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Daylight hours in Lagos

Lagos gets 12h 30m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 11h 45m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 0h 45m across the year. So close to the equator, day length barely changes with the seasons.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Lagos through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (12h 30m) and shortest on December 21 (11h 45m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Lagos observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day12h 30mJune 21 · 06:34–19:04
Shortest day11h 45mDecember 21 · 06:53–18:38
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 06:52–18:58
Fastest change+0.4 min/dayaround March 23

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Lagos on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 106:5818:4311h 45m
February 107:0518:5611h 51m
March 107:0019:0012h 00m
April 106:4618:5612h 11m
May 106:3418:5512h 21m
June 106:3118:5912h 28m
July 106:3619:0612h 29m
August 106:4219:0512h 24m
September 106:4018:5512h 14m
October 106:3518:3912h 04m
November 106:3418:2811h 54m
December 106:4318:3011h 47m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Lagos’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Lagos’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 0°–10° North · compare Lagos with any city