What time is it in Barcelona?
18:43:37
Friday 13 November 2026
- Barcelona, Spain
- Time zone UTC+01:00
- Next clock change: 28 March 2027
- Sunrise 07:37 · sunset 17:33
Time difference with Barcelona
Barcelona is on UTC+01:00 right now: 1 hour ahead of UTC in winter and 2 hours ahead in summer.
| City | Time | Compared with Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:43 | 1 hour behind |
| New York United States | 12:43 | 6 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:43 | 9 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:43 | same time |
| Berlin Germany | 18:43 | same time |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:43 | 3 hours ahead |
| New Delhi India | 23:13 | 4 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:43 | 7 hours ahead |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:43 | 7 hours ahead |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:43 | 8 hours ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:43 | 10 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:43 | 4 hours behind |
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Daylight saving time in Barcelona
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Sunday 28 March 2027 | at 02:00 it becomes 03:00: clocks go forward by one hour (UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00, summer time) |
| Sunday 31 October 2027 | at 03:00 it becomes 02:00: clocks go back by one hour (UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00) |
Last change: Sunday 25 October 2026 (clocks went back by one hour).
History of local time in Barcelona
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 1974 | UTC+1, summer time UTC+2 |
| 1950 – 1973 | UTC+1 all year round |
| 1949 | UTC+1, summer time UTC+2 |
| 1947 – 1948 | UTC+1 all year round |
| until 1946 | UTC+1, summer time UTC+2 |
Official time zone (IANA database): Europe/Madrid. Daylight saving time in Spain: all dates · Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Barcelona
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 514 km away, Pointe-Pescade (Algeria) is on the same time as Barcelona in winter and 1 hour behind in summer.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Sant Martí | 5 km |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | 6 km |
| Esplugues de Llobregat | 6 km |
| Sant Adrià de Besòs | 7 km |
| Llefià | 7 km |
| Sant Just Desvern | 8 km |
| Cornellà de Llobregat | 8 km |
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | 8 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Barcelona
- Sunrise
- 07:37
- Sunset
- 17:33
- Day length
- 9 h 56 min
- Tomorrow
- −2 min
Dawn 07:07, dusk 18:03, solar noon 12:35. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 11 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (15 h 10 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:17 (8 June 2027), latest at 08:21 (31 October 2027); earliest sunset at 17:21 (6 December 2026), latest at 21:29 (26 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 11:40 · moonset 20:26 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 12:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in Spain
Good to know about the time in Barcelona
Barcelona is 1 hour ahead of UTC in winter and 2 hours ahead in summer, like the rest of mainland Spain. Further east than Madrid, it sees the sun at its highest around 12:51 in winter and 13:51 in summer (mean solar noon), more than twenty minutes earlier than Madrid.