Convert PST to WET Pacific Standard Time ↔ Western European Time Free Online Secure
Type a time in PST and read it in WET straight away. The offset is +8 h, the arithmetic wraps at midnight, and the answer says which day it lands on.
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Through the day — Convert PST to WET (Pacific Standard Time ↔ Western European Time)
| PST | WET |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 05:00 |
Where these units come from
Until the middle of the nineteenth century every town kept its own noon, set by the sun overhead, and nobody minded that the next town was four minutes behind. Railways ended that: a timetable cannot be written for a hundred local noons. Britain put its railways on Greenwich time in 1847, and in 1884 the International Meridian Conference in Washington chose Greenwich as the prime meridian and sketched the twenty-four-hour scheme we still use. Greenwich Mean Time was the world's reference until 1972, when Coordinated Universal Time replaced it: UTC is kept by atomic clocks and tied back to the turning Earth by leap seconds. The abbreviations on this page name standard time — the winter setting — which is why each one is a fixed number of hours rather than something that drifts through the year.
Where you meet them
A time zone becomes real the moment two people in different places have to agree on one moment: a call between offices, a flight that lands before it took off, a market that opens while you are asleep, a deadline written in somebody else's afternoon. Server logs, train and flight schedules and anything stamped with a time are kept in UTC precisely so that the question can always be settled, no matter whose clock was on the wall.
Questions people ask
What about summer time?
The offsets here are standard-time offsets, the ones a zone keeps in winter. Where summer time is observed, the same places move one hour further on for part of the year and take a different name: Central European Time becomes Central European Summer Time, Eastern Standard Time becomes Eastern Daylight Time. The switching dates are not the same in every country, and the two hemispheres change in opposite months, so for a date inside a summer-time period add an hour to whichever side observes it.
Why isn't every difference a whole number of hours?
Because offsets are decided by governments, not by geometry. India is half an hour off the hour, at UTC+05:30; Nepal is three quarters, at UTC+05:45; the Chatham Islands are at UTC+12:45. Any of these can be changed by law, and several countries have moved their offset within living memory.
Is the answer exact?
Where both units are defined in terms of one another by whole numbers, yes — the page says so above the figure, and the only rounding is in how many digits are shown. Where the ratio has no finite decimal, the page shows twelve significant digits and says the relation is approximate rather than pretending otherwise.
Does anything I type leave my device?
No. The arithmetic runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no server to upload it to. Load the page once and it keeps working with the network switched off.
The final in California, the clock in Lisbon
The football championship is played in a stadium in Santa Clara, with kick-off at 3:30 p.m. PT. The Disneyland park in Anaheim opens, on an ordinary day, at 8:00 a.m. PT. A rocket leaves Vandenberg at 6:00 p.m. PT. Anyone following those moments from London, Dublin or Lisbon has to convert PST to WET. On standard time the rule fits in one sentence: add eight hours. 3:30 p.m. PST becomes 23:30 WET, 8:00 a.m. PST becomes 16:00 WET, and 6:00 p.m. PST becomes 02:00 WET the next day. The eight-hour figure holds in summer too, between PDT and British Summer Time. It falls to seven only between 8 and 28 March and between 25 and 31 October.
What follows are the rule, the tables and a description of the zones, then stories from sport, theme parks, space, wine-making and the Olympic movement. The calculation takes place in your browser, and no figure is sent to a server.
The Santa Clara final seen from Western Europe
A start close to British midnight
A final that kicks off at 3:30 p.m. PST starts at 23:30 WET. Britons and Portuguese follow until about two in the morning, and many set an alarm or watch the highlights.
The half-time show
The big interval usually falls around 5:15 p.m. PST, which is around 01:15 WET the next day. A “convert PST to WET” calculation made beforehand shows how late you must stay up.
Disneyland
Opening time
The park opens its gates, on an ordinary day, at 8:00 a.m. PT, which is 16:00 WET. British families planning a virtual visit, or following relatives by video call, catch it in their afternoon.
The evening fireworks
The fireworks show at 9:30 p.m. PT is at 05:30 WET the next morning. For Western Europe it is an early-morning broadcast.
Launches from Vandenberg
The launch window
A rocket scheduled for 6:00 p.m. PST lifts off at 02:00 WET. Those watching from Portugal or Britain see it in the dead of night.
The statements
The press statement ahead of the launch appears at 9:00 a.m. PST, which is 17:00 WET. A “convert PST to WET” calculation shows that it reaches European newsrooms at the end of the working day.
