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Time in Bilbao, Spain now

11:34:52pm

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

April Fools' Day

Bilbao switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 30. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:51AM ↓ 08:40PM (12h 48m) - More info - Make Bilbao time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bilbao

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 1 hour behind Giohar

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Bilbao is 2 hours behind the time in Giohar when Bilbao is on standard time, and 1 hour behind the time in Giohar when Bilbao is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bilbao is Europe/Madrid.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM 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: 07:51AM
Sunset: 08:40PM
Day length: 12h 48m
Solar noon: 02:15PM
The current local time in Bilbao is 135 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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