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Time in Bilbao, Spain now

05:59:30

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, week 14

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Bilbao switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:55 ↓ 20:37 (12h 42m) - More info - Make Bilbao time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bilbao

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Bilbao is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bilbao can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bilbao is Europe/Madrid.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Bilbao

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bilbao

Sunrise: 07:55
Sunset: 20:37
Day length: 12h 42m
Solar noon: 14:16
The current local time in Bilbao is 136 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bilbao on the map

Location: Spain
Latitude: 43.26. Longitude: -2.93
Population: 347,000

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Best restaurants in Bilbao

#1 HDH - IMPRESCINDIBLE RESERVAR - Fast food and vegetarian food
#2 Víctor Montes - Spanish and european food
#3 Restaurante Amaren - Steakhouses and european food

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