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Time.is

Time in Madrid, Spain now

11:35:33AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Madrid switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:37AM ↓ 06:21PM (10h 44m) - More info - Make Madrid time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Madrid

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 Madrid 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 Madrid can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Madrid 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 Madrid

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 Madrid

Sunrise: 07:37AM
Sunset: 06:21PM
Day length: 10h 44m
Solar noon: 12:59PM
The current local time in Madrid is 59 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Madrid on the map

Madrid is the capital of Spain.
Latitude: 40.42. Longitude: -3.70
Population: 3,417,000

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#3 Smoked Room Madrid. Fire Omakase by Dani García - Contemporary food
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