WAT: West Africa Time
West Africa Time, UTC+1 right now. Used in Lagos, Kinshasa, Luanda. No daylight saving time.
WAT · West Africa Time
WAT
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+1
- Abbreviation
- WAT
- Full name
- West Africa Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+1
- Standard time
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving
- No
- Reference zone
Africa/Lagos- Where
- Lagos, Kinshasa, Luanda
Daylight saving time in WAT
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+1 all year.
Countries and cities on WAT
Where West Africa Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone. Open a city for its clock, sunrise and sunset, and the time difference to the rest of the world.
| City | Local time | Compared to WAT |
|---|---|---|
| NigeriaLagos, Kano, Ibadan | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa, Kikwit, Masina | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| AngolaLuanda, Mulenvos, Viana | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| Republic of the CongoBrazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Dolisie | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| CameroonDouala, Yaoundé, Bamenda | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| NigerNiamey, Maradi, Zinder | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| ChadN'Djamena, Moundou, Abéché | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| Central African RepublicBangui, Bimbo, Bégoua | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| BeninCotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| GabonLibreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
| Equatorial GuineaBata, Malabo, Ebebiyin | Tue 10:00 AM | Same time |
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in West Africa Time (WAT), following the rules of the Africa/Lagos time zone. It is UTC+1 at the moment.
WAT stands for West Africa Time. It is used in Lagos, Kinshasa, Luanda.
WAT is UTC+1, all year round.
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+1 all year.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.