| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +3h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +8h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +9h | Becomes +10h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −5h | Becomes −6h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −8h | Becomes −9h on 1 Nov |
Kano, Nigeria runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Kano and New York is 5 hours. 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 Kano lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Kano 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 Kano lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Kano and Tokyo is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Kano lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lagos, Kinshasa, Algiers. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kano.
Kano (Nigeria) is home to roughly 4.1M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:14, sunset at 18:16. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Nigeria
Capital
Abuja
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
12.00°N, 8.52°E
Currency
NGN (₦)
Calling Code
+234
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Kofar Mata dye pits have been operating since about 1498, making them among the oldest continuously used indigo dyeing facilities in the world. The technique has not meaningfully changed.
The clock: Kano keeps UTC+1. It was a major terminus of the trans-Saharan caravan trade, which is why a city this far inland became this large.
Kano lies at 8.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 6.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 26 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:26 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+1 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 25m. The swing between them is 1h 25m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Kano the sun comes up earliest on 1 June at 06:00, while the latest sunset waits until 12 July at 18:55. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Kano that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Kano, Nigeria is Africa/Lagos with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.
Kano has an estimated population of 4.1M and is located at coordinates 12.00°N, 8.52°E.
Kano gets 12h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kano falls at about 12:26 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 6.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Dye Pits Still in Use After 500 Years: The Kofar Mata dye pits have been operating since about 1498, making them among the oldest continuously used indigo dyeing facilities in the world. The technique has not meaningfully changed.