Time in Lisbon
Lisbon runs on Europe/Lisbon, currently UTC+1 (WEST). Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Lisbon, Portugal
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Europe/Lisbon
- Abbreviation
- WEST
- Standard offset
- UTC+0
- Daylight offset
- UTC+1
- Country
- Portugal (PT)
- Coordinates
- 38.72, -9.14
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Lisbon change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-25 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC+1 → UTC+0)
- 2027-03-28 at 00:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC+0 → UTC+1)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:56
- Sunset
- 20:24
- Daylight
- 13 hours 29 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Lisbon in?
- Lisbon uses the Europe/Lisbon time zone, currently UTC+1 (WEST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Lisbon observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Lisbon moves between UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Lisbon and UTC?
- UTC+1 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+0 and UTC+1 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Lisbon?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:56 and sunset 20:24 local time, giving 13 hours 29 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.