Convert WAT to IRST
IRST is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of WAT. WAT is UTC+1 and IRST is UTC+3:30.
Right now: WAT · IRST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 6 hours: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM WAT (11:00 AM–5:00 PM IRST). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| WAT | IRST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 12:30 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 1:30 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 2:30 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 3:30 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 4:30 PM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 5:30 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 7:30 PM | outside 9–5 |
WAT to IRST conversion table
| WAT | IRST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 2:30 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 3:30 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 4:30 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 5:30 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 6:30 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 7:30 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 8:30 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 9:30 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 10:30 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 12:30 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 1:30 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 9:30 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 11:30 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 12:30 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 1:30 AM (next day) |
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.
About IRST
Iran Standard Time (IRST) is UTC+3:30. It is used in Iran, all year.
Iran Standard Time is UTC+3:30. Iran ran daylight saving for decades and stopped in 2022, so material written before then puts the country half an hour further ahead in summer and is now wrong. Half-hour offsets are rare enough that scheduling tools sometimes round them, which turns a correct calculation into a thirty-minute error.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither WAT nor IRST shifts with the seasons, so this 2.5-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 WAT in IRST?
9:00 AM WAT is 11:30 AM IRST.
Is IRST ahead of WAT?
IRST is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of WAT.
Which time zone does this use?
WAT is UTC+1 and IRST is UTC+3:30. 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.