Nigeria · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Jos, Nigeria runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 5-hour difference between Jos and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Jos lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Jos and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Jos lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Jos and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Jos lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Jos.
Practical Info
Jos (Nigeria) is home to roughly 900K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Nigeria
Capital
Abuja
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
9.90°N, 8.89°E
Currency
NGN (₦)
Calling Code
+234
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Jos sits at about 1,200 metres on a plateau cool enough that the British used it as a hill station and grew temperate crops. Tin mining brought the railway; the Nok terracotta figures found nearby date to around 1500 BC.
The clock: Jos keeps UTC+1. The Nok culture produced some of the oldest sculpture found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap