Time difference between Rome and Lagos

Lagos is 1 hour behind Rome

Rome, Italy 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 Rome 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 Rome moves, so a meeting fixed in Lagos's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at Rome's end.

About Rome and Lagos

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.

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 Rome, the same moment as 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Lagos.

Rome to Lagos, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 1 hour.

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