What time is it in Spain?
2 different times in Spain right now
| Time | Time zone | Main cities |
|---|---|---|
| 17:41 | UTC+00:00 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Ténérife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Telde |
| 18:41 | UTC+01:00 | Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza |
Daylight saving time in Spain
- Sunday 28 March 2027: at 02:00 it becomes 03:00 (clocks go forward by one hour).
- Sunday 31 October 2027: at 03:00 it becomes 02:00 (clocks go back by one hour).
Dates can differ from one time zone to another: see each city’s page.
Daylight saving time in Spain: all dates · Daylight saving time around the world
Good to know about the time in Spain
Spain has two legal times. The mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are on Central European Time, like France: Madrid is on the same time as Paris all year round. The Canary Islands are 1 hour behind Madrid, like London and Lisbon: when it is noon in Madrid, it is 11:00 in Las Palmas and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Both regions change their clocks on the same dates as France.
Yet almost all of Spain lies west of the Greenwich meridian. In 1940, the country put its clocks forward by one hour to align with Germany and has never put them back since: in Madrid, the sun reaches its highest point at around 13:15 in winter and 14:15 in summer (mean solar noon). This is one of the reasons for late mealtimes: in A Coruña, in Galicia, the sun sets at around 22:17 at the summer solstice. A return to Greenwich time is regularly debated, without result so far.
Time in the cities of Spain
- MadridMadrid
- BarcelonaMadrid
- ValenciaMadrid
- ZaragozaMadrid
- SevilleMadrid
- MálagaMadrid
- MurciaMadrid
- PalmaMadrid
- Las Palmas de Gran CanariaCanary
- AlicanteMadrid
- BilbaoMadrid
- CórdobaMadrid
- ValladolidMadrid
- MelillaCeuta
- CeutaMadrid
Other places: Vigo, Gijón, Vitoria, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, La Corogne, Sant Martí, Elx, Grenade, Ciudad Lineal, Oviedo, Terrassa, Badalona, Carthagène, Xérès, Sabadell, Santa Cruz de Ténérife, Pampelune, Móstoles, Almería, Alcalá de Henares, Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Getafe, Saint-Sébastien, Burgos, Santander, Albacete, Alcorcón, Castellón de la Plana, Marbella, Logroño, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Badajoz, Salamanque, Huelva, Tarragone, Lérida, Chamartín, Mataró, León. Their pages are in French in the city directory.