Lagos — Africa/Lagos
The current local time in the Africa/Lagos IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Nigeria. The zone is currently at UTC +01:00 · WAT and does not observe daylight saving time.
Africa/Lagos
Thursday, 22 October 2026 WAT
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +01:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Africa/Lagos
Lagos vs. major cities
How far Lagos is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Lagos, 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 Lagos | 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 Lagos 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 Lagos
Lagos 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: Lagos stays on UTC +01:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Lagos
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