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Europe/Lisbon

Europe/Lisbon is the IANA time zone for Portugal (mainland) in Portugal.

UTC+01:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+1 WEST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+00:00
Daylight offset
UTC+01:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the last Sunday in March at 01:00 to the last Sunday in October at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: back to UTC+0 (WEST → WET)
  • Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: forward to UTC+1 (WET → WEST)

Names

Generic name
Western European Time
Abbreviation
WET / WEST
Standard / daylight
Western European Standard Time / Western European Summer Time
Aliases
Portugal and WET (old ids that resolve to Europe/Lisbon)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Lisbon' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Europe/Lisbon')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Lisbon';

Cities in Europe/Lisbon

Also in this zone: Porto, Braga, Amadora, Coimbra, Leiria, Setúbal, Viseu, Queluz, Aveiro, Faro, Évora, Guarda, Viana do Castelo, Bragança, Beja, Castelo Branco, Santarém.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1975: UTC+1
  • 1976–1992: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year
  • 1993–1995: UTC+1 and UTC+2 each year
  • 1996–2026: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year

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