WAT: West Africa Time
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WAT: West Africa Time
WAT stands for West Africa Time, used in West and Central Africa. It runs UTC+1 all year, with no daylight saving change.
Current WAT time
Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.
WAT time compared with UTC
WAT runs UTC+1 all year, with no daylight saving change. When it is 12:00 UTC the clock in WAT reads 13:00.
| UTC | WAT |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 |
When the clocks change in the WAT zone
Clocks in the WAT zone never change. It does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset shown above is the offset all year, every year. There is no spring-forward or fall-back date to remember and no hour to lose.
Cities that keep WAT
These places run on WAT: West Africa Time, the IANA zone behind WAT. Each links to its own live clock.
Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Benin City, Onitsha, Aba, Maiduguri, Ilorin, Jos.
Convert WAT to another zone
WAT to PSTWAT to MSTWAT to CSTWAT to ESTWAT to HSTWAT to GMTWAT to UTCWAT to BST
Common questions about WAT
What does WAT stand for?
WAT is West Africa Time, the civil time used in West and Central Africa. On this site it resolves to the IANA time zone WAT: West Africa Time, which is what your operating system and browser use to work out the actual offset on any given date.
What is WAT in UTC?
WAT is UTC+1, and it does not change. The table above converts every UTC hour.