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
| Coordinates | 39.4700, -0.3800 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Europe/Madrid |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+2 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 8:21 am |
| Sunset today | 7:10 pm |
| Solar noon | 1:45 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 49 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Madrid | 302 km |
| Current clock difference vs Madrid | Same 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.
| City | Local time | Compared with Valencia |
|---|---|---|
| London | 5:12 pm | 1 hour behind |
| New York | 12:12 pm | 6 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 9:12 am | 9 hours behind |
| Dubai | 8:12 pm | 2 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 9:12 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 12:12 am | 6 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 1:12 am | 7 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 3:12 am | 9 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.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 302 km | 6:12 pm |
| Barcelona | 304 km | 6:12 pm |
| Bilbao | 472 km | 6:12 pm |
| Seville | 540 km | 6:12 pm |
| Las Palmas | 1,874 km | 5:12 pm |
Other Cities in Spain
Spain keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 6:12 pm | UTC+2 |
| Bilbao | 6:12 pm | UTC+2 |
| Las Palmas | 5:12 pm | UTC+1 |
| Madrid | 6:12 pm | UTC+2 |
| Seville | 6:12 pm | UTC+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.
More Clocks and Time Zones
the current time in Valencia, Spain has its own page so it can be linked to directly. World Clock is the way in to everywhere else on the site.