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Time in Alicante, Spain now

02:36:40AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Alicante switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:47AM ↓ 08:25PM (12h 38m) - More info - Make Alicante time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Alicante

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Alicante 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 Alicante can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Alicante is Europe/Madrid.

Sunday March 29 2026

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 25 2026

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 Alicante

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 Alicante

Sunrise: 07:47AM
Sunset: 08:25PM
Day length: 12h 38m
Solar noon: 02:06PM
The current local time in Alicante is 126 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Alicante on the map

Location: Spain
Latitude: 38.35. Longitude: -0.48
Population: 349,000

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#1 Restaurante Koiné Bistró Alicante - Mediterranean and vegetarian options food
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