Where and When is WAT Observed?

Africa

African countries using WAT in the winter and WAST in the summer:

  • Namibia

African countries using WAT all year:

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo
  • Congo Dem. Republic - Western region Show

    Includes Kinshasa

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Niger
  • Nigeria

Other Time Zones in UTC +1

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as WAT, but can be found under a different name:

  • A – Alfa Time Zone
  • BST – British Summer Time
  • CET – Central European Time
  • IST – Irish Standard Time
  • WEST – Western European Summer Time
  • WST – Western Sahara Summer Time

WAT time now

10:47:10 am

Monday, September 1, 2025

  • UTC Offset: UTC +1
  • 5 hours ahead of Toronto
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Example cities

Nigeria – Lagos (All Year)
Namibia – Windhoek (Winter)
Chad – N'Djamena (All Year)

Related time zones

WAST – West Africa Summer Time (Daylight Time)

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