What is WAT in CET?
Central European Time is 1 hour ahead
West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Lagos
- 3:13 am
- Time in Paris
- 4:13 am
- Difference
- +1 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
CEST — Central European Time
4:00 am
Wed
When the difference changes
West Africa Time and Central 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, 2026Central European Time is 1 hour ahead
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Central European Time is the same time
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsCentral European Time is 1 hour 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
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
WAT to CET conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to Central European Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Paris, which is marked.
- 12:00 am WAT
- 1:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am CEST
- 2:00 am WAT
- 3:00 am CEST
- 3:00 am WAT
- 4:00 am CEST
- 4:00 am WAT
- 5:00 am CEST
- 5:00 am WAT
- 6:00 am CEST
- 6:00 am WAT
- 7:00 am CEST
- 7:00 am WAT
- 8:00 am CEST
- 8:00 am WAT
- 9:00 am CEST
- 9:00 am WAT
- 10:00 am CEST
- 10:00 am WAT
- 11:00 am CEST
- 11:00 am WAT
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 am CEST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm WAT, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm CEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm