Amadora, Portugal · UTC+1
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Amadora is in the Europe/Lisbon timezone (WET/UTC+0, DST to UTC+1 in summer). One of Portugal’s most densely populated municipalities, it has a population of around 175,000.
Amadora is one of Portugal’s most densely populated municipalities, sitting immediately to the west of Lisbon without any visible break between the two cities. It developed rapidly during the 20th century as an industrial and working-class suburb of the capital. Today it is a diverse, dense urban area that forms part of the continuous Lisbon metropolitan fabric.
The clock is Western European Time, UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 during daylight saving. The IANA identifier is Europe/Lisbon, shared with Lisbon and all of mainland Portugal.
Portugal’s clock, Spain’s clock
Portugal’s timezone is geographically interesting. Mainland Portugal sits roughly between 7 and 9 degrees west longitude, which would naturally put it in sync with London or even one hour behind. And indeed, Portugal uses UTC+0/UTC+1, aligning with the UK rather than with Spain (UTC+1/UTC+2) immediately to the east. Spain uses Central European Time despite being mostly west of the zero meridian, a legacy of Franco-era alignment with Nazi Germany in 1940. Portugal keeps Western European Time, which matches its actual position.
This means that in summer, Amadora and Amsterdam are synchronized, even though Amsterdam is hundreds of kilometers to the east. In winter, Amadora and London are synchronized.
9am in Amadora is 9am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Amadora
- What timezone is Amadora in?
- Amadora is in Western European Time (WET), using the IANA timezone
Europe/Lisbon. The standard UTC offset is UTC+0 in winter. During daylight saving time (summer), it becomes Western European Summer Time (WEST) at UTC+1. - Does Amadora observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Amadora observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+0 to UTC+1.
- What is the current UTC offset for Amadora?
- Amadora is currently at UTC+1. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Amadora and New York?
- Amadora is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Amadora and Los Angeles?
- Amadora is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Amadora and Tokyo?
- Amadora is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Amadora transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Amadora?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Amadora is
Europe/Lisbon. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Lisbon' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Lisbon')`), or any IANA-compatible library.