Coordination class
easy business overlap
Brazil and Portugal have a broad overlap window today, so normal recurring meetings are low-friction. Still recheck invites around DST transition weeks.
Pair comparison
Brazil vs Portugal
Brazil is 3.0 hours behind Portugal. Their business-hour overlap is 6 hours per day.
Country comparisons use one representative IANA zone per country, current public-holiday rows, and a same-day business-hour model. Multi-zone countries still need city-level checks before travel or payroll decisions.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 4:42 PM UTC.
Brazil
Reference city: São Paulo
13:42GMT-3
Thu · Nov 5 · UTC-03:00
- DST shifts / 12mo
- 0
- Public holidays 2026
- 15
Portugal
Reference city: Lisbon
16:42GMT+0
Thu · Nov 5 · UTC+00:00
- DST shifts / 12mo
- 2
- Public holidays 2026
- 17
Operational read on this pair
DST drift risk
2 sampled shifts / 12mo
Portugal shifts clocks while Brazil is stable in the sampled reference zone, so recurring meetings can move by one hour for part of the year.
Holiday availability
15 vs 17 listed holidays
Brazil and Portugal share 7 listed holiday dates in the selected year, so shared shutdown risk is visible before campaign or sprint planning.
Pair workflow examples
What fixed local work times become across the pair
The current offset is enough for today, but the examples below make the page useful for real recurring work: standups, reviews, and end-of-day handoffs anchored to either country. Recheck these around DST transition weeks when either sampled zone shifts.
Anchored in Brazil
- morning standup: 9:00 AM in Brazil is 12:00 PM in Portugal (same day).
- midday review: 1:00 PM in Brazil is 4:00 PM in Portugal (same day).
- end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in Brazil is 8:00 PM in Portugal (same day).
Anchored in Portugal
- morning standup: 9:00 AM in Portugal is 6:00 AM in Brazil (same day).
- midday review: 1:00 PM in Portugal is 10:00 AM in Brazil (same day).
- end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in Portugal is 2:00 PM in Brazil (same day).
Best live-use strategy
6 shared business hours is enough for normal recurring meetings, reviews, and same-day escalation, assuming neither side is on holiday.
Brazil next holiday checks
Republic Proclamation Day (2026-11-15); Black Awareness Day (2026-11-20); Christmas Day (2026-12-25)
Portugal next holiday checks
Restoration of Independence (2026-12-01); Immaculate Conception (2026-12-08); Christmas Day (2026-12-25); St. Stephen's Day (2026-12-26)
Business-hour overlap
Overlap window: 12:00 → 18:00 UTC · 6h per day.
24-hour overlap heatmap (UTC across the bottom)
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- Working hours (09–18 local)
- Edge hours (07–09, 18–22)
- Sleep hours (22–07)
Overlapping public holidays in 2026 (7)
- 2026-01-01Brazil: New Year's Day · Portugal: New Year's Day
- 2026-02-17Brazil: Carnival · Portugal: Carnival
- 2026-04-03Brazil: Good Friday · Portugal: Good Friday
- 2026-04-05Brazil: Easter Sunday · Portugal: Easter Sunday
- 2026-05-01Brazil: Labour Day · Portugal: Labour Day
- 2026-06-04Brazil: Corpus Christi · Portugal: Corpus Christi
- 2026-12-25Brazil: Christmas Day · Portugal: Christmas Day
Both teams may be off on the dates above — useful for sprint planning and launch calendars.