Mainland Portugal and the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores will set their clocks back one hour next morning, starting winter time.
In the early hours of Sunday, October 29th, in mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, when it is 2:00 am, the clocks must be turned back 60 minutes, going to 1:00 am.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the change will be made at 1 am the next morning, moving to 00 am.
The current time change regime is regulated by a directive (community law) from 2000, which provides that every year clocks are, respectively, advanced and set back one hour on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October, marking the start and end of daylight saving time.
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