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
-12h Current Time +12h
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Tokyo
20:05 GMT+9
Personal
Outside Business Hours🌍
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 |