Nigeria
Time now in Lafia
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:12Sunset 06:38Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
—
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
06:38
Day length
12h 26m
Coordinates
11.37, 9.42
Time difference from Lafia
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Lafia right now.
Lafia on the map
About the time in Lafia
Lafia runs on Africa/Lagos, which puts the city UTC +1 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Lafia day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 08:00–16:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Lafia follows the civil time used across its region of Nigeria; there is no separate local reckoning inside the city.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lafia
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Lagos, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lafia?
- Lafia is UTC +1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- When do the sun rise and set in Lafia today?
- Sunrise is at 06:12 and sunset at 06:38, giving 12h 26m of daylight.
- What time is it in Lafia right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lafia, updating every second from Africa/Lagos (UTC +1).
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