Time difference between Berlin and Lagos

Lagos is 1 hour behind Berlin

Berlin, Germany is UTC+1 · Lagos, Nigeria is UTC+1 — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because Berlin goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October and Lagos does not change its clocks.

Lagos stays put all year while Berlin moves, so a meeting fixed in Lagos's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at Berlin's end.

About Berlin and Lagos

Berlin runs Central European Time, the offset shared by most of the continent from Spain to Poland. That single zone spans nearly 40 degrees of longitude, so noon by the clock and noon by the sun are three hours apart between its ends.

Nigeria is UTC+1 with no daylight saving. It matches Central European Time in winter and falls an hour behind in summer, so a standing Lagos–Berlin meeting moves twice a year entirely at the European end.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in both cities overlaps for 7 hours — 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Berlin, the same moment as 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Lagos.

Berlin to Lagos, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 1 hour.

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