IANA Name: Europe/Madrid
Standard Offset: UTC +01:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +02:00
DST Abbreviation: CEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Europe/Madrid
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The current local time in Europe/Madrid is 06:45:33. Europe/Madrid is currently UTC+01:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Europe/Madrid is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — Europe/Madrid observes DST. In standard time it is CET UTC+01:00; during DST it switches to CEST UTC+02:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Major cities in Europe/Madrid include A Coruña, Albacete, Alcalá de Guadaira, Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Algeciras, Algorta. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
Europe/Madrid is used (in whole or in part) by Spain. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Europe/Madrid and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.