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Saturday, 7 November 2026

Time zone information for Barcelona

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
▪Time in Barcelona is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Barcelona is Europe/Madrid.
October25Sunday2026

Latest change: Standard time began

  • ▪Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
  • ▪The time was set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027

Next change: Daylight saving time begins

  • ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
  • ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Barcelona

  • ▪Sunrise: 07:29
  • ▪Sunset: 17:39
  • ▪Day length: 10h 9m
  • ▪Solar noon: 12:35
  • ▪Current time in Barcelona is currently 35 minutes ahead of solar time.

Barcelona on map

  • ▪Location: Catalonia, Spain
  • ▪Latitude: 41,39. Longitude: 2,16
  • ▪Population: 1,686,208
  • ▪Elevation: 15 m

Time difference

from Barcelona

−9h
18:23(-1d)
−7h
20:23(-1d)
−6h
21:23(-1d)
−6h
21:23(-1d)
−4h
23:23(-1d)
−1h
02:23
−1h
02:23
0h
03:23
0h
03:23
0h
03:23
+1h
04:23
+1h
04:23
+2h
05:23
+2h
05:23
+3h
06:23
+4,5h
07:53
+6h
09:23
+7h
10:23
+7h
10:23
+7h
10:23
+8h
11:23
+10h
13:23

Sun cycle

Currently night time
Sunrise 07:29
Solar noon 12:35
Sunset 17:39

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
Europe/Madrid
Abbreviation
CET
UTC offset
UTC+01:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
28 Mar 2027
in 140 days, 22 hours
Current Unix epoch
1794018220

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
07:29
Sunset
17:39
Solar noon
12:35
Day length
10h 09m
Night length
13h 50m
Civil twilight
07:00 – 18:08

Geography & country

Country
Spain
Region / State
Catalonia
Elevation
15 m
Population
1,686,208

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