Current time in Onitsha, Nigeria
West Africa Time
UTC+01:00- Time zone
- West Africa Time · Africa/Lagos
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Abbreviation
- WAT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+1 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Anambra, Nigeria · 6.15° N, 6.79° E
- Population
- 1,553,000
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Onitsha at about 12:33 standard time: the clock runs about 33 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:16 and 12:47 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:37 | 18:43 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:20 | 18:49 | 12h 29m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:22 | 18:28 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:37 | 18:23 | 11h 46m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:20–18:25 (12 h 4 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Benin City · 130 km
- Aba · 130 km
- Port Harcourt · 150 km
- Abuja · 330 km
- Ibadan · 350 km
- Ilorin · 360 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Douala, Cameroon · 400 km
- Porto-Novo, Benin · 460 km
- Cotonou, Benin · 480 km
- Bata, Equatorial Guinea · 580 km
- Yaoundé, Cameroon · 580 km
- Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial Guinea · 680 km