There is no jet lag. The time difference in Cape Verde with West Europe is only a few hours. In winter the time difference is 2 hours and in the summer 3 hours. In West Europe it is always later than on the Cape Verde Islands. There is no time difference between the various Cape Verde islands such as Sal, Boavista and Santiago.
Cape Verde is in the same time zone as for example Portugal, namely UTC-1 time zone. The Netherlands and Belgium are in UTC + 2 time zone. In the autumn around the end of October, the clock is put back one hour to winter time. The summer time takes place around the end of March, the clock is then put forward for an hour.
In short, the time difference in winter is only 2 o’clock and in the summer at 3 o’clock. On Cape Verde it is then later than in West Europe.
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