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What is GMT in WAT?

West Africa Time is 1 hour ahead

Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 and West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because neither zone observes daylight saving.

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WAT — West Africa Time

9:00 am

WAT, Sat

Time in Greenwich
8:29:03 AM
Time in Lagos
9:29:03 AM
Difference
+1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

Daylight saving

Greenwich Mean Time

No clock changes

Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT 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.

GMT to WAT conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Greenwich Mean Time to West Africa Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm GMT, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm WAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.

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

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