What is WAT in GMT?
Greenwich Mean Time is 1 hour behind
West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Lagos
- 3:13 am
- Time in Greenwich
- 2:13 am
- Difference
- −1 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time
2:00 am
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West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
WAT to GMT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to Greenwich Mean Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Greenwich, which is marked.
- 12:00 am WAT
- 11:00 pm GMT−1 day
- 1:00 am WAT
- 12:00 am GMT
- 2:00 am WAT
- 1:00 am GMT
- 3:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am GMT
- 4:00 am WAT
- 3:00 am GMT
- 5:00 am WAT
- 4:00 am GMT
- 6:00 am WAT
- 5:00 am GMT
- 7:00 am WAT
- 6:00 am GMT
- 8:00 am WAT
- 7:00 am GMT
- 9:00 am WAT
- 8:00 am GMT
- 10:00 am WAT
- 9:00 am GMT
- 11:00 am WAT
- 10:00 am GMT
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 am GMT
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 pm GMT
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 pm GMT
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm GMT
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 pm GMT
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 pm GMT
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 pm GMT
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 pm GMT
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 pm GMT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm WAT, which is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm GMT. 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
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.