Telde, Spain · UTC+1
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Telde sits on the eastern coast of Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa, and it runs on a different clock than the Spanish mainland despite being fully part of Spain. The Canary Islands use Western European Time, UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer, placing them one hour behind Madrid and Barcelona.
The offset makes geographic sense. The Canaries sit closer in longitude to Morocco and the UK than to the Iberian Peninsula. Putting them on the same clock as mainland Spain would mean solar noon arriving close to 2pm in winter, an already-late midday pushed even further.
pre-Hispanic roots and fixed one-hour gap
Telde itself is older than Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the island capital. The pre-Hispanic Guanche people established significant settlements here. The colonial city that followed kept their road patterns in parts, giving Telde a different texture than the grid-planned later towns.
The Canaries do not observe DST in isolation: they switch in sync with the rest of Europe, so the one-hour gap from mainland Spain is constant year-round. For businesses dealing with Madrid, the difference is a fixed and easy adjustment.
9am in Telde is 9am in London in winter. Las Palmas shares the Canary Island timezone.
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Questions about time in Telde
- What timezone is Telde in?
- Telde 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 Telde observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Telde 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 Telde?
- Telde is currently at UTC+1. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Telde and New York?
- Telde is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Telde and Los Angeles?
- Telde is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Telde and Tokyo?
- Telde is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Telde transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Telde?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Telde 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.