The harvest in Napa Valley
Picking at dawn
In the picking season, workers begin before sunrise, at 5:00 a.m. PDT, which is 13:00 WEST. Online streams from the vineyards reach Western Europe in the first part of the afternoon.
Virtual tastings
A tasting streamed at 4:00 p.m. PDT starts at 00:00 WEST. European importers who want to take part stay up or watch the recording.
The Los Angeles Olympic schedule
Morning events
The 2028 Games take place in July, when both Los Angeles and London are on summer time. An event scheduled for the morning, at 9:00 a.m. PDT, is at 17:00 BST. British audiences watch after work.
Evening finals
A final scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PDT is at 03:00 BST. A “convert PST to WET” calculation made weeks ahead shows which events fall at a reasonable hour and which fall at night.
Hollywood award nights
The red carpet
Arrivals on the red carpet begin at 3:00 p.m. PST, which is 23:00 WET. British channels carry them live late in the evening.
The top prize
The final award is usually announced around 8:15 p.m. PST, which is around 04:15 WET the next morning. Europeans learn the result from the press at breakfast.
Surfing at Santa Cruz and Malibu
Morning waves
Surf contests begin in the morning, at 7:00 a.m. PST, which is 15:00 WET. Portuguese viewers, great lovers of surfing, watch live in the middle of the afternoon.
The results
The final at 11:00 a.m. PST runs at 19:00 WET. A “convert PST to WET” calculation tells you at once whether you can catch it on the way home.
How to convert PST to WET
Add eight
Pacific Standard Time is UTC−8 and WET is UTC+0. Between Los Angeles and Lisbon, Dublin or London lie eight hours. Take the Californian time on a 24-hour clock and add 8; if the total passes 24, subtract 24 and go to the next day. That happens for every Californian time from 16:00 onward.
Eight values to remember
03:00 PST is 11:00 WET. 06:30 PST is 14:30 WET. 09:00 PST is 17:00 WET. 12:00 PST is 20:00 WET. 15:45 PST is 23:45 WET. 16:00 PST is 00:00 WET the next day. 19:30 PST is 03:30 WET the next day. 23:00 PST is 07:00 WET the next day. The last three move into the next day.
With summer time
On PDT against WEST the eight-hour gap remains: 10:00 a.m. PDT is 18:00 WEST. Only in the two short stretches when one continent has moved its clock and the other has not does the figure become seven.
The Californian zone
Who uses it
In winter UTC−8 is the clock of California, Oregon, Washington, nearly all of Nevada and British Columbia. When spring comes the hand rises to UTC−7 and the name becomes PDT.
Which industries follow it
Film factories, theme parks, space-launch bases and vineyards in the west organise their day on this clock. A reader in the United Kingdom or Portugal therefore often has to convert PST to WET.
The Western European zone
Countries and clocks
WET, UTC+0, is the winter clock of mainland Portugal, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Faroe Islands. The United Kingdom and Ireland keep the same hour but call it GMT, and Iceland stays on UTC+0 all year. In summer the zone moves to WEST, UTC+1, between the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October.
The Azores and Iceland
The Azores are one hour behind mainland Portugal all year, so against the Pacific their gap is seven hours. Iceland has a gap of eight hours in winter and seven in summer.
Eight hours between the two clocks
The working day
A London office open from 09:00 to 17:00 is open from 01:00 to 09:00 on the Californian clock. A Californian office open from 09:00 to 17:00 is open from 17:00 to 01:00 in London. The two days touch at a single point, at 17:00 WET.
Who rings first
A call from London at 16:00 WET reaches 8:00 a.m. PST, at the start of the Californian day. One at 11:00 WET reaches 3:00 a.m. PST, in the dead of night.
Across the Atlantic
A flight from San Francisco to London that leaves at 16:00 PST and takes nearly eleven hours lands at 03:00 PST, which is 11:00 WET. The ticket shows 16:00 and 11:00, as for a trip of nineteen hours.
Live interviews with Californian guests
Morning shows
A guest from California appears on a European programme at 14:00 WET. For the guest it is 6:00 a.m. PST, an hour at which many are barely awake.
Evening shows
A European debate at 21:00 WET has a Californian guest at 1:00 p.m. PST. A “convert PST to WET” calculation shows why this kind of invitation always falls at comfortable hours for the hosts.
Distance courses from Stanford and Berkeley
Class time
A lesson at 10:00 a.m. PST is at 18:00 WET. British and Portuguese students follow it after work.
Examinations
An exam scheduled from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. PST takes place between 17:00 and 19:00 WET. A submission deadline of 11:59 p.m. PST is at 07:59 WET the next day.
