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Time in Bilbao, Spain now

11:34:46AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Bilbao switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:38AM ↓ 06:13PM (10h 35m) - More info - Make Bilbao time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bilbao

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Bilbao is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bilbao can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bilbao is Europe/Madrid.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Bilbao

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bilbao

Sunrise: 07:38AM
Sunset: 06:13PM
Day length: 10h 35m
Solar noon: 12:56PM
The current local time in Bilbao is 56 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bilbao on the map

Location: Spain
Latitude: 43.26. Longitude: -2.93
Population: 348,000

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Best restaurants in Bilbao

#1 El Informal - Mediterranean and spanish food
#2 Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao - European and spanish food
#3 La Despensa del Etxanobe - European and vegetarian options food
#4 Ola Martin Berasategui - European and spanish food

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