Time difference between Lagos and Rome

Rome is 1 hour ahead of Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria is UTC+1 · Rome, Italy 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 Lagos does not change its clocks and Rome goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.

Lagos stays put all year while Rome moves, so the gap changes twice a year from Rome's side alone. A recurring meeting set in Lagos's calendar will drift by an hour without anyone touching it.

About Lagos and Rome

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.

Italy keeps Central European Time and is one of the few large European countries whose geography actually suits it, sitting near the 15th meridian the zone is defined on. Noon by the clock in Rome is close to noon by the sun.

When they can both be at their desks

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

Lagos to Rome, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 1 hour.

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