Nigeria Jet Lag Calculator

Under six hours of shift, most travellers absorb Nigeria inside a long weekend — eastward nights feel short for two or three evenings in Abuja (UTC+1), then settle. Context for the adjustment: Abuja rests at 840 m above sea level, and Nigeria's position in West Africa shapes both flight routing and how much daylight you meet on arrival.

Jet lag into Abuja scales with one number: |home offset − 1|. Reference frame for Nigeria: Abuja keeps UTC+1 and sits 840 m above sea level in West Africa, with that same offset in every season.

Day one in Abuja: sunlight before midday. Meals go on the local clock in Nigeria, and lights-out stays no earlier than 9:30pm so the body accepts the new zone. Sip an extra 500 ml of water for every 3 hours in the air to Abuja; cabin air on the 1-hour Nigeria run is drier than most deserts.

Direction changes the bill: flying to Nigeria eastward from London costs about 1 days of recovery. The westward routing to Abuja costs only 0.7 — the body clock delays to Nigeria more easily than it advances. Applied to this West Africa trip: 1 hours east from London to Abuja maps to about 1 reset days, so a Nigeria itinerary should front-load outdoor time on days one to 1.

Naps are a tool with a limit in Nigeria: 20–30 minutes, done by 3pm Abuja time, never as a substitute for a full local night. The Nigeria sleep kit for Abuja at 840 m: an eye mask, earplugs, curtains closed against the early sunrise, and a room held near 16–20°C.

Near-4am wakings are part of night one in Abuja (840 m, UTC+1); stay dark and still, skip the clock-checking, and Nigeria nights settle by the third. Practical baseline: lights out in a dark 16–20°C Abuja room (840 m, UTC+1), and no evening alcohol for the first two nights while the Nigeria clock settles.