What is UTC in WAT?
West Africa Time is 1 hour ahead
Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 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 the prime meridian
- 2:55 am
- Time in Lagos
- 3:55 am
- Difference
- +1 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
WAT — West Africa Time
3:00 am
Wed
Daylight saving
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
UTC to WAT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Coordinated Universal Time to West Africa Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.
- 12:00 am UTC
- 1:00 am WAT
- 1:00 am UTC
- 2:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am UTC
- 3:00 am WAT
- 3:00 am UTC
- 4:00 am WAT
- 4:00 am UTC
- 5:00 am WAT
- 5:00 am UTC
- 6:00 am WAT
- 6:00 am UTC
- 7:00 am WAT
- 7:00 am UTC
- 8:00 am WAT
- 8:00 am UTC
- 9:00 am WAT
- 9:00 am UTC
- 10:00 am WAT
- 10:00 am UTC
- 11:00 am WAT
- 11:00 am UTC
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 pm UTC
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 pm UTC
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm UTC
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 pm UTC
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 pm UTC
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 pm UTC
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 pm UTC
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 pm UTC
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 pm UTC
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 pm UTC
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 pm UTC
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 pm UTC
- 12:00 am WAT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm UTC, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm WAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon