Convert Central European Time to West Africa Time
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CET · UTC+1 → WAT · UTC+1
CET and WAT are the same time right now
Today Paris is on CEST (UTC+2) and Lagos on WAT (UTC+1), so right now Paris is 1 hour ahead of Lagos.
Paris · CEST
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Lagos · WAT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
Shared working hours: 10:00–18:00 in Paris is 09:00–17:00 in Lagos.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
13:26 Wed 7 Oct Paris = 12:26 Wed 7 Oct Lagos
Hour-by-hour conversion
| Paris (CET)Every hour of today in the first city, with the matching time in the second. “Next day” means the calendar date is already tomorrow there. The highlighted row is right now. | Lagos (WAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 23:00prev. day | |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | Now |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | Both at work |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
About this conversion
CET here means Central European Time, represented by Paris (Europe/Paris), currently UTC+2. WAT means West Africa Time, represented by Lagos (Africa/Lagos), currently UTC+1.
CET is used by 33 zones, including France. If you meant a different one, see every meaning of CET.
WAT is used by 11 zones, including Nigeria. See every meaning of WAT.
Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, and sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00. The hour table is anchored on the current day in Paris; day boundaries are marked where the date differs.
Quick answers
- 09:00 CET is 08:00 WAT
- 12:00 CET is 11:00 WAT
- 15:00 CET is 14:00 WAT
- 18:00 CET is 17:00 WAT
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- Central European Time to India TimeCET → IST
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- Time in Parisnow, DST, offset
- Time in Lagosnow, DST, offset