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What is WAT in KST?

Korea Standard Time is 8 hours ahead

West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and Korea Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Lagos
1:52:43 PM
Time in Seoul
9:52:43 PM
Difference
+8 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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KST — Korea Standard Time

9:00 pm

KST, Fri

Daylight saving

West Africa Time

No clock changes

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

Korea Standard Time

No clock changes

Korea Standard Time stays on KST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

WAT to KST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to Korea Standard Time. 8 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Seoul, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 10:00 am WAT, which is 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm KST. 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

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