Lagos to Los Angeles time
Los Angeles is 8 hours behind Lagos.
Time difference between Lagos and Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 8 hours behind Lagos. Lagos is on West Africa Time (UTC+01:00) and Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT (UTC−07:00)).
The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 8 hours to 9 hours over the year.
Convert Lagos time to Los Angeles time
These examples use the current offsets, UTC+01:00 for Lagos and UTC−07:00 for Los Angeles. Use the converter above for any other time or date.
Los Angeles is behind, so from midnight to 8:00 AM in Lagos it is still the previous calendar day in Los Angeles.
| Lagos time | Los Angeles time |
|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
Best time to call or meet: Lagos and Los Angeles working hours
The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Lagos and Los Angeles do not overlap.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Lagos (8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Los Angeles), which usually means an early start or a late finish for one side.
Weekends, public holidays and local working weeks differ by country, so check those before booking.
Daylight saving time in Lagos and Los Angeles
Lagos does not change its clocks for daylight saving, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.
Los Angeles observes daylight saving time. Its next change is on Nov 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM, when clocks go back 1 hour (UTC−07:00 to UTC−08:00).