 41.08° N | 15 h 08 min | 9 h 13 min |
| Yonkers, NY | 40.95° N | 15 h 07 min | 9 h 14 min |
| Paterson, NJ | 40.91° N | 15 h 07 min | 9 h 14 min |
| Newark, NJ | 40.72° N | 15 h 06 min | 9 h 15 min |
| Jersey City, NJ | 40.71° N | 15 h 06 min | 9 h 15 min |
| Elizabeth, NJ | 40.67° N | 15 h 05 min | 9 h 16 min |
| New York, NY | 40.66° N | 15 h 05 min | 9 h 16 min |
| Allentown, PA | 40.59° N | 15 h 05 min | 9 h 16 min |
| Philadelphia, PA | 40.01° N | 15 h 01 min | 9 h 20 min |
Questions people ask
What is the longest day of the year in Jersey City?
June 21, 2026, with 15 h 06 min of daylight: sunrise 5:25 AM, sunset 8:31 PM.
What is the shortest day in Jersey City?
December 21, 2026, with 9 h 15 min: sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 4:32 PM.
When is the latest sunset in Jersey City?
8:31 PM on June 21, 2026. The earliest sunset is 4:28 PM on December 4.
What time zone is Jersey City in?
America/New_York. Clocks change on March 8 (to EDT) and November 1 (to EST) in 2026.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Jersey City, 40.711° N, 74.065° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.
- 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.