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What is WAT in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 7 hours ahead

West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Lagos
1:53:22 PM
Time in Beijing
8:53:22 PM
Difference
+7 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

West Africa Time

No clock changes

West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

WAT to CST (China) conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

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

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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