Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Edinburgh is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Lagos.
The sweet spot is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Edinburgh time, matching 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Lagos. The 1-hour gap barely gets in the way — you've got 9 hours of overlap, so pick whatever time fits the agenda. Watch the DST gap — when Edinburgh changes its clocks and Lagos stays the same, this window slides by an hour.
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London to New York is five hours apart, except for the five weeks a year when it isn't. Exact overlap windows for every US zone, the 2026 DST mismatch dates, and where to put the recurring sync. -