WEST to CAT Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 12, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026
WEST is 1 hour behind CAT.
WEST and CAT examples
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WEST is 1 hour behind CAT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, WEST is 1 hour behind CAT. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, WET is 2 hours behind CAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WEST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WEST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in CAT.
Compare WEST time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Western European Summer Time is 1 hour behind Central Africa Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WEST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
WEST to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in WEST which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in CAT
1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WEST / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
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Western European Summer Time
Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST 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: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit
Today all shaded areas are on WEST.
Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Western European Time (WET).
Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) 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.
End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) 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.
WEST 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 WEST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
- 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
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji-Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time