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Time in Bilbao, Spain now

00:28:14

Saturday, March 29, 2025, week 13

Bilbao switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 30. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:57 ↓ 19:36 (12h 39m) - More info - Make Bilbao time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bilbao

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 30 March 2025: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
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 October 27 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 30 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Bilbao

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bilbao

Sunrise: 06:57
Sunset: 19:36
Day length: 12h 39m
Solar noon: 13:16
The current local time in Bilbao is 76 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bilbao on the map

Location: Spain
Latitude: 43.26. Longitude: -2.93
Population: 346,000

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Best restaurants in Bilbao

#1 El Informal - Mediterranean and spanish food
#2 Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao - European and spanish food
#3 La Despensa del Etxanobe - European and vegetarian options food
#4 Ola Martin Berasategui - European and spanish food

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