GumelNigeria
Gumel time at a glance
- Country
- Nigeria
- Location
- City in Jigawa 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 Gumel
- 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.
Gumel is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Gumel
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 Gumel
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 Gumel
Location details for Gumel in Jigawa State, Nigeria.
- Administrative area
- Jigawa State, Nigeria
- Population
- 42,742
- Coordinates
- 12.6269° N, 9.3881° E. The elevation is 369 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Gumel
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Gumel. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- HadejiaJigawa State, Nigeria73 km east
Africa/LagosSame local time - KiyawaJigawa State, Nigeria97 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - DutseJigawa State, Nigeria97 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - ChakwamaJigawa State, Nigeria122 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - Birnin KuduJigawa State, Nigeria131 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time - GwaramJigawa State, Nigeria159 km south
Africa/LagosSame local time
Sources for Gumel time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.