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Current Time in Valencia, Spain

Time and Sun Facts for Valencia

Local time
6:12 pm
Date
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Time zone
Europe/Madrid
UTC offset
UTC+2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Next clock change
25 October 2026 — clocks go back
Sunrise
8:21 am
Sunset
7:10 pm
Day length
10 hours 49 minutes
Coordinates
39.47, -0.38

How Valencia Keeps Time

Valencia keeps CEST, UTC+2. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Valencia; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Valencia runs on the Europe/Madrid zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+2 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC+1 on standard time and UTC+2 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 25 October 2026, when clocks go back one hour.

The sun rises in Valencia at 8:21 am today and sets at 7:10 pm — 10 hours 49 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:45 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (39.47, -0.38), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Valencia has about 14 hours 57 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 23 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 35 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Valencia’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 2 hours 2 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:45 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.

CEST is one of several zones in Spain, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.

Valencia at a Glance

Coordinates39.4700, -0.3800
IANA time zoneEurope/Madrid
Current UTC offsetUTC+2
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today8:21 am
Sunset today7:10 pm
Solar noon1:45 pm
Daylight today10 hours 49 minutes
Straight-line distance to Madrid302 km
Current clock difference vs MadridSame civil time

How Valencia Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Valencia. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Valencia
London5:12 pm1 hour behind
New York12:12 pm6 hours behind
Los Angeles9:12 am9 hours behind
Dubai8:12 pm2 hours ahead
Karachi9:12 pm3 hours ahead
Singapore12:12 am6 hours ahead
Tokyo1:12 am7 hours ahead
Sydney3:12 am9 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Valencia

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Madrid302 km6:12 pm
Barcelona304 km6:12 pm
Bilbao472 km6:12 pm
Seville540 km6:12 pm
Las Palmas1,874 km5:12 pm

Other Cities in Spain

Spain keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.

CityLocal timeOffset
Barcelona6:12 pmUTC+2
Bilbao6:12 pmUTC+2
Las Palmas5:12 pmUTC+1
Madrid6:12 pmUTC+2
Seville6:12 pmUTC+2

Questions People Ask

When does Valencia next change its clocks?

The next transition is 25 October 2026. Use Europe/Madrid in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.

Is Valencia the time everywhere in Spain?

No. Spain currently has 2 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.

Why is solar noon in Valencia far from 12:00?

The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 1:45 pm.