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Kingston is a capital of a political entity; located in Jamaica in America/Jamaica (GMT-5) time zone. With population of 937,700 people, there are 0 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in Jamaica, 74.7% of cities are located further ↑North; 79.1% of cities are located further ←West and 61.5% of cities have higher elevation than Kingston. Note1

Administrative division(s):

Current local time in Kingston:

01:59 PM, Tuesday
Difference from your time zone: hours
[3]

Kingston on map:[1]

Kingston on map

Kingston GPS coordinates[2]

17° 59' 49.272" North, 76° 47' 36.888" West

Map corner latitude longitude
Upper-left 18.66446°, -77.49671°
Center: 17.99702°, -76.79358°
Lower-right: 17.32704°, -76.09046°
Map W x H: 148.7×148.7 km = 92.4×92.4mi
max Lat: 18.49358°
  ⇑74.7% North
Kingston: 17.99702°
min Lat:   ⇓25.3% South
17.774°
Note1
min Long Kingston max Long
-78.3481° -76.79358° -76.24864°
W 79.1%⇐   ⇒20.9% E

Elevation

Elevation of Kingston is 65 m = 213 ft, and this is 149.4 m = 490 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:
 
944 m = 3097 ft 61.5%
Avg. 214.4 m = 703 ft  
Kingston 65 m = 213 ft  

Min E:
1 m = 3 ft 38.5%

See also: Kingston elevation on elevation.city.


Geographical zone

Kingston is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 604.8 km =375.8 mi to North.
Distance of km miles from Kingston
North Pole 8006 4974.7 to North
Arctic Circle 5400.1 3355.5 to North
Tropic Cancer 604.8 375.8 to North
Equator 2001.1 1243.4 to South
8006 km
2001.1 km

Nearby cities:

15 places around Kingston: (largest is in red/bold)

Bog Walk 25.3 km =15.7 mi, 297°
Constant Spring 6 km =3.7 mi, 359°
Easington 23.2 km =14.4 mi, 110°
Gordon Town 9.1 km =5.7 mi, 61°
Half Way Tree 1.8 km =1.1 mi, 340°
Linstead 29.6 km =18.4 mi, 301°
Mavis Bank 14 km =8.7 mi, 73°
Mona Heights 4.8 km =3 mi, 67°
New Kingston 1.6 km =1 mi, 43°
Port Royal 8.3 km =5.2 mi, 216°
Portmore 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 240°
Riversdale 26 km =16.2 mi, 316°
Spanish Town 17.3 km =10.7 mi, 267°
Stony Hill 9.2 km =5.7 mi,
Yallahs 28 km =17.4 mi, 119°

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Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Jamaica existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia