MadridSpain
Current time in Madrid, Spain
Friday, 25 September 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMadrid time at a glance
- Country
- Spain
- Location
- Capital city of Spain
- Time zone
Europe/Madrid- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Madrid time guide
Does Madrid change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Standard time
- Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
- Daylight time
- Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Madrid
- Madrid and London
- Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year
Municipality, province and region
Madrid city has 21 statistical districts
Madrid’s municipal register counted 3,527,924 city residents on 1 January 2025 and publishes annual data by district and neighborhood. The Community of Madrid and the wider metropolitan area extend beyond the municipality and have larger totals.
Time-zone identity for Madrid
- IANA zone
Europe/Madrid- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- CEST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Madrid is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Madrid
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Madrid
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Madrid, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Madrid, capital of Spain
Madrid is the capital of Spain. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Spain
- Administrative area
- Spain
- Population
- 3,255,944
- Coordinates
- 40.4165° N, 3.7026° W. The elevation is 665 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Madrid
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Madrid. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Madrid CentroMadrid, SpainLess than 1 km away
Europe/MadridSame local time - EmbajadoresMadrid, Spain0.8 km south
Europe/MadridSame local time - JusticiaMadrid, Spain0.9 km northeast
Europe/MadridSame local time - LavapiésMadrid, Spain0.9 km south
Europe/MadridSame local time - PalacioMadrid, Spain1 km west
Europe/MadridSame local time - UniversidadMadrid, Spain1.1 km north
Europe/MadridSame local time
Sources for Madrid time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Madrid municipal-register population 2025Madrid City Council · Population at 2025-01-01 · AccessedOfficial city and district municipal-register results.