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1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 30, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 WET (UTC+0), Oct 30, 2026

WAT is 1 hour ahead of WET.

WAT and WET examples

These examples always use WAT (UTC+1) 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.

WAT is 1 hour ahead of WET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WAT and WEST have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, WAT is 1 hour ahead of WET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WAT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WAT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in WET.

Compare WAT time with WET 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 Western European Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WAT is 12:00 pm12:00 in WET

WAT to WET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in WAT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in WET

1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 WAT / 12:00 pm12:00 WET

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West Africa Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo

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

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

Map of the areas on Western European Time (WET)
WET part of the year

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for WET
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Atlantic/Canary
  • Atlantic/Faeroe
  • Atlantic/Faroe
  • Atlantic/Madeira
  • Europe/Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • WET
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • 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