Indexed entity
Kano is the kano-NG record in Nigeria: country slug nigeria, city slug kano, ISO NG, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Lagos.
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Live local time
Kano, Nigeria
11:42:07 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Lagos
Quick answer
It is currently 11:42:07 AM (WAT, UTC+01:00) in Kano, Nigeria — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
26°C
Cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
35°C
25°C
Wed
36°C
25°C
Thu
36°C
25°C
In 10 days
Democracy Day
Fri, Jun 12, 2026
PublicIn 121 days
Thu, Oct 1, 2026
PublicIn 152 days
National Youth Day
Sun, Nov 1, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Nigerian Naira
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Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
06:00 AM
Sunset
06:47 PM
Day length
12h 47m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Kano, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:42 AM UTC.
Current local time
11:42:07 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WAT
Africa/Lagos · UTC+01:00
Next holiday
Democracy Day
Friday, June 12, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kano right now
Nearest airport
KAN
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · 5 km
Indexed airports
4
Curated airport references available for Nigeria
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Kano, Nigeria.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 11:42 GMT+1
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Kano is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+01:00
Zone label
GMT+1
London
11:42 AM / +0h
Dubai
02:42 PM / +3h
Schedule risk
Democracy Day on Friday, June 12, 2026
Travel cue
KAN Kano, 5 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:00 AM to 06:47 PM, with solar noon around 12:24 PM and total daylight of 12h 47m.
Mapped location
12.00°N, 8.52°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:42 AM / +0h
Good live-call window with Kano right now.
New York
06:42 AM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:42 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:42 PM / +3h
Good live-call window with Kano right now.
Singapore
06:42 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Kano.
KAN · Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
Kano
ABV · Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Abuja
PHC · Port Harcourt International Airport
Port Harcourt
LOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Lagos
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Lagos for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+01:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+01:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Kano right now.
Check local interruptions
Democracy Day on Friday, June 12, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: KAN Kano, 5 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Lagos. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Kano has no near-term DST change in view, but Democracy Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Kano.
Canonical route
/time/nigeria/kano/
Catalog identity
kano-NG · NG · Africa
Coordinate cell
12.00°N, 8.52°E · lat 12.000 · lon 8.517 · cell 1200:852
Population record
4,910,000 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Africa/Lagos · GMT+1 · UTC+01:00
January / July offsets
UTC+01:00 / UTC+01:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Zinder, Niger · 207 km
Nearest world hub
London · 4,462 km
Closest airport references
KAN Kano 5 km · ABV Abuja 360 km · PHC Port Harcourt 796 km · LOS Lagos 830 km
Zone peer roster
Lagos, Nigeria · Ibadan, Nigeria · Abuja, Nigeria
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Kano: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Kano is the kano-NG record in Nigeria: country slug nigeria, city slug kano, ISO NG, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Lagos.
12.00°N, 8.52°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 12 and longitude band 8; exact decimal pair 12.00012, 8.51672.
Nigeria: official name Federal Republic of Nigeria; capital Abuja; region Africa; subregion Western Africa; country population 223,800,000; area 923,768 km²; languages English; currencies NGN Nigerian naira. This is the country layer behind the Kano clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Nigeria: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 mi2). With a population of more than 242 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa. Source: Wikipedia.
Zinder [zinder-NE, NE, Africa/Niamey, 207 km]; Maradi [maradi-NE, NE, Africa/Niamey, 227 km]; Abuja [abuja-NG, NG, Africa/Lagos, 346 km]; Tahoua [tahoua-NE, NE, Africa/Niamey, 476 km]; Bamenda [bamenda-CM, CM, Africa/Douala, 695 km]; Parakou [parakou-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 708 km]; N'Djamena [n-djamena-TD, TD, Africa/Ndjamena, 710 km]; Niamey [niamey-NE, NE, Africa/Niamey, 715 km]
Kano is part of this indexed country cluster: Lagos [lagos-NG, Africa/Lagos, pop 15,388,000]; Kano [kano-NG, Africa/Lagos, pop 4,910,000]; Ibadan [ibadan-NG, Africa/Lagos, pop 3,649,000]; Abuja [abuja-NG, Africa/Lagos, pop 2,690,000].
London 4,462 km; Dubai 5,113 km; São Paulo 7,181 km; New York 8,515 km; Singapore 10,553 km; Los Angeles 12,413 km; Tokyo 12,639 km; Sydney 15,526 km
KAN Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano [NG, 5 km]; ABV Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja [NG, 360 km]; PHC Port Harcourt International Airport in Port Harcourt [NG, 796 km]; LOS Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos [NG, 830 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include ABV Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja [NG]; KAN Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano [NG]; LOS Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos [NG]; PHC Port Harcourt International Airport in Port Harcourt [NG].
Kano renders Jun 2, 2026 · 11:42 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday Democracy Day on 2026-06-12.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Kano.
Kano is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained Nigeria city pages. The route is /time/nigeria/kano/ and the city id is kano-NG.
