WAT time now (West Africa Time)
1:52PM
WAT · UTC+1
UTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Lagos now: WAT, UTC+1
What WAT means
WAT stands for West Africa Time, UTC+1. It is used in Nigeria and west-central Africa.
Where and when WAT is used
2 zones use WAT all year. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.
| Main city | Time zone | Countries | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa | Africa/Lagos | Nigeria, Angola, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger | all year |
| N'Djamena | Africa/Ndjamena | Chad | all year |
How long WAT has been used
In the tzdata record, N'Djamena has used WAT since 1911 and Kinshasa has used WAT since 1919.
WAT in the past
Zones whose tzdata history shows WAT before 2025 but that no longer use it:
- Africa/Sao_Tome (São Tomé): 2018–2019
- Africa/Windhoek (Windhoek): 1994–2017
WAT converted to other zones
Every column is a fixed offset, so this table is valid on any date. Remember that the regions behind some columns switch to summer time (EST to EDT, CET to CEST, GMT to BST); the clock in those cities is then an hour later than the column.
| WAT (UTC+1) | UTC (UTC+0) | EST (UTC−5) | PST (UTC−8) | IST (UTC+5:30) | JST (UTC+9) | AEST (UTC+10) | CST (UTC−6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 6:00 PM (−1 day) | 3:00 PM (−1 day) | 4:30 AM | 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 5:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 9:00 PM (−1 day) | 10:30 AM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 9:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:30 PM | 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM (+1 day) | 8:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 9:00 AM | 10:30 PM | 2:00 AM (+1 day) | 3:00 AM (+1 day) | 11:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 1:30 AM (+1 day) | 5:00 AM (+1 day) | 6:00 AM (+1 day) | 2:00 PM |
Questions
What is WAT in UTC?
WAT is UTC+1: 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
What does WAT stand for?
West Africa Time.
Which places use WAT all year?
Kinshasa and N'Djamena.
Is WAT the same time as WEST?
Yes, both are UTC+1, as are BST and CET. Both name the same fixed offset, so a time given in one is the same moment in the other. What differs is where and in which season each is used.