IANA Name: Portugal
Standard Offset: UTC +00:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +01:00
DST Abbreviation: WEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Portugal
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The current local time in Portugal is 18:16:06. Portugal is currently UTC+00:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Portugal is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — Portugal observes DST. In standard time it is WET UTC+00:00; during DST it switches to WEST UTC+01:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Portugal is used (in whole or in part) by Portugal. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Portugal and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.