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Alicante

UTC+2

Spain · CEST

Summer
02:44:02Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:42↓ 21:3024:00
Sunrise
06:42
Sunset
21:30
Daylight
14.8hrs
Population
340K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Alicante, Spain runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Alicante and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Alicante lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Alicante and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Alicante lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Alicante and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Alicante lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Alicante.

Practical Info

Alicante (Spain) is home to roughly 340K people. Today brings about 14.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:42, sunset at 21:30. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 38° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Spain

Spain

Capital

Madrid

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

CEST · Europe/Madrid

Coordinates

38.35°N, 0.48°W

Currency

EUR (€)

Calling Code

+34

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Spanish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Bonfires on the Shortest Night

The Hogueras de San Juan burns hundreds of large sculptures across Alicante on the night of 23 June, the summer solstice, after a week of display. One figure is pardoned each year and kept in a museum.

The clock: Alicante keeps UTC+1. Spain's official altitude datum — the reference point for every elevation in the country — is a benchmark at Alicante's town hall.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
AlicanteUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824