Time in 🇳🇬 Lagos now
Africa/Lagos
Sun in Lagos today
Time difference from Lagos
| 🇺🇸 New YorkUSA | --:-- | 5 hours behind |
| 🇺🇸 Los AngelesUSA | --:-- | 8 hours behind |
| 🇺🇸 ChicagoUSA | --:-- | 6 hours behind |
| 🇬🇧 LondonUnited Kingdom | --:-- | same time |
| 🇫🇷 ParisFrance | --:-- | 1 hour ahead |
| 🇩🇪 BerlinGermany | --:-- | 1 hour ahead |
| 🇦🇪 DubaiUAE | --:-- | 3 hours ahead |
| 🇮🇳 DelhiIndia | --:-- | 4.5 hours ahead |
| 🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore | --:-- | 7 hours ahead |
| 🇯🇵 TokyoJapan | --:-- | 8 hours ahead |
| 🇰🇷 SeoulSouth Korea | --:-- | 8 hours ahead |
| 🇦🇺 SydneyAustralia | --:-- | 9 hours ahead |
About the time in Lagos
Lagos is a city in Nigeria. It uses the Africa/Lagos time zone, which is currently UTC+1 — that is, +1 hours from Coordinated Universal Time. Lagos does not observe daylight saving time, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.
Compared with other major cities right now, Lagos is 5 hours ahead of New York and same time of London. The table above updates live, so the differences you see always reflect current daylight saving rules on both sides.
What time zone is Lagos in?
Lagos follows the Africa/Lagos time zone (UTC+1). All clocks on this page are driven by the official IANA time zone database, the same source used by operating systems and airlines worldwide.
Does Lagos observe daylight saving time?
No — Lagos keeps the same offset all year, which makes scheduling with it straightforward.
Sunrise and sunset in Lagos
Today's sunrise and sunset above are calculated astronomically for Lagos's coordinates (6.52°, 3.38°) and shown in local Lagos time. They shift a little every day through the year.
How is this clock kept accurate?
The time shown is your device clock converted into Lagos's time zone using your browser's built-in IANA database. If your device clock is correct, the time above is correct — no server round-trips, nothing to install.