Madrid, Spain
Current time in Spain
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Madrid
| Madrid is the capital of Spain, and the largest municipality of the Community of Madrid. The population of the city is almost 3.2 million with a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union. |
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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 |
Time zone in Madrid
If you need the offset: Madrid is on CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+02:00. The matching IANA zone is Europe/Madrid.
Daylight saving applies here. Clocks next move back 1 hour on Sunday, 25 October 2026, putting Madrid on CET and changing its gap to every other zone listed below.
Madrid is one of 99 Spain cities here, spread over 3 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.
How far ahead or behind is Madrid?
Read this as: relative to each city below, Madrid is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Madrid is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Madrid is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Madrid is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Madrid |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Madrid is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Madrid is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Madrid is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Madrid is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Madrid is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Madrid is 5 hours ahead |
When Madrid and other cities overlap
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Madrid local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Madrid | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Madrid | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Madrid | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Madrid | 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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