Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain · UTC+1
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a city of over 300,000 sitting on the northeastern tip of Gran Canaria, with a natural harbor that has made it a transatlantic waypoint for centuries. Columbus stopped here four times on his voyages to the Americas. Today it runs on Atlantic/Canary time: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer, one hour behind mainland Spain.
The timezone gap between Las Palmas and Madrid is politically interesting. Spain as a whole is on Central European Time (UTC+1/+2), but the Canary Islands use Western European Time (UTC+0/+1) because their geographic reality demanded it. Las Palmas is at 28 degrees north and 15 degrees west, which puts it at a natural solar position close to UTC+0. Keeping CET would mean solar noon arriving around 1:30pm in winter, far behind the clock.
old city and tourism boom, shared Atlantic time
Las Palmas has an old city (Vegueta) that dates to the 15th-century Spanish conquest of the Canaries, and a modern city built up along the beach during the late 20th-century tourism boom. The two parts operate on somewhat different schedules: the old city’s cultural institutions and the new city’s hotel zones don’t entirely overlap in their daily rhythms.
La Laguna on Tenerife keeps the same clock. 9am in Las Palmas is 9am in London in winter, matching UTC+0 exactly.
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Questions about time in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- What timezone is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in?
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is in Western European Time (WET), using the IANA timezone
Atlantic/Canary. The standard UTC offset is UTC+0 in winter. During daylight saving time (summer), it becomes Western European Summer Time (WEST) at UTC+1. - Does Las Palmas de Gran Canaria observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+0 to UTC+1.
- What is the current UTC offset for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is currently at UTC+1. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and New York?
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Los Angeles?
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Tokyo?
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Las Palmas de Gran Canaria transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is
Atlantic/Canary. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Atlantic/Canary' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Atlantic/Canary')`), or any IANA-compatible library.