WEST to AKDT: WEST is 9 hours ahead of AKDT
Western European Time is 9 hours ahead of Alaska Time right now. It is 4:47 am WEST in Lisbon and 7:47 pm AKDT in Alaska, which is already the previous day there.
Convert a specific time from WEST to AKDT
Pick any time and date to convert it both ways. The conversion runs in your browser against the real zone rules, so a date inside a daylight saving period gets that period's offset rather than today's.
What is the time difference between WEST and AKDT?
Alaska Time is 9 hours behind Western European Time. To go from WEST to AKDT you subtract 9 hours. That gap is not fixed. Across 2026 the distance between these two zones takes 2 different values, from 8 hours to 9 hours, because the two sides change their clocks on different dates. This page recomputes it rather than assuming.
WEST to AKDT conversion table
Every hour of Sunday, September 27, 2026 in Lisbon, with the matching reading in Alaska. 9 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in Alaska, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| WEST | WEST 24h | AKDT | AKDT 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | the previous day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | the previous day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | the previous day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | the previous day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | the previous day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | the previous day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | the previous day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | the previous day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | the previous day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between WEST and AKDT?
No hour of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day falls inside working hours on both sides. Lisbon and Alaska are 9 hours apart, which is too far for an overlap, so somebody has to take a call outside their own working day. The least painful options are below, ranked by how close both sides sit to the middle of the afternoon.
| WEST | AKDT | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 pm | 7:00 am | WEST only | afternoon in Lisbon, early morning in Alaska |
| 5:00 pm | 8:00 am | neither side | evening in Lisbon, mid morning in Alaska |
| 6:00 pm | 9:00 am | AKDT only | evening in Lisbon, mid morning in Alaska |
Does daylight saving change WEST to AKDT?
Western European Time is currently on WEST and changes next on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when the clock falls back from 1:59 am to 1:00 am and the offset moves from UTC+1 to UTC+0.
Alaska Time is currently on AKDT and changes next on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when the clock falls back from 1:59 am to 1:00 am and the offset moves from UTC-8 to UTC-9.
Because the two sides do not move together, the answer to this conversion changes during the year. The United States changes on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, while the United Kingdom and European Union change on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Those dates are weeks apart, which opens a window each spring and autumn where the usual gap is an hour out. The table above is built for today, not for an average day.
Is WEST ahead of or behind AKDT?
WEST is ahead of AKDT by 9 hours: when it is 12:00 pm in Lisbon, it is 3:00 am in Alaska. One wrinkle worth knowing: WET and WEST are two names for the same zone, not two zones. Western European Time reads WET in winter and WEST in summer. When somebody types "wet to akst" they nearly always mean the zone rather than the literal winter offset, so this page resolves WET to Europe/Lisbon and AKST to America/Anchorage and applies whichever offset is genuinely in force on the day.
Western European Time covers Lisbon, Porto and the Canary Islands, one hour behind most of the continent. Alaska Time covers Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks. The identifiers behind them are Europe/Lisbon and America/Anchorage, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is WEST in AKDT?
- WEST is 9 hours ahead of AKDT. 9:00 am WEST is 12:00 am AKDT.
- How many hours ahead is AKDT of WEST?
- AKDT is 9 hours behind WEST. That varies across the year, between 8 hours and 9 hours.
- What time is it in Alaska right now?
- 7:47 pm AKDT on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
- When can Lisbon and Alaska meet during working hours?
- There is no shared working hour. The closest fit is 4:00 pm WEST, which is 7:00 am AKDT.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so WEST and AKDT are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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