Spain · WEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain runs on UTC+1. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 5-hour difference between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Santa Cruz de Tenerife and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Practical Info
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) is home to roughly 210K people. Today brings about 13.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:12, sunset at 21:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 28° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Spain
Capital
Madrid
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
WEST · Atlantic/Canary
Coordinates
28.46°N, 16.25°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+34
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mount Teide rises to 3,715 metres, the highest point in Spain and the third-tallest volcanic structure on Earth measured from its ocean base. It last erupted in 1909.
The clock: the Canaries keep UTC+0, an hour behind mainland Spain, and Teide's summit observatory takes advantage of some of the clearest night skies in the northern hemisphere.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap