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Quick answers

Selected conversion

1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 15, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 IST (UTC+1), Oct 15, 2026

Benfica and IST have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Benfica and IST Europe have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, Benfica and GMT Europe have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Benfica correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST Europe. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Benfica correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT Europe.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Benfica correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in IST Europe. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Benfica correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT Europe.

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

Time Difference

WEST (Western European Summer Time) and Irish Standard Time have the same local time.
1:00 pm13:00 in Benfica, Portugal is 1:00 pm13:00 in IST

Benfica to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in Benfica which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in IST

1:00 pm13:00 WEST (Western European Summer Time) (Benfica, Portugal). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 Irish Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

1:00 pm13:00 Benfica, Portugal / 1:00 pm13:00 IST

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Benfica Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
WEST – Western European Summer Time, UTC+1 (now, daylight saving time)
WET – Western European Time, UTC+0 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (WET). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (WEST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Benfica Facts

Country
Portugal
Population
36,985
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
38° 45' N Latitude / 9° 12' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+351

Irish Standard Time

Offset: IST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Ireland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Dublin in Ireland, with about 1.024 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford.

Map of the areas on Irish Standard Time (IST)
IST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on IST.

Daylight Saving: Irish Standard Time (IST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

123456789101112Start: Irish Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Irish Standard Time (IST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for IST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Eire
  • Europe/Dublin
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time