Current time in Madrid
Madrid, Spain, keeps Central European Standard Time: UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Madrid
16:22:04
Europe/Madrid · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Madrid
Sunrise and sunset in Madrid
Sun and clock in Madrid
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Madrid comes at 13:15, 1 h 15 min away from 12:00: its clock is set to a meridian about 19° away.
Barcelona, 510 km to the east, keeps the same clock, yet the sun crosses the meridian there 23 minutes earlier than in Madrid.
Daylight through the year in Madrid
The latest sunrise of the year, 08:42 on October 30, comes on the last morning before the clocks go back, so it is darker than any midwinter morning.
New York (40.7°N) and Beijing (39.9°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Madrid, so their days stay within 3 minutes of Madrid’s all year; the clock in New York is 6 h behind Madrid for most of the year and 5 h behind Madrid for part of it, and in Beijing 6 h or 7 h ahead of Madrid, depending on the date.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 08:01 | 17:58 | 9 h 57 m |
| December 15 | 08:31 | 17:49 | 9 h 18 m |
| January 15 | 08:36 | 18:12 | 9 h 36 m |
| February 15 | 08:08 | 18:49 | 10 h 41 m |
| March 15 | 07:27 | 19:21 | 11 h 54 m |
| April 15 | 07:37 | 20:53 | 13 h 17 m |
| May 15 | 06:59 | 21:24 | 14 h 25 m |
| June 15 | 06:44 | 21:47 | 15 h 2 m |
| July 15 | 06:57 | 21:44 | 14 h 47 m |
| August 15 | 07:26 | 21:13 | 13 h 48 m |
| September 15 | 07:56 | 20:25 | 12 h 29 m |
| October 15 | 08:26 | 19:36 | 11 h 10 m |
When the clocks change in Madrid
Madrid 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.
These dates have applied since 1996. In 1995 the clocks went forward on March 26 and back on September 24. The first time the record has Madrid’s clocks put forward and later back again is 1918. The record opens with Madrid’s own local mean time, UTC-00:14:44, kept until 1900.
| 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 Madrid from another time zone
| Place | Madrid’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 Madrid time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Madrid time | always 7 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none to 1 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Madrid, Honolulu and Anchorage are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 20 listed cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have already reached Saturday.
Madrid compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Madrid | 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: Barcelona.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 500 km west | 1 h behind | 22 minutes later |
| Barcelona | 510 km east | same clock | 23 minutes earlier |
| Casablanca | 840 km south-west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 16 minutes later |
| Paris | 1,050 km north-east | same clock | 24 minutes earlier |
| Milan | 1,190 km north-east | same clock | 52 minutes earlier |
| Zurich | 1,250 km north-east | same clock | 49 minutes earlier |
| London | 1,260 km north | 1 h behind | 14 minutes earlier |
| Brussels | 1,320 km north-east | same clock | 32 minutes earlier |
Beyond Madrid’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Paris, 1,050 km to the north-east, on Europe/Paris.
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 Madrid in?
Madrid 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 itself.
Is all of Spain on the same time as Madrid?
No. The tz database entries for Spain keep 2 different standard times, from UTC+00:00 (Western European Time) to UTC+01:00 (Madrid). Madrid keeps the highest of them.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Madrid?
30 other countries and territories keep exactly Madrid’s clock, changing on the same dates. Within Spain, one other tz database entry matches it too.
What is the time difference between Madrid and Lisbon?
The clock in Lisbon, Portugal, about 500 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Madrid.