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What is Mexico City in WAT?

West Africa Time is 7 hours ahead

Central Time – Mexico is on UTC−6:00 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 Mexico City
6:55:39 AM
Time in Lagos
1:55:39 PM
Difference
+7 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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WAT — West Africa Time

1:00 pm

WAT, Fri

Daylight saving

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

Central Time – Mexico stays on CST 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.

Mexico City to WAT conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Central Time – Mexico (CST) is used in most of Mexico. Mexico abolished daylight saving in October 2022, so it no longer tracks US Central Time in summer.

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

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