Nigeria · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kaduna, 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 Kaduna 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 Kaduna lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Kaduna 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 Kaduna lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Kaduna 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 Kaduna 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 Kaduna.
Practical Info
Kaduna (Nigeria) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 18:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 11° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Nigeria
Capital
Abuja
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
10.52°N, 7.44°E
Currency
NGN (₦)
Calling Code
+234
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kaduna was founded in 1913 as the capital of Britain's Northern Nigeria Protectorate, placed where the railway crossed the river. The name comes from the Hausa word for crocodiles.
The clock: Kaduna keeps UTC+1. Nigeria has around 500 living languages, more than any country outside Papua New Guinea.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap