Israel
IST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Haifa time with WAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

IST (Israel Standard Time) is 1 hour ahead of West Africa Time
2:00 pm14:00 in Haifa, Israel is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

Haifa to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in Haifa which corresponds to 9am-4pm in WAT

2:00 pm14:00 IST (Israel Standard Time) (Haifa, Israel). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

2:00 pm14:00 Haifa, Israel / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

Haifa, IsraelWAT
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

Haifa Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IDT - Israel Daylight Time
IST - Israel Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Israel Daylight Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Israel Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amFriday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Friday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Friday, March 27, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Haifa Facts

Country
Israel
Alternative Names
Aifa, Caiffa, Chaifa, HFA, Haifa, Hajfa, Hajfo, Hayfa, Haífa, Haïfa, Hefa, Heifa, Heifā, Hepha, Heyfa, H̱efa, Khajfa, Khajfae, Lungsod ng Hefa, Lungsod ng Ḥefa, ha'ipha, hai fa, haifa, haipa, haipha, hifa, hph, hyfa, hyph, jhfyt, kaihpa, khaipa, Ĥajfo, Χάιφα, Хайфæ, Хайфа, Хајфа, Հայֆա, חיפה, חפה, جحفية, حيفا, حیفا, حەیفا, ܚܝܦܐ, हाइफा, हैफ़ा, हैफा, கைஃபா, ಹೈಫ, ഹൈഫ, ไฮฟา, ხაიფა, Ḥeyfa, ハイファ, 海法, 하이파
Population
267,300
Currency
Shekel (ILS)
Geographic Coordinates
32° 49' N Latitude / 34° 59' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+972

West Africa Time

Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Central African Rep., Congo (Rep.), Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Chad

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAT time zone is Lagos in Nigeria, with about 9 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kinshasa, Kano, Ibadan, Luanda.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Time (WAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

WAT Time Zone Geo Map
WAT timezone map

WAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for WAT
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Bangui
  • Africa/Brazzaville
  • Africa/Douala
  • Africa/Kinshasa
  • Africa/Lagos
  • Africa/Libreville
  • Africa/Luanda
  • Africa/Malabo
  • Africa/Ndjamena
  • Africa/Niamey
  • Africa/Porto-Novo
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time