Maradi, Niger · UTC+1
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Maradi is Niger’s largest city and commercial center, sitting in the south of the country near the Nigerian border. It runs on West Africa Time, UTC+1, year-round. Niger applies no daylight saving.
The city is at the heart of Niger’s peanut and grain trade, and market rhythms here are more tied to the agricultural calendar and the movements of traders from Nigeria to the south than to clock-based scheduling. The Maradi market is one of the most important in the Sahel region.
Sahel seasons and the heat pause
At 13 degrees north latitude, Maradi sits in the Sahel zone where the hot dry season and the short rainy season are the primary organizers of the year. Day length shifts from about 11 hours in December to 13 hours in June. The midday heat is intense for most of the year, and the working day often pauses in the early afternoon regardless of what the clock says.
Niamey, the national capital, shares this timezone. 9am in Maradi is 8am in London during European winter, a one-hour gap.
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Questions about time in Maradi
- What timezone is Maradi in?
- Maradi uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Niamey. The UTC offset is always UTC+1 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Maradi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Maradi does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+1 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Maradi?
- Maradi is currently at UTC+1.
- What is the time difference between Maradi and New York?
- Maradi is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Maradi and Los Angeles?
- Maradi is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Maradi and Tokyo?
- Maradi is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Maradi?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Maradi is
Africa/Niamey. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Niamey' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Niamey')`), or any IANA-compatible library.