Sydney to Lagos time
Lagos is 10 hours behind Sydney.
Time difference between Sydney and Lagos
Lagos is 10 hours behind Sydney. Sydney is on Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) and Lagos is on West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 9 hours to 10 hours over the year.
Convert Sydney time to Lagos time
These examples use the current offsets, UTC+11:00 for Sydney and UTC+01:00 for Lagos. Use the converter above for any other time or date.
Lagos is behind, so from midnight to 10:00 AM in Sydney it is still the previous calendar day in Lagos.
| Sydney time | Lagos time |
|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
Best time to call or meet: Sydney and Lagos working hours
The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Sydney and Lagos do not overlap.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Sydney (8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Lagos), 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 Sydney and Lagos
Sydney observes daylight saving time. Its next change is on Apr 4, 2027 at 3:00 AM, when clocks go back 1 hour (UTC+11:00 to UTC+10:00).
Lagos does not change its clocks for daylight saving, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.