Local time in Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Current local time in Nigeria (WAT (UTC+1)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
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Time difference — Abuja
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Differences are relative to Abuja, Nigeria, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Nigeria
- Standard label
- WAT (UTC+1)
- Standard offset (Abuja)
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Abuja
- IANA zones
- Africa/Lagos
Nigeria uses WAT (UTC+1) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Nigeria.