Current time in Madrid, Spain
Central European Time
UTC+02:00- Time zone
- Central European Time · Europe/Madrid
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 CEST
- Abbreviation
- CET / CEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 02:00, back the last Sunday in October at 03:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00 (CEST → CET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Spain (capital) · 40.42° N, 3.70° W
- Population
- 3,255,944
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Madrid at about 13:15 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 15 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 12:58 and 14:21 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:18 | 19:26 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:44 | 21:48 | 15h 04m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 08:03 | 20:10 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:34 | 17:51 | 9h 17m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 08:09–20:00 (11 h 51 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.