Benin CityNigeria
Current time in Benin City, Nigeria
Friday, 16 October 2026
West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBenin City time at a glance
- Country
- Nigeria
- Location
- City in Edo State
- Time zone
Africa/Lagos- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Benin City
- 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.
Benin City is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Benin City
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 21 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Benin City
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.
Location context
About Benin City
Location details for Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria.
- Administrative area
- Edo State, Nigeria
- Population
- 1,782,000
- Coordinates
- 6.3381° N, 5.6258° E. The elevation is 88 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Benin City
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Benin City. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- EkpomaEdo State, Nigeria73 km northeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - UromiEdo State, Nigeria88 km northeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - UbiajaEdo State, Nigeria91 km northeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - AuchiEdo State, Nigeria107 km northeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - SapeleDelta, Nigeria50 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - AgborDelta, Nigeria64 km east
Africa/LagosSame local time
Sources for Benin City time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- 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.