Current time in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Western European Time
UTC+01:00- Time zone
- Western European Time · Atlantic/Canary
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 WEST
- Abbreviation
- WET / WEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 01:00, back the last Sunday in October at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00 (WEST → WET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Canary Islands, Spain · 28.10° N, 15.42° W
- Population
- 383,516
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at about 13:02 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 2 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:45 and 14:08 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:05 | 19:12 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 07:05 | 21:01 | 13h 56m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:50 | 19:57 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:48 | 18:10 | 10h 22m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:53–19:50 (11 h 57 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Laayoune, Western Sahara · 240 km · clock 1 h behind
- Funchal, Portugal · 530 km
- Casablanca, Morocco · 960 km · clock 1 h behind
- Rabat, Morocco · 1,050 km · clock 1 h behind
- Nouakchott, Mauritania · 1,110 km · clock 1 h behind
- Fes, Morocco · 1,190 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Funchal, Portugal · 530 km
- Lisbon, Portugal · 1,320 km
- Saint Helier, Jersey · 2,610 km
- Saint Peter Port, Guernsey · 2,620 km
- London, United Kingdom · 2,900 km
- Dublin, Ireland · 2,900 km