Current time in Funchal, Portugal
Western European Time
UTC+01:00- Time zone
- Western European Time · Atlantic/Madeira
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 WEST
- Abbreviation
- WET / WEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 01:00, back the last Sunday in October at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00 (WEST → WET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Madeira, Portugal · 32.67° N, 16.93° W
- Population
- 105,795
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Funchal at about 13:08 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 8 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:51 and 14:14 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:11 | 19:19 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 07:00 | 21:18 | 14h 18m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:56 | 20:03 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:05 | 18:05 | 10h 00m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 08:00–19:55 (11 h 55 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain · 530 km
- Laayoune, Western Sahara · 710 km · clock 1 h behind
- Casablanca, Morocco · 870 km · clock 1 h behind
- Rabat, Morocco · 950 km · clock 1 h behind
- Lisbon · 970 km
- Ponta Delgada · 970 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain · 530 km
- Saint Helier, Jersey · 2,210 km
- Saint Peter Port, Guernsey · 2,210 km
- Dublin, Ireland · 2,450 km
- London, United Kingdom · 2,500 km
- Birmingham, United Kingdom · 2,510 km