Lagos Los Angeles

Best Time to Call

Decent overlap available between 17:00 and 19:00 (Lagos time).

Sync Lagos and Los Angeles easily. Lagos is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Decent overlap available between 17:00 and 19:00 (Lagos time).

Upcoming Time Change

  • New York City clocks forward 1h in 10 days Mar 08

💡 Review recurring meetings scheduled during these dates to avoid sync issues.

Meeting Optimizer

Sync Score
6/10
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Tokyo

20:05 GMT+9
Personal
Outside Business Hours
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New York City

06:05 EST
Sleeping
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London

11:05 GMT
Working

Synchronization Context

Syncing between Lagos and Los Angeles is challenging due to the 9 hours offset. Teams should prioritize asynchronous communication or specific 'handover' windows.

Lagos Business Pulse

  • Culture High-energy and entrepreneurial. "The hustle" is a way of life, and business is fast-moving.
  • Lunch Break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.
  • Pro Tip The "sweet spot" for calls is 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Be extremely patient with technical issues (power/internet) and have a backup plan like WhatsApp. Lagosians are very entrepreneurial; if you reach them, expect a fast-paced and pragmatic conversation.

Los Angeles Business Pulse

  • Culture Creative, informal, and networking-heavy. Influenced by the entertainment and tech industries.
  • Lunch Break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.
  • Pro Tip Mornings are often spent dealing with East Coast syncs; domestic LA calls are best between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM. The culture is more casual than NYC, but still very results-oriented. Traffic is the ultimate local variable; virtual meetings are the standard for avoiding commute-related delays.

Quick Comparison

Feature Lagos Los Angeles
Timezone Africa/Lagos America/Los_Angeles
Country Nigeria USA
Coordinates 6.52, 3.38 34.05, -118.24
Population 15,946,000 12,531,000

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