Niger · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Niamey, Niger 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 Niamey 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 Niamey lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Niamey 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 Niamey lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Niamey 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 Niamey 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 Niamey.
Practical Info
Niamey (Niger) is home to roughly 1.3M people. Today brings about 12.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 14° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Niger
Capital
Niamey 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Niamey
Coordinates
13.51°N, 2.11°E
Currency
XOF (CFA)
Calling Code
+227
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The last wild West African giraffes — a few hundred animals — live in the bush about 60 km from Niamey, unfenced and sharing land with farming villages. The population recovered from under 50 in the 1990s.
The clock: Niamey keeps UTC+1. Niger is over 80% Sahara, and among the hottest countries on Earth by annual mean temperature.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap