Current time in Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, keeps Central European Standard Time: UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Barcelona
16:22:10
Europe/Madrid · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Barcelona
Sunrise and sunset in Barcelona
Sun and clock in Barcelona
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Barcelona comes at 12:51, because the city lies about 13° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Europe/Madrid is named after Madrid, 510 km to the west. The sun crosses the meridian over Barcelona 23 minutes earlier than over Madrid, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Barcelona
The latest sunrise of the year, 08:20 on October 30, comes on the last morning before the clocks go back, so it is darker than any midwinter morning.
On the same clock, the sun rises in Barcelona between 20 and 27 minutes earlier and sets between 20 and 27 minutes earlier than in Madrid, depending on the date, and Barcelona’s longest day is 7 minutes longer than Madrid’s.
Chicago (41.9°N) and New York (40.7°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Barcelona, so their days stay within 5 minutes of Barcelona’s all year; the clock in Chicago is 7 h behind Barcelona for most of the year and 6 h behind Barcelona for part of it, and in New York 6 h behind Barcelona for most of the year and 5 h behind Barcelona for part of it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 07:40 | 17:32 | 9 h 52 m |
| December 15 | 08:10 | 17:23 | 9 h 12 m |
| January 15 | 08:15 | 17:46 | 9 h 31 m |
| February 15 | 07:46 | 18:24 | 10 h 38 m |
| March 15 | 07:03 | 18:57 | 11 h 54 m |
| April 15 | 07:12 | 20:31 | 13 h 19 m |
| May 15 | 06:33 | 21:03 | 14 h 30 m |
| June 15 | 06:17 | 21:26 | 15 h 9 m |
| July 15 | 06:31 | 21:24 | 14 h 53 m |
| August 15 | 07:00 | 20:51 | 13 h 51 m |
| September 15 | 07:32 | 20:02 | 12 h 30 m |
| October 15 | 08:03 | 19:11 | 11 h 8 m |
When the clocks change in Barcelona
Barcelona follows the European rule: clocks go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October, both at 01:00 UTC, so every country on the rule changes at the same instant.
Barcelona has no tz database entry of its own: it keeps Europe/Madrid, named after Madrid. The database promises that the two clocks have agreed since 1970, and makes no claim for the years before. The rules that entry follows, and how long they have applied, are on the Madrid page.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2027 | Forward one hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| October 31, 2027 | Back one hour: 03:00 becomes 02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
Calling Barcelona from another time zone
| Place | Barcelona’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 08:00–16:00 | — | — |
| New York | 03:00–11:00 | 2 h, 15:00–17:00 Barcelona time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Barcelona time | always 7 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none to 1 h |
Barcelona compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Barcelona | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 6 h behind | 6 h behind / 5 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 1 h behind | all year |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 3 h ahead | 2 h ahead / 3 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 4 h 30 min ahead | 3 h 30 min ahead / 4 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 7 h ahead | 6 h ahead / 7 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 8 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 10 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead / 10 h ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep Europe/Madrid time: Madrid.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 510 km west | same clock | 23 minutes later |
| Milan | 730 km north-east | same clock | 28 minutes earlier |
| Paris | 830 km north | same clock | 1 minute earlier |
| Zurich | 840 km north-east | same clock | 25 minutes earlier |
| Rome | 860 km east | same clock | 41 minutes earlier |
| Lisbon | 1,010 km west | 1 h behind | 45 minutes later |
| Munich | 1,050 km north-east | same clock | 38 minutes earlier |
| Brussels | 1,070 km north | same clock | 9 minutes earlier |
Beyond Barcelona’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Milan, 730 km to the north-east, on Europe/Rome.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Barcelona in?
Barcelona keeps Europe/Madrid, Central European Standard Time, at UTC+01:00, moving to Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Madrid; Barcelona has shown the same time as Madrid since at least 1970.
Is all of Spain on the same time as Barcelona?
No. The tz database entries for Spain keep 2 different standard times, from UTC+00:00 (Western European Time) to UTC+01:00 (Madrid). Barcelona keeps the highest of them.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Barcelona?
30 other countries and territories keep exactly Barcelona’s clock, changing on the same dates. Within Spain, one other tz database entry matches it too.
What is the time difference between Barcelona and Lisbon?
The clock in Lisbon, Portugal, about 1,010 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Barcelona.