🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
45
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56 · 12 h 44 min
Cape Town to Portugal: time difference
Portugal is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 11:40 11:40 AM Portugal 10:40 10:40 AM You –:–
11:40 11:40 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56
10:40 10:40 AM
Western European Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:41 · 🌙 19:07
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−1 h
Portugal is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Portugal are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇿🇦 Cape Town
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇵🇹 Portugal
23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 11:40 | 10:40 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Western European Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/Lisbon |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 07:41 |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 19:07 |
| Daylight | 12 h 44 min | 11 h 26 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 10,347,892 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Portugal: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Portugal?
Portugal is 1 hour behind Cape Town: UTC+1 against UTC+2.
What time is it in Portugal at the start of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town starts at 9:00 AM; in Portugal it is 8:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Portugal?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Portugal show 5:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Cape Town and Portugal are at work?
Yes: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Portugal), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Portugal?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Portugal. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Portugal it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Portugal the same all year?
No. Only Portugal switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Portugal will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
