Lisbon — Europe/Lisbon
The current local time in the Europe/Lisbon IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Portugal. The zone is currently at UTC +01:00 · WEST and observes daylight saving time.
Europe/Lisbon
Thursday, 22 October 2026 WEST
Zone information
Countries using Europe/Lisbon
Lisbon vs. major cities
How far Lisbon is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Lisbon, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Lisbon | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Delhi · India | +4:30 h | 13:30 | 09:00–12:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Beijing · China | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Lisbon time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Lisbon
Since 1970, Lisbon has gone through 7 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 48 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 1997, is UTC +00:00 with UTC +01:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 29 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 01:00 → 02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Sunday, 25 October 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC +00:00 |
| Sunday, 28 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 01:00 → 02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Sunday, 31 October 2027 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC +00:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1975 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1976 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1977–1991 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September (since 1981) |
| 1992 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1993–1995 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September |
| 1996 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1997–2026 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Lisbon
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Europe/Lisbon on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
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