Time zone · Europe
WET
Western European Standard Time
Western European Time (UTC+00:00) is the standard time in mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands. All four move to Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Thursday, October 15, 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 (UTC+00:00) is the standard time in mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands. All four move to Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
DST schedule · WET · WEST
2026 Sunday · clocks fall back
Clocks fall back by one hour · next week.
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.
Convert
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?
- The Canary Islands lie far west of mainland Spain, off the coast of Africa, so they keep UTC+00:00 like Portugal instead of mainland Spain's Central European Time. Both switch to summer time on the same dates.
- Is there any difference between WET and GMT?
- Both are UTC+00:00. The UK uses GMT in winter and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) in summer, on the same dates that WET areas switch to WEST, so clocks in London and Lisbon always match.
- 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 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.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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