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What is AWST in WAT?

West Africa Time is 7 hours behind

Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Perth
8:53:20 PM
Time in Lagos
1:53:20 PM
Difference
−7 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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WAT — West Africa Time

1:00 pm

WAT, Fri

Daylight saving

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

West Africa Time

No clock changes

West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AWST to WAT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Western Standard Time to West Africa Time. 7 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.

12:00 am AWST
5:00 pm WAT−1 day
1:00 am AWST
6:00 pm WAT−1 day
2:00 am AWST
7:00 pm WAT−1 day
3:00 am AWST
8:00 pm WAT−1 day
4:00 am AWST
9:00 pm WAT−1 day
5:00 am AWST
10:00 pm WAT−1 day
6:00 am AWST
11:00 pm WAT−1 day
7:00 am AWST
12:00 am WAT
8:00 am AWST
1:00 am WAT
9:00 am AWST
2:00 am WAT
10:00 am AWST
3:00 am WAT
11:00 am AWST
4:00 am WAT
12:00 pm AWST
5:00 am WAT
1:00 pm AWST
6:00 am WAT
2:00 pm AWST
7:00 am WAT
3:00 pm AWST
8:00 am WAT
4:00 pm AWST
9:00 am WAT
5:00 pm AWST
10:00 am WAT
6:00 pm AWST
11:00 am WAT
7:00 pm AWST
12:00 pm WAT
8:00 pm AWST
1:00 pm WAT
9:00 pm AWST
2:00 pm WAT
10:00 pm AWST
3:00 pm WAT
11:00 pm AWST
4:00 pm WAT

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm AWST, which is 9:00 am to 11:00 am WAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon

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