Current Time in Jos, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Lat/Long: 9.93° N, 8.89° E
State: Plateau State
Country: 🇳🇬 Nigeria
IANA Timezone: Africa/Lagos
Timezone: WAT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Nigeria: WAT
Time now in other cities in Nigeria:
Weather forecast for Jos provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Jos
Sunrise
in Jos
↑
6:07 AM
Sunset
in Jos
↓
6:48 PM
Day Length
12h 41m
Dawn
in Jos
5:43 AM
Dusk
in Jos
7:12 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Jos
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
99.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 19:27
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 07:10
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FAQ — Time in Jos
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 18:16:53 in Jos, Nigeria. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Jos uses Africa/Lagos (WAT) — UTC+01:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Lagos, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Jos does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Lagos (WAT) — UTC+01:00 year-round.
Jos is currently +01:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Jos's local time, use our time calculator.
Nigeria has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.