Mainland Portugal and the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores will set their clocks back one hour in the early hours of Sunday, October the 27th, indicating the start of wintertime.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the change will be made at 01:00 am on Sunday, moving to 00:00.
The standard time will then change again on the 30th of March 2025, for summer time.
The current time change regime is regulated by a directive (EU law) from 2000, which provides that every year the clocks are, respectively, advanced and backward by one hour on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October, marking the beginning and end of daylight saving time.
Samantha Gannon
info at madeira-weekly.com
