Current time in Spain
Local time in Spain
The time in Spain is 2 hours ahead of UTC and 6 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in Spain
| Current time |
9:07 a.m.
|
| Daylight saving time | 1 hour |
| Timezone | Central European Summer Time (CEST) |
| Olson timezone name | Europe/Madrid |
| Time difference | 6 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 2 hours ahead of UTC |
Spain Daylight Saving time (DST)
Spain uses Daylight Savings time. In the table below you can find out when DST begins and when DST ends in Spain.
| DST Started 2022 | March 27, 2022 Forward 1 hour |
| DST Ends 2022 | Oct. 30, 2022 Backward 1 hour |
| Next DST Start 2023 | March 26, 2023 Forward 1 hour |
Spain
Spain uses Central European Time CET and Central European Sumer Time CEST. CET is UTC +0100 and CEST is UTC +0200. Spain's latitude and longitude is 40° 00N and 4° 00W! Therefore Spain is in the wrong time zone. The Prime Meridian runs through the country, geographically it is clear Spain should be observing GMT. Considering its high latitude the use of daylight savings time in Spain is less surprising.
Important cities in
has several timezones, the current time in some important cities in is shown below.