2025 time change dates for Nigeria
Nigeria does not observe Daylight Saving Time
Clocks in Nigeria stay on WAT all year, so there is no spring forward or fall back date.
Nigeria stays on WAT for the whole year.
Countdown to the next change
Background
- Russia experimented with permanent summer time from 2011 to 2014 before settling on permanent standard time.
- The Uniform Time Act of 1966 ended a chaotic period in which US cities set their own clock-change dates, and established a uniform national schedule.
- Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing DST, but his 1784 essay was satire — he joked that Parisians could save candles by waking earlier. The modern proposal came from New Zealander George Hudson in 1895 and Briton William Willett in 1907.
Tips for Nigeria
Update your car clock, microwave, and other manual clocks that don't auto-update.
Set your clocks before going to bed to avoid confusion in the morning.
Remember that not all countries change on the same date - check international meeting times carefully.
Take advantage of the 'extra' hour in fall to catch up on sleep or tackle a project.
Frequently asked questions
When do the clocks change in Nigeria in 2025?
They do not. Nigeria does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
Which way do the clocks go?
"Spring forward, fall back" is the usual mnemonic: forward one hour in spring, back one hour in autumn.
Do I have to change anything myself?
Phones, computers and anything that syncs over the internet update on their own. Car clocks, ovens, microwaves and older wall clocks generally do not.
Is Daylight Saving Time being scrapped?
It has been proposed in many places and adopted in few. The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end mandatory clock changes and the change has stalled; in the United States the Sunshine Protection Act has repeatedly passed the Senate without becoming law. Most of the world that changes its clocks is still changing them.