Convert ICT to WAT
WAT is 6 hours behind ICT. ICT is UTC+7 and WAT is UTC+1.
Right now: ICT · WAT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 2 hours: 3:00 PM–5:00 PM ICT (9:00 AM–11:00 AM WAT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| ICT | WAT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
ICT to WAT conversion table
| ICT | WAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 6:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 6:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
About ICT
Indochina Time (ICT) is UTC+7. It is used in Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.
Indochina Time is UTC+7, covering Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, with no daylight saving in any of them. Bangkok and Hanoi keep the same clock, which makes the region unusually simple to schedule across — the complication is only ever with the countries around it, since Myanmar is at UTC+6:30 and Malaysia at UTC+8.
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?
Neither ICT nor WAT shifts with the seasons, so this 6-hour difference holds all year. That is unusual enough to be worth relying on: most cross-continental gaps move twice a year.
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 ICT in WAT?
9:00 AM ICT is 3:00 AM WAT.
Is WAT ahead of ICT?
WAT is 6 hours behind ICT.
Which time zone does this use?
ICT is UTC+7 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.