Current time in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria, keeps West Africa Time at UTC+01:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Lagos
16:22:05
Africa/Lagos · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Lagos
Sunrise and sunset in Lagos
Sun and clock in Lagos
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Lagos comes at 12:46, because the city lies about 12° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Lagos
Colombo, at 6.9°N, lies on almost the same parallel as Lagos, so its days stay within 1 minute of Lagos’s all year; its clock is 4 h 30 min ahead of Lagos.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:36 | 18:26 | 11 h 49 m |
| December 15 | 06:49 | 18:34 | 11 h 45 m |
| January 15 | 07:02 | 18:49 | 11 h 47 m |
| February 15 | 07:03 | 18:58 | 11 h 55 m |
| March 15 | 06:53 | 18:58 | 12 h 5 m |
| April 15 | 06:39 | 18:54 | 12 h 16 m |
| May 15 | 06:30 | 18:55 | 12 h 25 m |
| June 15 | 06:32 | 19:02 | 12 h 30 m |
| July 15 | 06:39 | 19:06 | 12 h 28 m |
| August 15 | 06:41 | 19:01 | 12 h 20 m |
| September 15 | 06:37 | 18:47 | 12 h 9 m |
| October 15 | 06:33 | 18:32 | 11 h 59 m |
When the clocks change in Lagos
Lagos has kept UTC+01:00 since September 1, 1919, when its clocks moved forward 30 min from UTC+00:30. The record opens with Lagos’s own local mean time, UTC+00:13:35, kept until 1905.
Calling Lagos from another time zone
| Place | Lagos’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 08:00–16:00 | — | — |
| New York | 03:00–11:00 | 2 h, 15:00–17:00 Lagos time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Lagos time | 7 h to 8 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none all year |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Lagos, Honolulu and Anchorage are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 20 listed cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have already reached Saturday.
Lagos compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Lagos | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 6 h behind | 6 h behind / 5 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 1 h behind | 1 h behind / the same |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 3 h ahead | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 4 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 7 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 8 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 10 h ahead | 9 h ahead / 10 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accra | 410 km west | 1 h behind | 14 minutes later |
| Casablanca | 3,210 km north | 1 h behind | 44 minutes later |
| Lisbon | 3,790 km north | 1 h behind / the same | 50 minutes later |
| Nairobi | 3,810 km east | 2 h ahead | 2 h 14 min earlier |
| Madrid | 3,830 km north | the same / 1 h ahead | 28 minutes later |
| Barcelona | 3,880 km north | the same / 1 h ahead | 5 minutes later |
| Addis Ababa | 3,910 km east | 2 h ahead | 2 h 21 min earlier |
| Cairo | 3,910 km north-east | 1 h ahead / 2 h ahead | 1 h 51 min earlier |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Lagos’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Lagos in?
Lagos keeps Africa/Lagos, West Africa Time, at UTC+01:00 all year. The identifier is named after Lagos itself.
Is all of Nigeria on the same time as Lagos?
Yes. Africa/Lagos is the tz database’s only entry for Nigeria, and Lagos keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Lagos?
12 other countries and territories keep exactly Lagos’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Lagos and Accra?
The clock in Accra, Ghana, about 410 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Lagos.