Barcelona, Spain
Current time in Spain
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Madrid
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 2 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +02:00) Europe/Madrid |
Current Time in other Cities of Spain
| Sevilla |
| Sevilla |
| Palma |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| Córdoba |
| Córdoba |
| Valladolid |
| Eixample |
| Latina |
| Carabanchel |
| Gasteiz / Vitoria |
| A Coruña |
| Puente de Vallecas |
| Sant Martí |
| Ciudad Lineal |
| Fuencarral-El Pardo |
| Donostia / San Sebastián |
| Sants-Montjuïc |
| Castelló de la Plana |
| Santander |
| Horta-Guinardó |
| Nou Barris |
| Hortaleza |
| San Blas-Canillejas |
| Tetuán de las Victorias |
| Logroño |
| La Laguna |
| Madrid Centro |
| Arganzuela |
| Badajoz |
What time zone is Barcelona in?
Barcelona keeps CEST (2 hours ahead of UTC, UTC+02:00). Its database zone is Europe/Madrid — worth knowing if you are scheduling anything that has to survive a daylight saving change.
Barcelona observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes CET.
Bear in mind Spain spans 3 zones across the 99 cities we cover — checking a second city in the same country is often necessary.
How far ahead or behind is Barcelona?
Read this as: relative to each city below, Barcelona is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Barcelona is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Barcelona is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Barcelona is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Barcelona |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Barcelona is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Barcelona is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Barcelona is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Barcelona is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Barcelona is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Barcelona is 5 hours ahead |
Best time to call Barcelona
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Barcelona local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Barcelona | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Barcelona | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Barcelona | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Barcelona | 4.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
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