CT to WAT Converter
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6:00 am06:00 CT (UTC-6), Nov 12, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Nov 12, 2026
CT is 7 hours behind WAT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CT is 6 hours behind WAT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, CT is 7 hours behind WAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in WAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in WAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in WAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in WAT.
Compare CT time with WAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Time is 7 hours behind West Africa Time.
6:00 am06:00 in CT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT
CT to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in CT which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in WAT.
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
6:00 am06:00 CT / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT
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Central Time
Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CT time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CT.
CT representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
West Africa Time
Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAT time zone is Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 16 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Luanda.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Time (WAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
WAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for WAT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Bangui
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Africa/Douala
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Africa/Lagos
- Africa/Libreville
- Africa/Luanda
- Africa/Malabo
- Africa/Ndjamena
- Africa/Niamey
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time