What is CST in WET?
Western European Time is 6 hours ahead
Central Time is on UTC−5:00 and Western European Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read CDT and WEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Chicago
- 9:56 pm
- Time in Lisbon
- 3:56 am
- Difference
- +6 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
WEST — Western European Time
3:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Central Time and Western European 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, 2026Western European Time is 6 hours ahead
- October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026Western European Time is 5 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Western European Time is 6 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – March 28, 2027Western European Time is 5 hours ahead
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsWestern European Time is 6 hours ahead
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 Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
Western European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming WET.
CST to WET conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Central Time to Western European Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lisbon, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am WEST
- 1:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am WEST
- 2:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am WEST
- 3:00 am CDT
- 9:00 am WEST
- 4:00 am CDT
- 10:00 am WEST
- 5:00 am CDT
- 11:00 am WEST
- 6:00 am CDT
- 12:00 pm WEST
- 7:00 am CDT
- 1:00 pm WEST
- 8:00 am CDT
- 2:00 pm WEST
- 9:00 am CDT
- 3:00 pm WEST
- 10:00 am CDT
- 4:00 pm WEST
- 11:00 am CDT
- 5:00 pm WEST
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm WEST
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm WEST
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm WEST
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 pm WEST
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 pm WEST
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 pm WEST
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 am WEST+1 day
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 am WEST+1 day
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 am WEST+1 day
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 am WEST+1 day
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 am WEST+1 day
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 am WEST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm CDT, which is 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm WEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
A note on CST: it can also mean China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page means US Central Time.
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg
Western European Time (WEST) is used in Portugal, Ireland and the Canary Islands