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What is WAT in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 1 hour ahead

West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Lagos
1:03:55 PM
Time in Johannesburg
2:03:55 PM
Difference
+1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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SAST — South Africa Standard Time

2:00 pm

SAST, Fri

Daylight saving

West Africa Time

No clock changes

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

South Africa Standard Time

No clock changes

South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

WAT to SAST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to South Africa Standard Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.

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