Time zone · Europe
WET
Western European Standard Time
Western European Time clocks in across the Atlantic archipelago fringes of Europe and the Portuguese mainland, sitting an hour ahead of UTC by default but hopping to UTC+00 in winter. Whether you're in Lisbon, the Canary Islands, Madeira, or the Faroe Islands, the whole region shares the same spring‑forward, fall‑back rhythm, so meetings between Madeira and mainland Portugal—or Reykjavík on a winter break to Gran Canaria—stay perfectly synced.
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Current offset
UTC+01:00
Daylight · WEST
Daylight saving
Active
Reverts 25 Oct 2026
IANA zones
4
4 observe DST, 0 don't
DST offset
UTC+01:00
WEST · +1h
About WET
Standard time, with a summer shift.
Western European Time clocks in across the Atlantic archipelago fringes of Europe and the Portuguese mainland, sitting an hour ahead of UTC by default but hopping to UTC+00 in winter. Whether you're in Lisbon, the Canary Islands, Madeira, or the Faroe Islands, the whole region shares the same spring‑forward, fall‑back rhythm, so meetings between Madeira and mainland Portugal—or Reykjavík on a winter break to Gran Canaria—stay perfectly synced.
DST schedule · WET · WEST
2026 Sunday · clocks fall back
Clocks fall back by one hour · in 2 months.
One year, two clocks
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 4 zones that resolve to WET.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across WET
Local time, city by city.
3 cities
Where WET is used
3 countries.
Same offset · UTC+01:00
Other zones at UTC+01:00 right now.
These named zones share WET's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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WET to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about WET, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why do the Canary Islands share a timezone with Portugal?
- Both lie on the western edge of Europe and historically aligned schedules, so they keep the same standard and daylight-saving shifts.
- Is there any difference between WET and GMT?
- During winter months WET matches GMT (UTC+00); the divergence is in summer when WET springs forward to WEST (UTC+01), while the UK switches to British Summer Time.
- How does DST affect Atlantic air routes?
- Flights between the Canaries, Madeira, and mainland Portugal don't require passengers to change their watches twice a year—all four zones shift on the same European DST schedule.
- Do the Faroe Islands ever opt out of DST?
- They've followed EU-aligned daylight saving since 1981, so currently all four WET member zones join the March and October flips together.
- Why isn't Iceland in WET?
- Iceland uses Greenwich Mean Time year-round with no daylight-saving change, putting it one hour behind WET in the summer.
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