| 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 |
Port Harcourt, 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 Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt.
Port Harcourt (Nigeria) is home to roughly 1.9M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:19, sunset at 18:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Nigeria
Capital
Abuja
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+1 · Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
4.82°N, 7.03°E
Currency
NGN (₦)
Calling Code
+234
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Port Harcourt sits in the Niger Delta, which produces the great majority of Nigeria's oil — the largest output in Africa. The delta is also one of the most polluted places on Earth, with thousands of spills recorded.
The clock: Port Harcourt keeps UTC+1. Its carnival, CARNIRIV, first held in 1998 and relaunched in 2008, draws on Kalabari and Ikwerre masquerade traditions.
Port Harcourt lies at 7.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 8.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 32 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:32 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 24m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 51m. The swing between them is 34 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Port Harcourt the sun comes up earliest on 23 October at 06:16, while the latest sunset waits until 20 July at 18:49. 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 Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt, Nigeria is Africa/Lagos with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.
Port Harcourt has an estimated population of 1.9M and is located at coordinates 4.82°N, 7.03°E.
Port Harcourt gets 12h 24m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 51m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Port Harcourt falls at about 12:32 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 8.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Oil Capital: Port Harcourt sits in the Niger Delta, which produces the great majority of Nigeria's oil — the largest output in Africa. The delta is also one of the most polluted places on Earth, with thousands of spills recorded.