Time changes in the morning of 30 October, to enter winter time. Don't forget to set clocks.
The shift to winter time is almost here. It is already next weekend that you will have to turn back the clocks 60 minutes – and prepare to have fewer hours of sunlight.
In compliance with current legislation, the legal time in mainland Portugal and in the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores changes daily 30 October.
Do Not continent and on Madeira, the time will be “late 60 minutes to 2 hour legal time (1 hora UTC) do dia 30 October”, underlines the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory (OAL). In practice when 02,00 time clocks must be set back to the 01,00 hours.
We already Azores, the rules’ are similar, with one caveat, given the time zone. the time will be “late 60 minutes 1 hour legal time (1 hora UTC) do dia 30 October”.
Summer time returns to 27 March 2023.
Remember that, in 2019, the European Parliament voted in favor of ending the time change, twice a year, a partir de 2021. Yet, the final decision rests with the Member States. Na height, the prime minister, António Costa, announced that Portugal would keep the “bi-hourly schedule”, with summer time and winter time
