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Time in Onitsha, Nigeria now

05:13:52PM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

World Vegetarian Day / International Day of Older Persons / National Day of China / Independence Day of Nigeria

Sun: ↑ 06:21AM ↓ 06:25PM (12h 4m) - More info - Make Onitsha time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Onitsha

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

The time in Onitsha is 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Onitsha does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Onitsha is Africa/Lagos.

Time difference
from Onitsha

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Onitsha

Sunrise: 06:21AM
Sunset: 06:25PM
Day length: 12h 4m
Solar noon: 12:23PM
The current local time in Onitsha is 23 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Onitsha on the map

Location: Nigeria
Latitude: 6.15. Longitude: 6.79
Population: 1,553,000

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