NiameyNiger
Current time in Niamey, Niger
Thursday, 24 September 2026
West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockNiamey time at a glance
- Country
- Niger
- Location
- Capital city of Niger
- Time zone
Africa/Niamey- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Niamey time guide
Does Niamey change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- West Africa Time (WAT), UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Niamey
- Niamey and London
- 1 hour ahead during GMT; same clock time during BST
- Niamey and New York
- 6 hours ahead during EST; 5 hours ahead during EDT
Capital region and five communes
Niamey statistics are published at several levels
Niger's statistical institute publishes dedicated Niamey yearbooks and figures for the capital region and its communes. Any population comparison should retain the publication year and geographic level rather than treating every Niamey total as equivalent.
Time-zone identity for Niamey
- IANA zone
Africa/Niamey- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Niamey is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Niamey
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Niamey
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Niamey, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Niamey, capital of Niger
Niamey is the capital of Niger. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Niger
- Administrative area
- Niger
- Population
- 1,323,691
- Coordinates
- 13.5137° N, 2.1098° E. The elevation is 206 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Niamey
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Niamey. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Youri KourtéréTillabéri Region, Niger25 km southeast
Africa/NiameySame local time - KolloTillabéri Region, Niger34 km southeast
Africa/NiameySame local time - SayTillabéri Region, Niger54 km southeast
Africa/NiameySame local time - TorodiTillabéri Region, Niger55 km southwest
Africa/NiameySame local time - BaléyaraTillabéri Region, Niger96 km east
Africa/NiameySame local time - Birnin GaouréDosso Region, Niger99 km southeast
Africa/NiameySame local time
Sources for Niamey time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Niamey annual statistical publicationsNational Institute of Statistics of Niger · Annual series through 2023 · AccessedOfficial capital figures and statistical yearbook catalog.