Current time in Ikeja

Nigeria Africa/Lagos UTC+01:00

Current time

19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026

Africa/Lagos · WAT (UTC+01:00)

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Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
18:43
Solar noon
12:40
Daylight
12 h 8 min
Night
11 h 52 min

Today and the next four days

Date Sunrise Sunset Daylight Change
06:36 18:43 12 h 8 min
06:36 18:43 12 h 7 min no change
06:35 18:42 12 h 7 min no change
06:35 18:42 12 h 7 min no change
06:35 18:41 12 h 6 min no change

Twilight

Kind Begins (morning) Ends (evening)
Civil twilight (daylight begins / ends) 06:15 19:04
Nautical twilight 05:51 19:28
Astronomical twilight 05:27 19:53

Civil twilight is the period when the sun is within 6 degrees below the horizon — bright enough to see outdoors without lights, and what people usually mean by “it gets light” and “it gets dark”. Nautical uses 12 degrees and astronomical 18 degrees. At high latitudes a band can be absent for a whole day, in which case the row is left blank.

Longest and shortest days in 2026

Longest day
12 h 30 min (20 June 2026)
Shortest day
11 h 45 min (20 December 2026)

Computed from the coordinates of Ikeja: 6.59651, 3.34205.

Sunrise and sunset are the moments when the centre of the sun is 50 arcminutes below the horizon, which accounts for atmospheric refraction and the sun’s apparent radius — the same convention as common astronomical almanacs. Daylight is sunset minus sunrise; night is taken as 24 hours minus daylight. Elevation, terrain and local weather are not included, so observed times can differ by a minute or two.

Zone details

Country / regionNigeria
Administrative division Lagos
IANA time zoneAfrica/Lagos
Current UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Zone abbreviationWAT
Population313,196
Latitude / longitude6.5965100, 3.3420500

Daylight saving

Ikeja does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+01:00 all year.

This moment in other formats

Unix timestamp1789929450
ISO 86012026-09-20T19:37:30+01:00
ISO week2026-W38
Day of the yearday 263 of 365
Days left this year102 days

These values update with the clock above and use the local date in Ikeja.

Convert other values with the timestamp tool

Difference from a reference city

Ikeja and London are on the same clock.

Ikeja 19:37
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Reference city:London 19:37
Sunday, 20 September 2026

Both places are on the same date right now.

Open both cities in the comparison view

Working-hours overlap with London

About 9 h of overlap each day.

  • Ikeja 09:00–18:00 matches London 09:00–18:00

Working hours are taken as 09:00–18:00 local on each side, using the offsets for today.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Ikeja. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.

Ikeja (source) London (target)
00:00 00:00
01:00 01:00
02:00 02:00
03:00 03:00
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05:00 05:00
06:00 06:00
07:00 07:00
08:00 08:00
09:00 09:00
10:00 10:00
11:00 11:00
12:00 12:00
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17:00 17:00
18:00 18:00
19:00 19:00
20:00 20:00
21:00 21:00
22:00 22:00
23:00 23:00

Other cities in Nigeria

  • Abuja 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Lagos 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Kano 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Ibadan 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Port Harcourt 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Benin City 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Kaduna 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Onitsha 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Zaria 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Aba 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Jos 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00
  • Ilorin 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+01:00

Cities also on Africa/Lagos

  • Lagos 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Kano 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Ibadan 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Port Harcourt 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Benin City 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Kaduna 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Onitsha 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00
  • Zaria 19:37 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Nigeria · UTC+01:00

How to use this page

The top of the page shows the current date and time in Ikeja, ticking in the Africa/Lagos zone. To convert a specific moment to another city, use the comparison link below, where you can enter a date and time.

How the time is calculated

Ikeja is bound to the IANA identifier Africa/Lagos. The server resolves the UTC offset and daylight saving state for the requested moment and renders the first view; the browser then keeps time in the same zone and re-syncs when the tab comes back to the foreground. No fixed offset stands in for the zone, and no zone is guessed from the city name.

FAQ

Which time zone is Ikeja in?
Ikeja uses the IANA identifier Africa/Lagos, currently UTC+01:00. The same identifier can have different offsets on different dates; the value above is for the current moment.
Does Ikeja observe daylight saving time?
The daylight saving section above answers this from the IANA database: cities that do not observe it show no changeover text, and cities that do show the current state and the next local changeover time.
What time are sunrise and sunset in Ikeja today?
The sunrise and sunset section above gives today’s sunrise, sunset and solar noon along with the length of daylight and night, plus how they change over the next four days. Times are computed from the coordinates of Ikeja in the Africa/Lagos zone; at high latitudes sunrise or sunset can fall on the adjacent date, which the page marks explicitly.
How many hours is Ikeja from London?
Calculated for the current moment: Ikeja and London are on the same clock. The section above also shows each side’s local date at that same instant. Because the two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, the gap changes during the year — use the fixed-date mode in the comparison tool for another date.
Can a cached page show the wrong time?
No. The first render uses server time as a starting value, and as soon as the page loads the browser recomputes the current moment for Africa/Lagos and takes over the clock, so a cache hit still shows the time at which you opened it.

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