Check the current local time in Madrid, Spain. Madrid uses the Europe/Madrid time zone, with CET (UTC +1:00) during standard time and CEST (UTC +2:00) during daylight saving time.
CET
UTC +1:00
Used outside daylight saving time
CEST
UTC +2:00
Observed during daylight saving time
DST ends
October 25, 2026
Based on Last Sunday in March / Last Sunday in October
Madrid runs on CET (winter) or CEST (summer). Business hours in Spain traditionally include a longer midday break (some businesses close 2-5 PM), though this is less common in Madrid corporate life than in the south. Working day tends to run 9 AM - 8 PM with a longer lunch. Madrid Bolsa (IBEX 35) trading runs 9 AM - 5:30 PM CET.
Europe stretches across four main timezones — GMT/BST (UK, Ireland, Portugal), CET/CEST (most of continental Europe), EET/EEST (Greece, Finland, the Baltics), and MSK (Russia's westernmost cities). Most countries observe DST in unison — last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October — creating clean 1-hour steps between neighbouring zones. Icelandic and Russian cities are exceptions with no seasonal shift.
Madrid is located in Spain and uses the Europe/Madrid time zone. For anyone coordinating calls or meetings internationally, the key question is rarely "what time is it" — it's which hours in Madrid overlap with your own working day. Use the world clock comparison further down the page to see at a glance how Madrid aligns with other major cities.
Scheduling tip: Always reference a city name in calendar invites rather than a fixed UTC offset. Calendar apps like Google Calendar and Outlook will automatically adjust for any clock changes on both ends, so your meeting stays at the intended local time for everyone involved.
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Daylight Saving Time
DST ends on October 25, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in Madrid.
These cities share the same time zone as Madrid — when it's 8:58:49 AM here, it's the same local time there.
Major cities in Spain — some may be in a different time zone than Madrid if the country spans multiple zones.
Find the perfect overlap time between your timezone and Madrid. Our calculator shows when business hours align.
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