What time is it in Spain?

Spain is currently on standard time, UTC+1:00. The next change is Sunday, March 28, 2027, when clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Spain spans 2 time zones, so “the time in Spain” depends where. Each has its own page. The IANA database lists 3 zone entries for Spain; the others are historical splits that now keep the same clock as one of these.

Madrid is 6 hours ahead of New York and 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 3:00 pm in Madrid.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The day is 10 hours 1 minute long in Madrid, and losing 2 minutes a day. The sun peaks at 12:58 pm, 58 minutes after noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Madrid sits 75 minutes of solar time west of UTC+1:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 5 hours 47 minutes in Madrid: 15 hours 4 minutes of daylight at the June solstice against 9 hours 17 minutes at the December one. Being north of the equator, its longest day falls in June — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

On UTC+1:00 right now, the same clock as Spain: