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Current time in Kano, Nigeria

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

West Africa TimeUTC+01:00

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Kano time at a glance

Country
Nigeria
Location
City in Kano State
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
UTC offset now
UTC+01:00
Current zone label
GMT+1
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Kano

Conditions near Kano and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

26°C

Smoky haze

Feels like
28°C
Humidity
72%
Wind
11.9 km/h SW
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Smoky haze24°C to 36°C6% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.4 km/h
  2. Overcast24°C to 35°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.9 km/h
  3. Overcast22°C to 32°C77% chance of precipitationWind up to 29.9 km/h

Forecast valid from 07:45 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T07:02:45.718Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T07:17:45.718Z.

Time-zone identity for Kano

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.

Kano is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Kano

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Kano

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 Kano

Location details for Kano in Kano State, Nigeria.

Administrative area
Kano State, Nigeria
Population
4,910,000
Coordinates
12.0001° N, 8.5167° E. The elevation is 484 metres.

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Cities near Kano

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kano. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Sources for Kano 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 cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.