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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 15, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 15, 2026

Maseru is 1 hour ahead of WAT.

How the time difference changes

Maseru is 1 hour ahead of WAT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Maseru correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in WAT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Maseru correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in WAT.

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

Time Difference

SAST (South Africa Standard Time) is 1 hour ahead of West Africa Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in Maseru, Lesotho is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

Maseru to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in Maseru which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in WAT

2:00 pm14:00 SAST (South Africa Standard Time) (Maseru, Lesotho). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

2:00 pm14:00 Maseru, Lesotho / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

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Maseru Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
SAST – South Africa Standard Time, UTC+2 (no daylight saving time)

Maseru Facts

Country
Lesotho
Alternative Names
MSU, Maserou, Maseru, Maseruo, Maserú, Mazerou, ma sai lu, ma se ru, ma xie lu, maceru, maselu, maseru, masrw, masyrw, msrw, Μαζέρου, Μασερού, Масеру, Մասերու, מאסערו, מסרו, ماسرو, ماسيرو, ماسیرو, ماسێرو, मासेरू, ਮਸੇਰੂ, மசேரு, มาเซรู, མ་སི་རུ།, მასერუ, መሴሩ, マセル, 馬些盧, 马塞卢, 마세루
Population
359,753
Currency
Loti (LSL)
Geographic Coordinates
29° 19' S Latitude / 27° 28' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+266

West Africa Time

Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Central African Rep., Congo (Rep.), Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Chad

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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for WAT
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Bangui
  • Africa/Brazzaville
  • Africa/Douala
  • Africa/Kinshasa
  • Africa/Lagos
  • Africa/Libreville
  • Africa/Luanda
  • Africa/Malabo
  • Africa/Ndjamena
  • Africa/Niamey
  • Africa/Porto-Novo
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • 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