When it is 09:00 in Lagos it is 17:00 in Tokyo in January and 17:00 in July. Tokyo is 8 hours ahead Lagos right now — and the difference is the same all year. This page gives the live times in both cities, the overlap between their working days, the daylight saving dates that move the difference, and the best meeting windows.
Try the tool: Time Zone Converter — convert any time between Lagos and Tokyo, with the offset for the date you pick.
Live times in Lagos and Tokyo
The two cities side by side. The January column uses the winter offsets (Lagos UTC+01:00, Tokyo UTC+09:00); the July column uses the summer offsets (Lagos UTC+01:00, Tokyo UTC+09:00).
| Time in Lagos | Tokyo in January | Tokyo in July |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 | 23:00 |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 |
The world clock shows the current time in both cities live, and the individual city pages — time in Lagos and time in Tokyo — explain each city's time zone, offsets and daylight saving in full.
The time difference between Lagos and Tokyo
The difference is constant: Tokyo is 8 hours ahead Lagos on every day of the year. That is the simplest case in time-zone work — the answer does not depend on the date, and a meeting set for 09:00 in Lagos is always 17:00 in Tokyo. The reason the difference never changes is that neither city observes daylight saving.
To convert a time, add the difference: 09:00 in Lagos is 17:00 in Tokyo in January and 17:00 in July; 17:00 in Lagos — the end of the working day — is 01:00 in Tokyo in January and 01:00 in July. To go the other way, subtract it: 09:00 in Tokyo is 01:00 in Lagos in January. The time difference calculator does the arithmetic for any date, and the UTC to Tokyo page gives the full conversion table for Tokyo.
Meeting overlap between Lagos and Tokyo
The overlap is the hours when both cities are in their working day (09:00–17:00 local time). The table marks the overlapping hours in Lagos's working day and shows what time they are in Tokyo.
January
| Lagos time | Tokyo time | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 17:00 | Yes |
| 10:00 | 18:00 | Yes |
| 11:00 | 19:00 | Yes |
| 12:00 | 20:00 | Yes |
| 13:00 | 21:00 | Yes |
| 14:00 | 22:00 | Yes |
| 15:00 | 23:00 | Yes |
| 16:00 | 00:00 | Yes |
In January the overlap is 8 hours: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 Lagos time. In July it is 8 hours: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 Lagos time. The meeting planner finds the overlap for any two cities and any date, and the meeting time finder finds it for a whole team.
Daylight saving in Lagos and Tokyo
Lagos does not observe daylight saving, so its offset of UTC+01:00 never changes.
Tokyo does not observe daylight saving, so its offset of UTC+09:00 never changes.
The difference never changes, so there is no date on which a standing meeting moves. That does not mean the difference is the same as the difference with a third city — the difference between Lagos and London, for example, may still move when London changes its clocks. The individual DST pages — Lagos DST 2026 and Tokyo DST 2026 — give the exact dates for each city.
Best meeting windows
The best windows in January are 09:00–17:00 in Lagos (17:00–01:00 in Tokyo). These are the hours inside both working days, so nobody is up early or late. It is a short window, so keep the meeting short and send an agenda in advance.
Calling and travel notes
When it is 09:00 in Lagos it is 17:00 in Tokyo in January; when it is 12:00 in Lagos it is 20:00 in Tokyo; when it is 17:00 in Lagos it is 01:00 in Tokyo. The difference is under 12 hours, so the two cities are usually on the same date — but check the date for late-evening and early-morning times, when the date can differ by a day. Scheduling between Africa and Asia means a difference of 2–6 hours, so the working days overlap for most of the day. Neither side usually observes daylight saving — most African and Asian countries do not — so the difference is constant all year, which makes recurring meetings easy to keep.
Worked conversions
Six conversions, for January (offsets Lagos UTC+01:00, Tokyo UTC+09:00):
| Lagos | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 04:00 |
In July, the answers are the same. For the reverse direction, see Tokyo to Lagos time.
Lagos and Tokyo at a glance
| Fact | Lagos | Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria | Japan |
| Region | Africa | Asia |
| IANA time zone | Africa/Lagos |
Asia/Tokyo |
| Standard offset | UTC+01:00 | UTC+09:00 |
| Daylight saving offset | — does not observe | — does not observe |
| Offset in January 2026 | UTC+01:00 | UTC+09:00 |
| Offset in July 2026 | UTC+01:00 | UTC+09:00 |
| Observes daylight saving | No | No |
The table is the whole pair in one place. The two numbers that matter most are the January and July offsets: if they are the same in both columns for a city, that city's offset never changes; if they differ, the city observes daylight saving and the difference between the cities moves with it. The individual city pages — time in Lagos and time in Tokyo — explain each city's time zone, and the DST pages — Lagos DST 2026 and Tokyo DST 2026 — give the exact change dates.
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Lagos and Tokyo?
Tokyo is 8 hours ahead Lagos right now. In January the difference is 8 hours ahead and in July it is 8 hours ahead — it is the same all year.
How do I schedule a recurring meeting between Lagos and Tokyo?
Pick a time inside the overlap — 09:00–17:00 Lagos time — and set the calendar event in UTC so it moves correctly when the clocks change. Re-check the overlap in March and October, when the difference moves, and rotate the time if the meeting falls outside someone's working day.
What time is it in Tokyo when it is 09:00 in Lagos?
It is 17:00 in January and 17:00 in July. The time zone converter gives the answer for any date.
What is the best time for a meeting between Lagos and Tokyo?
The best windows in January are 09:00–17:00 Lagos time — inside both working days.
Does the time difference between Lagos and Tokyo change during the year?
No. The difference is 8 hours ahead all year, because neither city observes daylight saving.
What time is it in Lagos when it is 09:00 in Tokyo?
It is 01:00 in January and 01:00 in July. See Tokyo to Lagos time for the full comparison from Tokyo's side.
What are the time zones of Lagos and Tokyo?
Lagos is in Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00 standard time) and Tokyo is in Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00 standard time).
What time is it in Lagos when it is midnight in Tokyo?
It is 16:00 in Lagos in January and 16:00 in July — the same day, because Lagos is ahead of Tokyo. Midnight conversions are the ones that most often land on the wrong date, so always check the date as well as the time.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - TimeFlow's time zone converter and meeting planner — the live tools behind the numbers on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.