Time in Onitsha, Nigeria | Onitsha Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
WAT (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Onitsha
UTC +1
West Africa Time (WAT) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Onitsha does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Onitsha is always 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Onitsha is
Africa/Lagos.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Onitsha
- ▪Sunrise: 06:18
- ▪Sunset: 18:15
- ▪Day length: 11h 57m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:17
- ▪Current time in Onitsha is currently 17 minutes ahead of solar time.
Onitsha on map
- ▪Location: Anambra, Nigeria
- ▪Latitude: 6,15. Longitude: 6,79
- ▪Population: 1,553,000
- ▪Elevation: 57 m
Time difference
from Onitsha
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:18
Solar noon 12:17Sunset 18:15
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Lagos- Abbreviation
- WAT
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792678178
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:18
- Sunset
- 18:15
- Solar noon
- 12:17
- Day length
- 11h 57m
- Night length
- 12h 02m
- Civil twilight
- 05:57 – 18:36
Geography & country
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region / State
- Anambra
- Coordinates
- 6.150°, 6.786°
- Elevation
- 57 m
- Population
- 1,553,000
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