Current time in Lisbon, Portugal
The current local time in Lisbon is shown below. Lisbon observes GMT in winter and WEST during daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Europe/Lisbon
- Standard abbreviation
- GMT
- DST abbreviation
- WEST
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Lisbon in context
Lisbon sits at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic coast of central Portugal, the capital and largest Portuguese city with around 545,000 residents in the municipality and a wider metropolitan area of around 2.9 million. The geography is shaped by seven distinct hills that rise from the waterfront, with the historic Alfama district climbing the eastern slopes and the modern districts extending north and west across the gentler upper plateau.
Timezone history of Lisbon
Portugal uses Western European Time at UTC+0 and Western European Summer Time at UTC+1 during DST, an hour behind mainland Europe. The country shares its offset with the UK, Ireland, and Iceland. This places Portugal closer to its actual solar position than Spain (which shifted to CET in 1940). The Azores archipelago, also Portuguese, uses an offset one hour earlier still.
Working hours in Lisbon
Lisbon's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00, with a one-hour lunch break commonly taken from around 13:00, slightly earlier and shorter than Spanish counterparts. The city has grown rapidly as a destination for tech workers and remote workers through the 2010s and 2020s, supported by favourable tax policies that the government has periodically tightened. Portuguese public holidays cluster around Easter, the National Day on 10 June, the Lisbon city holiday on 13 June (Santo António), and Christmas.