The same hour, four seasons
January
On Monday 26 January, 09:00 PST means 17:00 GMT. Both zones are on standard time.
March
On Monday 16 March, 09:00 PDT means 16:00 GMT. The Americans moved their clocks on 8 March, the British only on the 29th, so the real gap is seven hours.
July
On Monday 27 July, 09:00 PDT means 17:00 BST. Both are on summer time, and the gap is eight hours.
Autumn
On Monday 26 October, 09:00 PDT means 16:00 GMT, because the United Kingdom returned to standard time on 25 October and America only on 1 November. On Monday 7 December, 09:00 PST means 17:00 GMT.
Weeks in which the usual gap fails
Spring: three weeks
From 8 March, when California puts its clocks forward, until 28 March, when Western Europe follows, the real distance is seven hours instead of eight.
Autumn: one week
From 25 October, when Western Europe goes back, until 1 November, when California does the same, the distance is again seven hours. During these days a “convert PST to WET” calculation on the eight-hour figure comes out an hour too late.
Clocks around the globe, with California as the starting point
Offsets worth knowing
Reckoned from Pacific time, New York is three hours ahead, London eight in winter, Berlin nine, Bucharest ten and Delhi thirteen and a half. Tokyo is seventeen hours ahead in winter and sixteen in summer, because Japan does not change its clocks.
A single instant on five dials
At 9:00 a.m. in Los Angeles the other clocks read 12:00 in New York, 17:00 in London, 18:00 in Berlin and 02:00 the next day in Tokyo. Listing them in an invitation spares your guests a “convert PST to WET” calculation of their own.
Product teams spread over two continents
The weekly review
Product teams in San Francisco and London hold their Friday review at 8:00 a.m. PST, which is 16:00 WET. For the Londoners it is the last useful hour of the week, for the Californians the first.
The handover
Work that finishes at 5:00 p.m. PST reaches London at 01:00 WET and waits for the morning. Anyone who does a “convert PST to WET” calculation at each handover sees why written notes are a must.
Wildfire bulletins and weather alerts
Time of issue
A bulletin issued at 8:00 a.m. PT appears at 16:00 WET. One issued at 5:00 p.m. PT appears at 01:00 WET the next day.
How to read it
The time on a bulletin is always the local time of the west coast. Someone following from a distance does a “convert PST to WET” calculation for both times and knows when the latest version appeared.
The weeks and months that need care
The year in segments
The gap between PST and WET changes during the year. In 2026: 1 January to 7 March, 29 March to 24 October and 1 November to 31 December: WET is 8 hours ahead of PST; 8 to 28 March and 25 to 31 October: WET is 7 hours ahead of PST.
How to apply it
Summer labels are PDT and WEST. The form above applies the winter gap of 8 hours, so for other periods correct the answer by the difference from the figure listed. To convert PST to WET correctly, start by locating your date in this list.
The full day, hour by hour
PST hours and their WET equivalents
00:00 PST becomes 08:00 WET. 01:00 PST becomes 09:00 WET. 02:00 PST becomes 10:00 WET. 03:00 PST becomes 11:00 WET. 04:00 PST becomes 12:00 WET. 05:00 PST becomes 13:00 WET. 06:00 PST becomes 14:00 WET. 07:00 PST becomes 15:00 WET. 08:00 PST becomes 16:00 WET. 09:00 PST becomes 17:00 WET. 10:00 PST becomes 18:00 WET. 11:00 PST becomes 19:00 WET. 12:00 PST becomes 20:00 WET. 13:00 PST becomes 21:00 WET. 14:00 PST becomes 22:00 WET. 15:00 PST becomes 23:00 WET. 16:00 PST becomes 00:00 WET (next day). 17:00 PST becomes 01:00 WET (next day). 18:00 PST becomes 02:00 WET (next day). 19:00 PST becomes 03:00 WET (next day). 20:00 PST becomes 04:00 WET (next day). 21:00 PST becomes 05:00 WET (next day). 22:00 PST becomes 06:00 WET (next day). 23:00 PST becomes 07:00 WET (next day).
Reading the rows
Every line gives a PST time and the WET time at the same instant, with a note wherever the date moves. It is the quickest check when you convert PST to WET. The offset has no minutes in it, so a reading of :45 stays :45 after the conversion. Winter-time arithmetic applies to these rows; for the dates in the period section, correct the result accordingly.
