Madrid to Sydney: time difference and best times to meet
Sydney is 10 hours ahead of Madrid. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
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Madrid and Sydney time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual Madrid and Sydney clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Madrid day and the matching hour in Sydney. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Madrid | Sydney | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 10am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 1am | 11am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 2am | 12pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 3am | 1pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 4am | 2pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 5am | 3pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 6am | 4pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 7am | 5pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 9am | 7pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 10am | 8pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 11am | 9pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 12pm | 10pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 1pm | 11pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 2pm | 12am | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 3pm | 1am | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 4pm | 2am | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 5pm | 3am | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 11pm | 9am | Working hours in Sydney only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Sydney goes from 10 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of Madrid.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Sydney goes from 9 hours ahead of to 8 hours ahead of Madrid.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Sydney goes from 8 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of Madrid.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Sydney goes from 9 hours ahead of to 10 hours ahead of Madrid.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Sydney is off, Madrid is working.
- Sunday, December 6, 2026 — Constitution Day — Madrid is off, Sydney is working.
- Tuesday, December 8, 2026 — Immaculate Conception — Madrid is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Madrid is off, Sydney is working.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Madrid is working.
Madrid and Sydney have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Madrid and Sydney?
- Sydney is currently 10 hours ahead of Madrid. That changes to 9 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Madrid and Sydney?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do Madrid and Sydney overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Madrid–Sydney gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, March 28, 2027 (10 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 8 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (8 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 10 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Madrid–Sydney meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in Madrid.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Madrid
- Madrid ↔ Hong Kong2 hours of overlap
- Madrid ↔ Shanghai2 hours of overlap
- Madrid ↔ Denver1 hours of overlap
- Madrid ↔ Tokyo1 hours of overlap
- Madrid ↔ Seoul1 hours of overlap
- Madrid ↔ Los AngelesNo working-hours overlap
- Madrid ↔ San FranciscoNo working-hours overlap
- Madrid ↔ MelbourneNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved