Spain · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
San Sebastián, 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 San Sebastián 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 San Sebastián lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between San Sebastián 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 San Sebastián lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between San Sebastián 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 San Sebastián 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 San Sebastián.
Practical Info
San Sebastián (Spain) is home to roughly 190K people. Today brings about 15.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 21:54. 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 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Spain
Capital
Madrid
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Madrid
Coordinates
43.32°N, 1.98°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+34
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
San Sebastián has among the highest concentrations of Michelin stars per resident in the world — a handful of three-star restaurants in a city of under 190,000 — alongside a pintxo bar culture that predates any of them.
The clock: San Sebastián keeps UTC+1, and its Tamborrada begins at midnight on 20 January with thousands of drummers and lasts a full 24 hours.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap