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Time in Nigeria now

1:05PMWAT

WATUTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Africa/Lagos

No clock changes: Nigeria stays on WAT (UTC+1) all year.

Time zone in Nigeria

Nigeria uses a single time zone: West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Abuja lies at 7.5° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:30 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 30 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:30 PM.

Daylight saving time in Nigeria

No. Nigeria stays on WAT (UTC+1) all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.

That is typical near the equator: day length barely changes through the year, so moving the clocks would gain almost nothing.

Clock history of Nigeria

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:14 in Lagos), which ended on July 1, 1905, when GMT (UTC+0) replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Nigeria year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Lagos.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970 onwardUTC+1 all yearWAT

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Nigeria time

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Time difference between Nigeria and major cities

CityLocal time nowNigeria vs city nowJanuaryJulyOffice overlap Jan / Jul
New York 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +6 h +6 h +5 h 2 h / 3 h
Los Angeles 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +9 h +9 h +8 h none / none
London 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +1 h +1 h 0 h 7 h / 8 h
Berlin 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +0 h 0 h −1 h 8 h / 7 h
Dubai 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −3 h −3 h −3 h 5 h / 5 h
New Delhi 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 −4 h 30 min −4 h 30 min −4 h 30 min 3 h 30 min / 3 h 30 min
Singapore 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −7 h −7 h −7 h 1 h / 1 h
Beijing 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −7 h −7 h −7 h 1 h / 1 h
Tokyo 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −8 h −8 h −8 h none / none

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Nigeria’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Nigeria overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM Nigeria time), 3 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Nigeria it is 3:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Nigeria overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Nigeria time), 8 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Nigeria it is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Nigeria overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Nigeria time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Nigeria it is 1:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Abuja and the difference now.

CityDistanceTime nowTheir clock vs here
Lomé Togo 760 km 12:05 PM GMT −1 h
Kisangani Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,180 km 2:05 PM CAT +1 h

Same clock as Nigeria

These places keep exactly the same time as Nigeria all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Algiers, Africa/Ndjamena, Africa/Tunis).

Cities in Nigeria

Nigeria at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Nigeria now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Nigeria is on UTC+1 all year, 6 hours ahead of New York in January and 5 hours ahead of New York in July.
What time zone is Nigeria in?
Nigeria uses West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1) all year. Its IANA time zone ID is Africa/Lagos.

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