Half-hour marks
PST to WET at :30
00:30 PST becomes 08:30 WET. 01:30 PST becomes 09:30 WET. 02:30 PST becomes 10:30 WET. 03:30 PST becomes 11:30 WET. 04:30 PST becomes 12:30 WET. 05:30 PST becomes 13:30 WET. 06:30 PST becomes 14:30 WET. 07:30 PST becomes 15:30 WET. 08:30 PST becomes 16:30 WET. 09:30 PST becomes 17:30 WET. 10:30 PST becomes 18:30 WET. 11:30 PST becomes 19:30 WET. 12:30 PST becomes 20:30 WET. 13:30 PST becomes 21:30 WET. 14:30 PST becomes 22:30 WET. 15:30 PST becomes 23:30 WET. 16:30 PST becomes 00:30 WET (next day). 17:30 PST becomes 01:30 WET (next day). 18:30 PST becomes 02:30 WET (next day). 19:30 PST becomes 03:30 WET (next day). 20:30 PST becomes 04:30 WET (next day). 21:30 PST becomes 05:30 WET (next day). 22:30 PST becomes 06:30 WET (next day). 23:30 PST becomes 07:30 WET (next day).
Why it helps
Many meetings, broadcasts and scheduled jobs start at half past the hour. This table gives the WET time for each of them at a glance, which saves you a second calculation. Read these rows as standard-time values and check the period section for dates where the difference changes.
Conversions with minutes
PST into WET
01:05 PST becomes 09:05 WET. 03:20 PST becomes 11:20 WET. 05:50 PST becomes 13:50 WET. 07:35 PST becomes 15:35 WET. 10:10 PST becomes 18:10 WET. 13:25 PST becomes 21:25 WET. 16:40 PST becomes 00:40 WET (next day). 19:55 PST becomes 03:55 WET (next day). 22:15 PST becomes 06:15 WET (next day). 23:05 PST becomes 07:05 WET (next day).
How to check
Each line shows how a time with minutes is carried across. Only the hour moves. Minutes pass through unchanged, which makes this pair easy to check by eye. Winter-time arithmetic applies to these rows; for the dates in the period section, correct the result accordingly.
Times of day in WET
A day in PST, translated into WET
06:00 PST becomes 14:00 WET (afternoon). 08:00 PST becomes 16:00 WET (afternoon). 10:00 PST becomes 18:00 WET (evening). 12:00 PST becomes 20:00 WET (evening). 14:00 PST becomes 22:00 WET (night). 16:00 PST becomes 00:00 WET (night). 18:00 PST becomes 02:00 WET (night). 20:00 PST becomes 04:00 WET (night). 22:00 PST becomes 06:00 WET (early morning).
A practical tip
Read down the list to see how the PST day maps onto the WET day. It is useful before you convert PST to WET for a meeting invitation. The gap used here is the standard winter one; the period section lists the dates on which it differs.
Before you convert PST to WET: a short checklist
Before the sum
Confirm the zones
Do not confuse PST with Philippine or Pakistan time; this converter means the Pacific coast of North America. WET is used by mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands; the Azores are an hour behind.
Use a 24-hour clock
The 24-hour clock avoids a.m. and p.m. slips, so rewrite 4:30 p.m. as 16:30 before anything else. For example, 09:15 PST becomes 17:15 WET.
Then
The operation
Add 8 hours. If the result passes midnight, correct the date: readings from 16:00 fall on the next date.
A second example
An evening check: 22:40 PST gives 06:40 WET (next day).
Traps to avoid when you convert PST to WET
Subtracting instead of adding
Because WET runs ahead of PST, the result must be a later clock reading. An earlier one points to a subtraction.
Losing the date
PST readings from 16:00 fall on the next date. If the date stays put, the answer is a full day out.
The standard figure in the wrong weeks
On some dates in 2026 the distance between PST and WET differs from the usual one, so read the period list before you apply it.
Confusing the abbreviation
PST is also used for the Philippines (UTC+8) and Pakistan (UTC+5); on this page it is the Pacific zone of North America. Mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Canaries use WET; Britain and Ireland have the same offset but call it GMT in winter.
Quick answers
By how much do PST and WET differ?
8 hours, and WET is ahead of PST. That is the standard figure; on some dates in 2026 it differs, as the period list shows.
How do I convert PST to WET?
Add 8 hours to the PST time, then fix the date if the result passes midnight.
What is 15:30 PST in WET?
23:30 WET in the standard period.
Is the gap the same in every month?
No, it differs on some dates; the period list above shows which.
Does the page keep what I type?
No. Everything happens on your own device.
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