What is CET in WAT?
West Africa Time is 1 hour behind
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Paris
- 4:56 am
- Time in Lagos
- 3:56 am
- Difference
- −1 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
WAT — West Africa Time
3:00 am
Wed
When the difference changes
Central European 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 25, 2026West Africa Time is 1 hour behind
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027West Africa Time is the same time
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsWest Africa Time is 1 hour behind
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CET to WAT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to West Africa Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 11:00 pm WAT−1 day
- 1:00 am CEST
- 12:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am WAT
- 3:00 am CEST
- 2:00 am WAT
- 4:00 am CEST
- 3:00 am WAT
- 5:00 am CEST
- 4:00 am WAT
- 6:00 am CEST
- 5:00 am WAT
- 7:00 am CEST
- 6:00 am WAT
- 8:00 am CEST
- 7:00 am WAT
- 9:00 am CEST
- 8:00 am WAT
- 10:00 am CEST
- 9:00 am WAT
- 11:00 am CEST
- 10:00 am WAT
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 am WAT
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 pm WAT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm CEST, which is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm WAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon