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Lisbon for remote work

UTC+0 Europe/Lisbon · UTC+0 in January, UTC+1 in July

Photo: Lacobrigo, 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 10 / 12 February–November

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

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Lisbon; 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 Lisbon: 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: Fair (6.0), high 15°C15°JanFebruary: Good (7.3), high 16°C16°FebMarch: Great (9.1), high 19°C19°MarApril: Great (9.9), high 20°C20°AprMay: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 26°C26°JunJuly: Great (8.9), high 28°C28°JulAugust: Great (8.5), high 28°C28°AugSeptember: Great (10.0), high 26°C26°SepOctober: Great (9.5), high 23°C23°OctNovember: Good (7.6), high 18°C18°NovDecember: Fair (6.0), high 15°C15°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan15°C8°C80 mm8°C dry9.6 h6.0
Feb16°C9°C64 mm8°C dry10.5 h7.3
Mar19°C11°C56 mm10°C dry11.7 h9.1
Apr20°C12°C62 mm11°C comfortable13.0 h9.9
May23°C14°C52 mm12°C comfortable14.1 h10.0
Jun26°C16°C14 mm15°C comfortable14.7 h10.0
Jul28°C18°C4 mm16°C sticky14.5 h8.9
Aug28°C18°C6 mm16°C sticky13.5 h8.5
Sep26°C17°C35 mm15°C comfortable12.2 h10.0
Oct23°C15°C88 mm14°C comfortable11.0 h9.5
Nov18°C11°C113 mm11°C comfortable9.8 h7.6
Dec15°C9°C106 mm9°C dry9.3 h6.0

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

Getting there and settling in

Population
545,796 (2021)
Elevation
100 m
Airports
Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), 6 km
Time zone
Europe/Lisbon
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Portugal's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Lisbon 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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