CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Portugal
WET
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare CT time with Lisbon time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Time is 6 hours behind WET (Western European Time)
6:00 am06:00 in CT is 12:00 pm12:00 in Lisbon, Portugal

CT to Lisbon call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in CT which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in Lisbon

6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 WET (Western European Time) (Lisbon, Portugal). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CT / 12:00 pm12:00 Lisbon, Portugal

CTLisbon, Portugal
12am (midnight)6am
1am7am
2am8am
3am9am
4am10am
5am11am
6am12pm (noon)
7am1pm
8am2pm
9am3pm
10am4pm
11am5pm
12pm (noon)6pm
1pm7pm
2pm8pm
3pm9pm
4pm10pm
5pm11pm
6pm12am (midnight)
7pm1am
8pm2am
9pm3am
10pm4am
11pm5am
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01:0007:00
02:0008:00
03:0009:00
04:0010:00
05:0011:00
06:0012:00
07:0013:00
08:0014:00
09:0015:00
10:0016:00
11:0017:00
12:0018:00
13:0019:00
14:0020:00
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16:0022:00
17:0023:00
18:0000:00
19:0001:00
20:0002:00
21:0003:00
22:0004:00
23:0005:00

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

Lisbon Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WEST - Western European Summer Time
WET - Western European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hours during Western European Summer Time, currently in use.
+0:00 hours during Western European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 1am to 2amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Lisbon Facts

Country
Portugal
Alternative Names
Felicitas Julia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, LIS, Liospoin, Liospóin, Lisabon, Lisabona, Lisboa, Lisbon, Lisbona, Lisbonne, Lisbono, Lisbonum, Lisimba, Lisimbã, Lissabon, Lisszabon, Lizboa, Lizbon, Lizbona, Olisipo, Olissipo, li si ben, lisabana, lisaboni, lisbana, lisbxn, liseubon, lshbwnt, lysabwn, lysbwn, risubon, Λισαβώνα, Лисабон, Лиссабон, Лісабон, Լիսբոնա, ליסבון, لشبونة, لىسابون, لیسبون, ܠܫܒܘܢܐ, लिस्बन, লিসবন, ลิสบอน, ལ་ས་བན།, ལི་སི་བཱོན།, ლისაბონი, ሊዝቦን, リスボン, 里斯本, 리스본
Population
517,802
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
38° 43' N Latitude / 9° 07' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+351