Kano has 16 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Kano is pinned at 12.00°N, 8.52°E; Zinder (207 km); London (4,462 km).
Africa/Lagos resolves to stable UTC+01:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Nigeria.
KAN Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (5 km) · Democracy Day (Friday, June 12, 2026) · 4 country airport references · 10 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Kano uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Kano (city): Kano is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within 449 km2 (173 sq mi). Located in the savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade, having been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the traditional state of the Dabo dynasty who have ruled as emirs over the city-state since the 19th century. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano, and under the authority of the Government of Kano State.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Kano is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 8.52°, Kano's mean solar noon falls about 26 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Kano sits at 12.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Kano sits at 12.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 15 (12h 50m)
Shortest day
Dec 15 (11h 25m)
Year-round average
12h 8m
Annual swing
1h 25m
See the full daylight curve for Kano at /sun/kano/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Kano local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Kano |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 04:30 - 12:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 01:00 - 09:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
10
Kano is the capital of Kano State and the largest city in northern Nigeria, with a population of roughly 4.9 million, making it one of the country's most populous urban centres after Lagos. The city observes West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1) year-round with no daylight saving, the single civil time used across Nigeria. A major terminus of the trans-Saharan caravan trade for more than a thousand years, Kano was historically one of the most powerful Hausa city-states and remains an important centre of Islamic learning and Hausa culture. Its ancient walled old city, the Kurmi Market, and a long tradition of leather, textile, and groundnut trade underpin its role as the commercial hub of Nigeria's north.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Kano's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 11:42:07 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Kano (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:00 AM to 06:47 PM
Day length 12h 47m · Solar noon 12:24 PM
Next country holiday
Democracy Day
Friday, June 12, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kano local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
4.9M
Coordinates
12.00, 8.52
Timezone
Africa/Lagos
Indexed airports
4
Capital
Abuja
Languages
English
Currency
NGN (₦)
Country area
923,768 km²
Kano, Nigeria (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Lagos (WAT, UTC+01:00); population ~4.9M.
Coordinates: 12.00°N, 8.52°E. Northern Hemisphere tropics, ~1332 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:00 AM and sets around 06:47 PM in Kano — about 12h 47m of daylight. Nigeria stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Zinder (207 km from Kano) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Nigeria.
Next national holiday: Democracy Day, 2026-06-12.
Kano is indexed as a Africa city in the NG country record, using Africa/Lagos as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/nigeria/kano/.
Location context: 12.00°N, 8.52°E; population 4,910,000; nearest indexed city Zinder is about 207 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 4,462 km away.
Country planning context: capital Abuja; subregion Western Africa; languages English; currency NGN (₦); area 923,768 km²; 4 curated airport references; next holiday Democracy Day on 2026-06-12.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Kano is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 8.52°, Kano's mean solar noon falls about 26 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Kano sits at 12.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Major metropolitan area with around 4.9 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Kano: Lagos (same time), Sydney (+9h), Tokyo (+8h), Mumbai (+4.5h), São Paulo (−4h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
nigeria
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Lagos
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
+0h
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Kano.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Kano: closest hubs London (~4,462 km), Dubai (~5,113 km), São Paulo (~7,181 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,526 km).
Kano sits inside Nigeria — the Western Africa subregion, capital Abuja, languages English, currency NGN (₦).
Closest indexed cities to Kano: Zinder (207 km), Maradi (227 km), Abuja (346 km), Tahoua (476 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kano: Democracy Day, National Day, National Youth Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Nigeria.
Closest curated airport references from Kano: KAN Kano (5 km), ABV Abuja (360 km), PHC Port Harcourt (796 km).
For many searchers, the real question is whether Lagos is still inside overlap with London, Dubai, or New York.
Mallam Aminu Kano International AirportKAN
Kano · 5 km from Kano
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportABV
Abuja · 360 km from Kano
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Port Harcourt International AirportPHC
Port Harcourt · 796 km from Kano
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 46m
Murtala Muhammed International AirportLOS
Lagos · 830 km from Kano
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 49m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:42 AM | +0h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:42 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:42 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:42 PM | +3h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:42 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:42 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:42 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:42 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kano is in the Africa/Lagos timezone (WAT), with a UTC offset of +01:00.
Kano does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+01:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Kano is UTC+01:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Kano, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 11:42 GMT+1. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Kano sits at 12.00°N, 8.52°E in Nigeria, with about 4.9M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kano is London, about 4,462 km away as the crow flies.
Zinder is the closest indexed city, roughly 207 km from Kano.
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN) is the closest curated airport reference, about 5 km from Kano.
Democracy Day is the next upcoming holiday in Nigeria, on Friday, June 12, 2026.
Kano uses Nigerian naira (NGN, symbol ₦) as the local currency of Nigeria.
The longest day of 2026 in Kano falls on Jun 15 with about 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 15 with 11h 25m; the year-round average is 12h 8m.
In Kano local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 14:00-22:00; London 09:00-17:00; Frankfurt 08:00-16:00; Dubai 06:00-14:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.