Portugal · WEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Porto, 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 Porto 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 Porto lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Porto 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 Porto lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Porto 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 Porto 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 Porto.
Practical Info
Porto (Portugal) is home to roughly 230K people. Today brings about 15.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 21:12. 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 41° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Portugal
Capital
Lisbon
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
WEST · Europe/Lisbon
Coordinates
41.16°N, 8.63°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+351
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Port wine has been aged in the lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, across the river from Porto, since the 18th century, and the Douro was demarcated as a protected wine region in 1756 — one of the first anywhere in the world.
The clock: Portugal keeps UTC+0 in winter, an hour behind Spain across a land border. Porto and Vigo are 150 km apart and never agree on the time.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap