Time zone map of WAT
Currently observing WAT.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +1).
Currently observing WAT – West Africa Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as WAT (UTC +1) but different time zone name.

West Africa Time (WAT) is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: Africa.

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Where and When is WAT Observed?

Africa

African countries using WAT in the winter and WAST in the summer:

  • Namibia

African countries using WAT all year:

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo
  • Congo Dem. Republic - Western regionShow

    Includes Kinshasa

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Niger
  • Nigeria

Other Time Zones in UTC +1

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as WAT, but can be found under a different name:

  • A – Alfa Time Zone
  • BST – British Summer Time
  • CET – Central European Time
  • IST – Irish Standard Time
  • WEST – Western European Summer Time
  • WST – Western Sahara Summer Time

WAT time now

00:00:00

Showing 24 hour format.

UTC – Coordinated

Universal Time is the common time standard across the world.

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