The best time to meet between Bengaluru and Lisbon is 1:30 PM–5:00 PM GMT+5:30 (9:00 AM–12:30 PM GMT+1), when both cities are within standard working hours.
Plan a meeting →| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Time difference | 4h 30m (Bengaluru is ahead) |
| Bengaluru 9–5 in Lisbon time | 4:30 AM–12:30 PM GMT+1 |
| Lisbon 9–5 in Bengaluru time | 1:30 PM–9:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Overlap window | 1:30 PM–5:00 PM GMT+5:30 / 9:00 AM–12:30 PM GMT+1 |
| Recommended slots | 1:30 PM GMT+5:30 = 9:00 AM GMT+1, 3:15 PM GMT+5:30 = 10:45 AM GMT+1 |
| DST transitions (this year) | Lisbon: March 29 / October 25 |
The 4h 30m offset between Bengaluru and Lisbon is not just a number — it reshapes the entire rhythm of collaboration. Bengaluru clocks out while Lisbon is still at lunch. Teams that don't plan this deliberately spend their overlap on firefighting instead of actual work.
The 3h 30m overlap window runs at the edge of both teams' days. For Lisbon's side it's a late-morning meeting; for Bengaluru it's early afternoon. Neither is painful, which is exactly why it works. Anchor your recurring sync here and treat the rest of the day as async territory.
The less obvious scheduling risk is daylight saving time mismatch. Bengaluru and Lisbon may not shift their clocks on the same date. A meeting booked as "10 AM BLR" in January might show up as "11 AM BLR" in a colleague's calendar in March if your calendar app doesn't handle DST transitions correctly. Check the DST note on this page before setting up recurring meetings.
Add the rest of your team above and the planner scales to everyone at once. A three-city team spanning Bengaluru, Lisbon, and a third timezone often has less overlap than any two-city pair in isolation — surfacing that constraint early prevents scheduling that works on paper but burns people out in practice.
Bengaluru is UTC+5:30 and Lisbon is UTC+1, a difference of 4h 30m. This gap may shift by 1 hour during DST transitions.
The best meeting time is during the 3h 30m of shared business hours — typically 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM GMT+5:30.
Yes, partially. Lisbon observes daylight saving time; Bengaluru does not. Lisbon's clocks change around March 29 and October 25, shifting the gap between the two cities by 1 hour for part of the year.
Bengaluru and Lisbon share 3h 30m of business-hours overlap (assuming 9 AM–5 PM local time for both).