AbujaNigeria
Abuja time at a glance
- Country
- Nigeria
- Location
- Capital city of Nigeria
- Time zone
Africa/Lagos- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Abuja
Conditions near Abuja and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Mist
- Feels like
- 27°C
- Humidity
- 96%
- Wind
- 7.6 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower22°C to 27°C88% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.8 km/h
- Light rain shower22°C to 25°C91% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.8 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby21°C to 28°C72% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 19:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:31:23.845Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:46:23.845Z.
Time-zone identity for Abuja
- IANA zone
Africa/Lagos- 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.
Abuja is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Abuja
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Abuja
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Lagos, 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 Abuja, capital of Nigeria
Abuja is the capital of Nigeria. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Nigeria
- Administrative area
- FCT, Nigeria
- Population
- 2,690,000
- Coordinates
- 9.0579° N, 7.4951° E. The elevation is 476 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Abuja
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Abuja. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KujeFCT, Nigeria35 km southwest
Africa/LagosSame local time - SulejaNiger State, Nigeria37 km west
Africa/LagosSame local time - KeffiNasarawa State, Nigeria48 km southeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - NasarawaNasarawa State, Nigeria62 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - AkwangaNasarawa State, Nigeria101 km east
Africa/LagosSame local time - LapaiNiger State, Nigeria101 km west
Africa/LagosSame local time
Sources for Abuja 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.