What is the UTC offset of West Africa Time?

West Africa Time has a UTC offset of UTC+01:00. In other words, clocks in this zone run one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, the modern international reference for civil timekeeping.

West Africa Time, usually abbreviated WAT, is used across much of west-central Africa, including Nigeria, Angola, Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. The zone generally stays at the same offset throughout the year because most of the region lies in the tropics, where seasonal changes in daylight are relatively small. These countries therefore typically do not use a seasonal daylight-saving shift.

A common mix-up is confusing WAT with Greenwich Mean Time at UTC+00:00, used by several countries farther west, or Central Africa Time at UTC+02:00, used by many countries farther east. UTC+01:00 also appears under other names: Central European Time in winter and British Summer Time in summer can share the same numerical offset, but those labels describe different regional systems and seasonal rules.