Convert Central Time to West Africa Time
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CST · UTC−6 → WAT · UTC+1
CST is 7 hours behind WAT
Today Chicago is on CDT (UTC−5) and Lagos on WAT (UTC+1), so right now Chicago is 6 hours behind Lagos.
Chicago · CDT
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: 09:00–12:00 in Chicago is 15:00–18:00 in Lagos.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
06:23 Wed 7 Oct Chicago = 12:23 Wed 7 Oct Lagos
Hour-by-hour conversion
| Chicago (CST)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 | 06:00 | |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | Now |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | |
| 18:00 | 00:00next day | |
| 19:00 | 01:00next day | |
| 20:00 | 02:00next day | |
| 21:00 | 03:00next day | |
| 22:00 | 04:00next day | |
| 23:00 | 05:00next day |
About this conversion
CST here means Central Time, represented by Chicago (America/Chicago), currently UTC−5. WAT means West Africa Time, represented by Lagos (Africa/Lagos), currently UTC+1.
CST is used by 15 zones, including United States. If you meant a different one, see every meaning of CST.
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 Chicago; day boundaries are marked where the date differs.
Quick answers
- 09:00 CST is 15:00 WAT
- 12:00 CST is 18:00 WAT
- 15:00 CST is 21:00 WAT
- 18:00 CST is 00:00 WAT
Related conversions
- Central Time to Western European TimeCST → WET
- Central Time to West Greenland TimeCST → WGT
- Australian Central Time to Central TimeACST → CST
- Cook Islands Time to Central TimeCKT → CST
- Cape Verde Time to West Africa TimeCVT → WAT
- Davis Time to West Africa TimeDAVT → WAT
- Fiji Time to West Africa TimeFJT → WAT
- Lord Howe Time to West Africa TimeLHST → WAT
- Central Time to India TimeCST → IST
- India Time to West Africa TimeIST → WAT
- Time in Chicagonow, DST, offset
- Time in Lagosnow, DST, offset