Windows are read on the Lagos clock, the clock the research is measured on. A countdown is the same number on any clock, so these hold while you read them in Darwin.

Best times to post in Darwin time

Peak posting hour per platform per day for an audience in Lagos, Nigeria, shown in Darwin time.

Platform	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Facebook	6:30 PM	5:30 AM+1d	4:30 PMstrongest day	4:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMstrongest day	4:30 PM	6:30 AMslow day+1d
Instagram	5:30 AM+1d	3:30 AM+1d	3:30 AMstrongest day+1d	8:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMstrongest day	6:30 AMslow day+1d	5:30 AMslow day+1d
LinkedIn	6:30 AM+1d	6:30 AMslow day+1d	12:30 AMslow day+1d	12:30 AMstrongest day+1d	1:30 AMstrongest day+1d	11:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PM
TikTok	5:30 PMstrongest day	9:30 PMstrongest day	2:30 PM	6:30 AM+1d	9:30 PM	2:30 AM+1d	1:30 AMstrongest day+1d
X	5:30 PM	5:30 PM	5:30 PMstrongest day	6:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMslow day	5:30 PMslow day
YouTube	6:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMstrongest day	5:30 PMstrongest day	3:30 PMslow day	1:30 AMslow day+1d	8:30 PM	8:30 PM
YouTube Shorts	3:30 AM+1d	4:30 AMslow day+1d	4:30 AMslow day+1d	3:30 AM+1d	3:30 AMstrongest day+1d	12:30 AMstrongest day+1d	3:30 AMstrongest day+1d

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Best times to post in and from Lagos time

Peak posting hour per platform per day for an audience in Lagos, Nigeria, shown in Lagos time.

Platform	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Facebook	10 AM	9 PM	8 AMstrongest day	8 AMstrongest day	9 AMstrongest day	8 AM	10 PMslow day
Instagram	9 PM	7 PM	7 PMstrongest day	12 PMstrongest day	9 AMstrongest day	10 PMslow day	9 PMslow day
LinkedIn	10 PM	10 PMslow day	4 PMslow day	4 PMstrongest day	5 PMstrongest day	3 PMstrongest day	9 AM
TikTok	9 AMstrongest day	1 PMstrongest day	6 AM	10 PM	1 PM	6 PM	5 PMstrongest day
X	9 AM	9 AM	9 AMstrongest day	10 AMstrongest day	9 AMstrongest day	9 AMslow day	9 AMslow day
YouTube	10 AMstrongest day	9 AMstrongest day	9 AMstrongest day	7 AMslow day	5 PMslow day	12 PM	12 PM
YouTube Shorts	7 PM	8 PMslow day	8 PMslow day	7 PM	7 PMstrongest day	4 PMstrongest day	7 PMstrongest day

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Darwin clock, Lagos audience, live

This page is a snapshot of this week’s offsets. The app redoes the conversion on your device every minute, including the fortnight after a daylight-saving change, when every static table on the internet is an hour out.

The strongest slot per platform, both ways

Facebook: 8 AM on Wednesday in Lagos = 4:30 PM on Wednesday in Darwin.
Instagram: 12 PM on Wednesday in Lagos = 8:30 PM on Wednesday in Darwin.
LinkedIn: 4 PM on Wednesday in Lagos = 12:30 AM on Thursday (the next day) in Darwin.
TikTok: 5 PM on Saturday in Lagos = 1:30 AM on Sunday (the next day) in Darwin.
X: 10 AM on Wednesday in Lagos = 6:30 PM on Wednesday in Darwin.
YouTube: 10 AM on Sunday in Lagos = 6:30 PM on Sunday in Darwin.
YouTube Shorts: 4 PM on Friday in Lagos = 12:30 AM on Saturday (the next day) in Darwin.

Other audiences from Darwin

Lagos audience, by platform

More about Darwin to Lagos

What time should I post from Darwin to reach an audience in Lagos?

To reach Lagos, Nigeria at Facebook's peak, 8 AM on Wednesday their time, post at 4:30 PM in Darwin. To reach Lagos, Nigeria at Instagram's peak, 12 PM on Wednesday their time, post at 8:30 PM in Darwin. To reach Lagos, Nigeria at LinkedIn's peak, 4 PM on Wednesday their time, post at 12:30 AM on Thursday in Darwin.

How many hours ahead is Darwin of Lagos?

Darwin is 8 hours 30 minutes ahead of Lagos this week: GMT+9:30 against GMT+1.

Why do the times differ between Darwin and Lagos?

Darwin, Australia (GMT+9:30) is 8 hours 30 minutes ahead of Lagos, Nigeria (GMT+1).

How is this conversion worked out?

Lagos runs on Africa/Lagos (GMT+1) and Darwin on Australia/Darwin (GMT+9:30), a difference of 8 hours 30 minutes this week. The peak hours themselves are measured in Lagos local time, and that figure never moves. What moves is the reading on your own clock, twice a year, when either place changes for daylight saving. The two places do not always change on the same date, so for a couple of weeks each spring and autumn the difference is an hour off its usual value; that is why these pages are rebuilt every week rather than computed once.

Does any platform peak on a different day in Darwin?

LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube Shorts peak on a different calendar day in Darwin than in Lagos, so scheduling by day name alone will miss them. Converted times use the offsets in force this week (GMT+9:30 and GMT+1). The audience-clock column never changes; the converted column is rebuilt weekly so it stays right across daylight-saving changes. The same times apply across Lagos's timezone, including Abuja.

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