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What is MSK in WAT?

West Africa Time is 2 hours behind

Moscow Time is on UTC+3:00 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 Moscow
3:52:23 PM
Time in Lagos
1:52:23 PM
Difference
−2 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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WAT — West Africa Time

1:00 pm

WAT, Fri

Daylight saving

Moscow Time

No clock changes

Moscow Time stays on MSK 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.

MSK to WAT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Moscow Time to West Africa Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Moscow Time (MSK) is used in western Russia. Russia abolished daylight saving in 2011.

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

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