IST to WET Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 9, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 WET (UTC+0), Nov 9, 2026
IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WET.
IST and WET examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and WET (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 4:30 am to 1:30 pm in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:30 am to 12:30 pm in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 04:30 to 13:30 in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 03:30 to 12:30 in WET.
Compare IST time with WET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Western European Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 12:00 pm12:00 in WET
IST to WET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-6pm14:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in WET.
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 WET
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India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in India: India time now
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Western European Time
Offset: WET is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.
German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit
Today all shaded areas are on WET.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).
Start: Western European Time (WET) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Western European Time (WET) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
WET representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for WET
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone