United Arab Emirates
GST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

GST (Gulf Standard Time) is 3 hours ahead of West Africa Time
4:00 pm16:00 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

Dubai to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in Dubai which corresponds to 9am-2pm in WAT

4:00 pm16:00 GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

4:00 pm16:00 Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWAT
12am (midnight)9pm
1am10pm
2am11pm
3am12am (midnight)
4am1am
5am2am
6am3am
7am4am
8am5am
9am6am
10am7am
11am8am
12pm (noon)9am
1pm10am
2pm11am
3pm12pm (noon)
4pm1pm
5pm2pm
6pm3pm
7pm4pm
8pm5pm
9pm6pm
10pm7pm
11pm8pm
00:0021:00
01:0022:00
02:0023:00
03:0000:00
04:0001:00
05:0002:00
06:0003:00
07:0004:00
08:0005:00
09:0006:00
10:0007:00
11:0008:00
12:0009:00
13:0010:00
14:0011:00
15:0012:00
16:0013:00
17:0014:00
18:0015:00
19:0016:00
20:0017:00
21:0018:00
22:0019:00
23:0020:00

Dubai Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GST - Gulf Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard Time, currently in use.

Dubai Facts

Country
United Arab Emirates
Alternative Names
DXB, Dabei, Dibai, Dibay, Doubayi, Dubae, Dubai, Dubai City, Dubai emiraat, Dubaija, Dubaj, Dubajo, Dubajus, Dubay, Dubayy, Dubaï, Dubái, Dúbæ, Ehmirat Dubaj, Fort Dabei, Ntoumpai, dby, dbyy, di bai, dobai, du bai, duba'i, dubai, dubay, dubi, dwbyy, tupai, Ντουμπάι, Дубаи, Дубай, Эмірат Дубай, Դուբայի Էմիրություն, דובאי, דוביי, دبئی, دبى, دبي, دبی, دوبەی, دۇبائى, दुबई, দুবাই, துபை, దుబాయ్, ದುಬೈ, ദുബായ്, ดูไบ, დუბაი, ドバイ, 杜拜, 迪拜, 두바이
Population
2,956,587
Currency
Dirham (AED)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 04' N Latitude / 55° 18' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+971

West Africa Time

Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

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 Lagos in Nigeria, with about 9 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kinshasa, 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.

WAT Time Zone Geo Map
WAT timezone map

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