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WEST to CET Africa Converter

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WEST
Western European Summer Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CET
Central European Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 9, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Oct 9, 2026

WEST and CET have the same local time.

WEST and CET examples

These examples always use WEST (UTC+1) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

WEST and CET have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WEST and CET Africa have the same time. At other times of the year, WET is 1 hour behind CET Africa.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WEST correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET Africa. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET Africa.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WEST correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in CET Africa. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in CET Africa.

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

Time Difference

Western European Summer Time and Central European Time have the same local time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WEST is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET

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

1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

1:00 pm13:00 WEST / 1:00 pm13:00 CET

WESTCET
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
00:0000:00
01:0001:00
02:0002:00
03:0003:00
04:0004:00
05:0005:00
06:0006:00
07:0007:00
08:0008:00
09:0009:00
10:0010:00
11:0011:00
12:0012:00
13:0013:00
14:0014:00
15:0015:00
16:0016:00
17:0017:00
18:0018:00
19:0019:00
20:0020:00
21:0021:00
22:0022:00
23:0023:00

Western European Summer Time

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

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

WEST Time Zone Geo Map
WEST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WEST 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 WEST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WEST 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 +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

Central European Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central European Time (CET) do not change for daylight saving time, so CET stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CET 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 CET
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Algiers
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Africa/Tunis
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • MET
  • Poland
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
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT