Portugal · WEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Coimbra, Portugal runs on UTC+1. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 5-hour difference between Coimbra and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Coimbra lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Coimbra and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Coimbra lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Coimbra and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Coimbra lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Coimbra.
Practical Info
Coimbra (Portugal) is home to roughly 105K people. Today brings about 15.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 21:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 40° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Portugal
Capital
Lisbon
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
WEST · Europe/Lisbon
Coordinates
40.21°N, 8.43°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+351
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Biblioteca Joanina keeps a colony of bats that emerges at night to eat insects that would otherwise damage the books. Staff cover the furniture in leather each evening. The library dates from 1728 and holds around 60,000 volumes.
The clock: Coimbra keeps UTC+0. Its university, founded in 1290, is one of the oldest continuously operating in the world.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap