Spain
Time now in Barcelona
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 07:56Sunset 07:21Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Europe/Madrid
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
1,620,943
Sunrise
07:56
Sunset
07:21
Day length
11h 25m
Coordinates
41.40, 2.13
Time difference from Barcelona
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Barcelona right now.
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About the time in Barcelona
Sunrise today lands at 07:56 and sunset at 07:21 local time, giving 11h 25m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (41.40, 2.13) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Barcelona.
Around 1,620,943 people live in Barcelona, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Barcelona runs on Europe/Madrid, which puts the city UTC +2 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Barcelona
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Europe/Madrid, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Barcelona right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Barcelona, updating every second from Europe/Madrid (UTC +2).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Barcelona?
- Barcelona is UTC +2 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Barcelona in?
- Barcelona uses Europe/Madrid, currently UTC +2.
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