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Spain uses 2 time zones : The peninsula and the Balearic Islands with UTC +1 / UTC +2 in summer, and the Canary Islands with UTC 0 / UTC +1 in summer. More info. | Spain vs US| Spain vs Australia

Spain Daylight Saving Time 2024
• On Sunday October 27, Spain * turned the clock back one hour, at 3:00 am it was 2:00 am Daylight Saving Time Ended.
• On Sunday October 27, the Canary Islands turned the clock back one hour, at 2:00 am it was 1:00 am Daylight Saving Time Ended. More info.
*including Balearic Islands

The Clock time is updated with the time change, along with the time zone and summer or winter symbols. + info.
Spain España (2 Time Zones)
Canary Islands Spain and Balearic Islands
El Hierro A Coruña
Fuerteventura Alicante
Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) Barcelona
La Gomera Bilbao
Lanzarote Madrid
La Palma Málaga
Tenerife (Santa Cruz) Murcia
  Mallorca (Palma) -Balearic Islands-
  Sevilla
  Valencia
  Zaragoza
  Ceuta / Melilla (Morocco)
Spanish autonomous cities (same time change as Spain)
WET = standard 0h
WEST = summer +1h
CET = standard +1h
CEST = summer +2h
WET = Western European Time
WEST = Western European Summer Time
CET = Central European Time
CEST = Central European Summer Time
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Spain 2 Time Zones

Spain Time Zones

Spain observe 2 time zones:
1 The Iberian Peninsula Spain together with the Balearic Islands, observe the time zone CET/CEST Central European (Summer) Time, UTC +1 in winter time and UTC +2 in summer time.

Spain advances the clock one hour on the last Sunday in March at 2:00 a.m. and turns back the time on the last Sunday in October at 3:00 a.m.

Spain time zones with current time
Canary Islands Spain and Balearic Islands
Gran Canaria Madrid
Tenerife Mallorca (Balearic Isl.)
WET = standard 0h
WEST = summer +1h
CET = standard +1h
CEST = summer +2h
Western European Time
Western European Summer Time
Central European Time
Central European Summer Time
More locationes in the Canary Islands More locations in Spain
Daylight Saving Time Spain 2024
Starts + 1h Ends - 1h
March-31 Sun.
2:00 → 3:00
October-27 Sun.
3:00 → 2:00
CEST +2h daylight CET +1h standard

Canary Islands Time Zone

2 The Canary Islands observe 1 hour lest than respect to Spain, observing the time zone WET/WEST Western European (Summer) Time UTC 0h in winter time and UTC +1 in summer time.

The Canary Islands advance one hour on the last Sunday in March at 1:00 a.m. and turns back the hour on the last Sunday in October at 2:00 a.m.

Daylight Saving Time Canary Islands 2024
Starts + 1h Ends - 1h
March-31 Sun.
1:00 → 2:00
October-27 Sun.
2:00 → 1:00
WEST +1h daylight WET 0h standard
*2 time zones *Time change exception Capital Capital Most populous city Most populous city Capital of the country Capital of the country

Chronology time zones Spain

Before January 1, 1901, the official time of Spain was the Meridian of Madrid (3º 41'West), although each province had the local time corresponding to its Meridian, (the local time, was equal to the local length) .

On January 1, 1901, at 0h. the Greenwich Mean Time is adopted 0º UTC 0h. or (GMT 0h), consequently Local Time corresponded to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

On April 15, 1918, DST (Daylight Saving Time) was introduced for the first time, advancing the clock by 1 hour, so that in the summer time, the Coordinated Universal Time UTC + 1h was used with respect to the meridian of Greenwich 0º.

On March 16, 1940 at 11 p.m. the time of the 15º East Meridian UTC + 1h or (GMT + 1h) is adopted, so 1h is established of permanent advance with respect to (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time or the 0º Meridian (GMT), and 2h in summer time UTC + 2h.

In 1981 it is established that the time change begins on the last Sunday of March at 2:00 a.m. (+1 h), and end on the last Sunday of September at 3:00 a.m. (-1 h) In 1996, the month in which it ends changes and becomes October instead of September.

Clocks symbols:

Daylight Saving Time Daylight Saving Time. Standard or winter time UTC standard time, or winter time. No Daylight Saving Time No Daylight Saving Time throughout the year. 24 hour clock format

Clocks and symbols (daylight - winter) updated in real time as the time changes in different Spain time zones.