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Nigeria
WAT
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3am
6am
9am
12pm
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9pm
BST
British Summer Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 7, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 7, 2026

Sokoto and BST have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Sokoto and BST have the same time. At other times of the year, Sokoto is 1 hour ahead of GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Sokoto correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Sokoto correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Sokoto correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Sokoto correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in GMT.

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

Time Difference

WAT (West Africa Time) and British Summer Time have the same local time.
1:00 pm13:00 in Sokoto, Nigeria is 1:00 pm13:00 in BST

Sokoto to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Sokoto which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in BST

1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Sokoto, Nigeria). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

1:00 pm13:00 Sokoto, Nigeria / 1:00 pm13:00 BST

Sokoto, NigeriaBST
12:00am12:00am
1:00am1:00am
2:00am2:00am
3:00am3:00am
4:00am4:00am
5:00am5:00am
6:00am6:00am
7:00am7:00am
8:00am8:00am
9:00am9:00am
10:00am10:00am
11:00am11:00am
12:00pm12:00pm
1:00pm1:00pm
2:00pm2:00pm
3:00pm3:00pm
4:00pm4:00pm
5:00pm5:00pm
6:00pm6:00pm
7:00pm7:00pm
8:00pm8:00pm
9:00pm9:00pm
10:00pm10:00pm
11:00pm11:00pm
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08:0008:00
09:0009:00
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Sokoto Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WAT - West Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hours during West Africa Time, currently in use.

Sokoto Facts

Country
Nigeria
Alternative Names
SKO, Socoto, Sokotas, Sokoto, Sokoto stad, Sókótó, sokoto, suo ke tuo, Сокото, სოკოტო, ソコト, 索科托, 소코토
Population
1,040,000
Currency
Naira (NGN)
Geographic Coordinates
13° 03' N Latitude / 5° 14' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+234

British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier.

BST Time Zone Geo Map
BST timezone map

Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BST 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 BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
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