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Funchal, Portugal

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Funchal for remote work

UTC+0 Atlantic/Madeira · UTC+0 in January, UTC+1 in July

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 14:00–22:00 here
US Pacific team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here
UK team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Central Europe team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here
Price level 65 Moderate: household prices Portugal-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 12 / 12 all year

Your team's working day, on Funchal's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Funchal; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 14:00–22:00
3 h
US Pacific 17:00–01:00
0 h
UK 09:00–17:00
8 h
Central Europe 08:00–16:00
7 h

Clock changes ahead in Funchal: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+1; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+0. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Feb3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Mar3–4 h awake 8 h0–1 h awake 5–6 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Apr3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
May3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Jun3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Jul3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Aug3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Sep3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Oct3–4 h awake 8 h0–1 h awake 5–6 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Nov3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h
Dec3 h awake 8 h0 h awake 5 h8 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Good (6.5), high 15°C15°JanFebruary: Good (6.5), high 15°C15°FebMarch: Good (7.0), high 16°C16°MarApril: Good (7.3), high 16°C16°AprMay: Great (8.5), high 18°C18°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 20°C20°JunJuly: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°JulAugust: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°AugSeptember: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°SepOctober: Great (9.4), high 20°C20°OctNovember: Great (8.0), high 18°C18°NovDecember: Good (6.5), high 16°C16°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan15°C10°C67 mm8°C dry10.1 h6.5
Feb15°C10°C62 mm7°C dry10.8 h6.5
Mar16°C10°C57 mm8°C dry11.8 h7.0
Apr16°C11°C46 mm8°C dry12.8 h7.3
May18°C12°C32 mm9°C dry13.7 h8.5
Jun20°C14°C14 mm11°C comfortable14.1 h10.0
Jul22°C16°C5 mm11°C comfortable14.0 h10.0
Aug23°C17°C9 mm13°C comfortable13.2 h10.0
Sep22°C16°C46 mm13°C comfortable12.2 h10.0
Oct20°C15°C98 mm12°C comfortable11.2 h9.4
Nov18°C13°C88 mm10°C comfortable10.3 h8.0
Dec16°C11°C112 mm10°C dry9.9 h6.5

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
112,290 (2023)
Airports
Madeira Cristiano-Ronaldo Airport (FNC), 14 km
Porto Santo Airport (PXO), 70 km
Time zone
Atlantic/Madeira
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Portugal's official government or embassy website.
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Funchal on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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