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WATTime Now

West Africa Time

12h|24h

CURRENT TIME

02:47:23pm

May 7, 2026

UTC TIME NOW

01:47:23pm

Thursday, May 7

UTC

12h|24h

UTC Offset

UTC+1

DST Statusⓘ

No DST

Does not observe DST:

Angola(Africa/Luanda), Benin(Africa/Porto-Novo), Cameroon(Africa/Douala), Central African Republic(Africa/Bangui), Chad(Africa/Ndjamena), Congo(Africa/Brazzaville), Congo(Africa/Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea(Africa/Malabo), Gabon(Africa/Libreville), Namibia(Africa/Windhoek), Niger(Africa/Niamey), Nigeria(Africa/Lagos)

IANA Zones

12

Major Cities Using WAT

16,000,000

15,388,000

2,776,168

1,982,000

1,323,691

846,090

812,407

386,219

44,000

4,910,000

3,649,000

2,690,000

2,120,000

1,850,000

1,782,000

1,553,000

1,359,526

1,338,082

1,299,369

1,160,000

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:

CET – Central European Time WAT – West Africa Time WEST – Western European Summer Time

Countries Using WAT

Central African Republic

Equatorial Guinea

Map of Time Zones Using WAT

IANA Time Zone Identifiers

Africa/Bangui

Africa/Brazzaville

Africa/Douala

Africa/Kinshasa

Africa/Lagos

Africa/Libreville

Africa/Luanda

Africa/Malabo

Africa/Ndjamena

Africa/Niamey

Africa/Porto-Novo

Africa/Windhoek