What is AEST in WAT?
West Africa Time is 9 hours behind
Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 and West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Sydney
- 10:52:59 PM
- Time in Lagos
- 1:52:59 PM
- Difference
- −9 h
- Next clock change
- October 4, 2026
Convert a time
WAT — West Africa Time
1:00 pm
WAT, Fri
When the difference changes
Australian Eastern Time and West Africa Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:
- Now – October 4, 2026West Africa Time is 9 hours behind
- October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027West Africa Time is 10 hours behind
- April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027West Africa Time is 9 hours behind
- October 3, 2027 – onwardsWest Africa Time is 10 hours behind
Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Australian Eastern Time
Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEDT after that.
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
AEST to WAT conversion table
Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to West Africa Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.
- 12:00 am AEST
- 3:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 1:00 am AEST
- 4:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 2:00 am AEST
- 5:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 3:00 am AEST
- 6:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 4:00 am AEST
- 7:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 5:00 am AEST
- 8:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 6:00 am AEST
- 9:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 7:00 am AEST
- 10:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 8:00 am AEST
- 11:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 9:00 am AEST
- 12:00 am WAT
- 10:00 am AEST
- 1:00 am WAT
- 11:00 am AEST
- 2:00 am WAT
- 12:00 pm AEST
- 3:00 am WAT
- 1:00 pm AEST
- 4:00 am WAT
- 2:00 pm AEST
- 5:00 am WAT
- 3:00 pm AEST
- 6:00 am WAT
- 4:00 pm AEST
- 7:00 am WAT
- 5:00 pm AEST
- 8:00 am WAT
- 6:00 pm AEST
- 9:00 am WAT
- 7:00 pm AEST
- 10:00 am WAT
- 8:00 pm AEST
- 11:00 am WAT
- 9:00 pm AEST
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 pm AEST
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 pm AEST
- 2:00 pm WAT
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Sydney and one in Lagos — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Sydney is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Lagos.
Australian Eastern Time (AEST) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon
Other conversions
- WAT to AEST
- AEST to UTC
- AEST to GMT
- AEST to EST
- AEST to CST
- AEST to MST
- AEST to PST
- AEST to AKST
- AEST to HST
- AEST to BST
- AEST to CET
- AEST to IST
- AEST to CST (China)
- AEST to JST
- AEST to AST
- AEST to Mexico City
- AEST to BRT
- AEST to ART
- AEST to EET
- AEST to WET
- AEST to MSK
- AEST to TRT
- AEST to SAST
- AEST to EAT
- AEST to GST
- AEST to PKT
- AEST to ICT
- AEST to WIB
- AEST to SGT
- AEST to HKT
- AEST to KST
- AEST to PHT
- AEST to AWST
- AEST to ACST
- AEST to NZST
- All zones