AST Arabia to CAT Converter
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3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 12, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026
AST is 1 hour ahead of CAT.
AST and CAT examples
These examples always use AST (UTC+3) and CAT (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
AST is 1 hour ahead of CAT.
How the time difference changes
AST Arabia is 1 hour ahead of CAT year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in CAT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in CAT.
Compare AST time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Arabia Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Africa Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
AST to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in AST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CAT
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
| AST | CAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 11:00pm |
| 1:00am | 12:00am |
| 2:00am | 1:00am |
| 3:00am | 2:00am |
| 4:00am | 3:00am |
| 5:00am | 4:00am |
| 6:00am | 5:00am |
| 7:00am | 6:00am |
| 8:00am | 7:00am |
| 9:00am | 8:00am |
| 10:00am | 9:00am |
| 11:00am | 10:00am |
| 12:00pm | 11:00am |
| 1:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
Arabia Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Saudi Arabia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.697 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, Sultanah.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time