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2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 16, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 16, 2026

CAT is 1 hour ahead of Malabo.

How the time difference changes

CAT is 1 hour ahead of Malabo year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CAT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Malabo.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CAT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Malabo.

Compare CAT time with Malabo time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Africa Time is 1 hour ahead of WAT (West Africa Time).
2:00 pm14:00 in CAT is 1:00 pm13:00 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

CAT to Malabo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CAT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Malabo

2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

2:00 pm14:00 CAT / 1:00 pm13:00 Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in the 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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

Malabo Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
WAT – West Africa Time, UTC+1 (no daylight saving time)

Malabo Facts

Country
Equatorial Guinea
Alternative Names
Ciudad de Malabo, Malaba, Malabas, Malabo, Malabó, Malampo, Port Clarence, Rev Malebo, SSG, Santa Isabel, ma la bo, mala bo, malabo, malabw, malapo, mallabo, marabo, mlabw, Μαλάμπο, Малаба, Малабо, Մալաբո, מלאבו, مالابو, مالابۆ, ملابو, मलाबो, ਮਲਾਬੋ, மலாபோ, มาลาโบ, མ་ལ་བོ།, მალაბო, ማላቦ, マラボ, 馬拉博, 말라보
Population
155,963
Currency
Franc (XAF)
Geographic Coordinates
3° 45' N Latitude / 8° 46' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+240