Convert EEST to WAT
WAT is 2 hours behind EEST. EEST is UTC+3 and WAT is UTC+1.
Right now: EEST · WAT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 6 hours: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM EEST (9:00 AM–3:00 PM WAT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| EEST | WAT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
EEST to WAT conversion table
| EEST | WAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
About EEST
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is UTC+3. It is used in Athens, Helsinki and Kyiv in summer.
Eastern European Summer Time is UTC+3, the summer clock for Greece, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltics. In summer it coincides with Moscow Time, which does not move — so Helsinki and Moscow agree for half the year and differ by an hour for the other half, without Moscow having changed anything.
About WAT
West Africa Time (WAT) is UTC+1. It is used in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola and much of central and western Africa.
West Africa Time is UTC+1 all year, with no daylight saving anywhere that uses it. It covers Lagos, Kinshasa and Luanda — a very large population on a single fixed offset. It matches Central European Time in winter and falls an hour behind it in summer, which means a standing Europe–Nigeria meeting moves twice a year at the European end and never at the African one.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on EEST switches to EET (UTC+2) from late October to late March. So the 2-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
WAT does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in WAT will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM EEST in WAT?
9:00 AM EEST is 7:00 AM WAT.
Is WAT ahead of EEST?
WAT is 2 hours behind EEST.
Which time zone does this use?
EEST is UTC+3 and WAT is UTC+1. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.