WAT to UTC Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 10, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 10, 2026
WAT is 1 hour ahead of UTC.
WAT and UTC examples
These examples always use WAT (UTC+1) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
WAT is 1 hour ahead of UTC.
How the time difference changes
WAT is 1 hour ahead of UTC year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WAT correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in UTC.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WAT correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in UTC.
Compare WAT time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
West Africa Time is 1 hour ahead of Universal Time Coordinated.
1:00 pm13:00 in WAT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC
WAT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in WAT which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in UTC
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC
| WAT | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 11:00pm |
| 1:00am | 12:00am |
| 2:00am | 1:00am |
| 3:00am | 2:00am |
| 4:00am | 3:00am |
| 5:00am | 4:00am |
| 6:00am | 5:00am |
| 7:00am | 6:00am |
| 8:00am | 7:00am |
| 9:00am | 8:00am |
| 10:00am | 9:00am |
| 11:00am | 10:00am |
| 12:00pm | 11:00am |
| 1:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
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 Kinshasa in 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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC 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 UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone