Time in Nigeria 🇳🇬
The current local time in Nigeria is anchored on Abuja (Africa/Lagos, UTC +01:00 · WAT).
Abuja local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 WAT
Nigeria at a glance
- Capital
- Abuja
- ISO codes
- NG · NGA
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +234
- Currency
- Nigerian Naira (NGN)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Nigeria
All of Nigeria keeps the same clock, UTC +01:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Lagos · Lagos | UTC +01:00 | — | None |
Abuja vs. major cities
How far Abuja is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Abuja, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Abuja | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Delhi · India | +4:30 h | 13:30 | 09:00–12:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Beijing · China | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Abuja time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Abuja
Abuja has kept the same UTC +01:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Abuja stays on UTC +01:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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