What time is it in Andorra?
CET / CEST · Europe/Andorra
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CET UTC+01:00
UTC+01:00
UTC+02:00 in summerCentral European Standard Time
Andorra keeps Central European Time, UTC+1, and puts its clocks forward to Central European Summer Time, UTC+2, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The principality sits outside the European Union yet changes on the same nights as Spain and France, the two countries around it. One zone covers the whole country. The time zone database lists it as Europe/Andorra, and every parish keeps the clock of Andorra la Vella.
Today
Daylight in Andorra la Vella today
DayLive
12:00
- Sunrise
- 07:47First light 07:19
- Sunset
- 19:42Last light 20:10
- Day length
- 11 h 55 min−3 min on yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:44Sun at 46°, its highest
Plan a call
Find an hour that works in Andorra and elsewhere
The two rows are the same day, hour for hour. Pick a city, then an hour, and the line between the rows marks the office hours both sides share.
Time difference
How far Andorra is from other places
Neighbours
- SpainMadridSame time
- FranceParisSame time
Around the world
- London−1 h
- New York−6 h
- Los Angeles−9 h
- São Paulo−5 h
- Moscow+1 h
- Dubai+2 h
- Delhi+3:30 h
- Beijing+6 h
- Tokyo+7 h
- Sydney+8 h
Clock changes
When the clocks change in Andorra
Next change
Sunday, 25 October 2026
Clocks go back one hour: at 03:00 it becomes 02:00 CET, UTC+01:00. The night is an hour longer.
| Year | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 25 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2027 | 28 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 31 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2028 | 26 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 29 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2029 | 25 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 28 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2030 | 31 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 27 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
Until 1901 Andorra ran on local mean time, six minutes ahead of Greenwich, and then on Greenwich time itself until after the Second World War. The time zone database dates the move to UTC+1 to 1946. Summer time came much later. The clocks stayed on UTC+1 all year until 1985, and have gone forward every spring since, on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset through the year in Andorra la Vella
- Sunrise
- 07:47
- Sunset
- 19:42
- Daylight
- 11 h 55 min
- Change
- −3 min
Longest day of 2026: 17 June, 15 h 18 min.
Computed for 42.51, 1.52 at sea level with the NOAA solar equations, to the nearest minute, taking no account of hills.
Writing the time
- Clock
- 24-hour
- Short date
- 5/3/26
- Long date
- 5 de març del 2026
- Week starts
- Monday
- Zone names
- CET / CEST
- Time zone database
- Andorra
History
How the clocks in Andorra got here
- 1890
- To 1900.Local mean time, UTC+00:06, before the standard zone.
- 1901
- To 1945.UTC+00:00 all year.
- 1946
- Clocks on UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 at different times of the year.
- 1947
- To 1984.UTC+01:00 all year, no summer time.
- 1985
- To today.UTC+01:00 in winter, UTC+02:00 in summer time.
From the IANA time zone database, Europe/Andorra, as the build machine carries it.
Common questions
Questions about the time in Andorra
What time zone is Andorra in?
Central European Time, UTC+1, in winter and Central European Summer Time, UTC+2, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The whole principality keeps one zone, listed in the time zone database as Europe/Andorra, and all of its parishes, from Canillo to Sant Julià de Lòria, read the same clock.
When do the clocks change in Andorra in 2026?
The clocks went forward on Sunday 29 March 2026, from 02:00 to 03:00, and go back on Sunday 25 October, from 03:00 to 02:00. In 2027 the changes fall on 28 March and 31 October. Both changes take place at 01:00 UTC, the same instant as in Spain and France.
Is Andorra on the same time as Spain and France?
Yes, all year. Spain and France both keep Central European Time and apply the European Union's summer-time dates. Andorra is not a member, but its own rule is the same one, last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October, so crossing either border never means resetting a watch.
When did Andorra start using summer time?
In 1985. Andorra had moved from Greenwich time to Central European Time after the Second World War, a change the time zone database places in 1946, but for almost four decades afterwards the clocks stayed on UTC+1 through the summer. Since 1985 they have gone forward every year, on the same dates as its two neighbours.
Why does the sun set so late in Andorra?
Andorra la Vella lies about 1.5 degrees east of Greenwich, so its mean solar time runs only six minutes ahead of Greenwich; that was the principality's official time until 1901. On Central European Time the clocks are about 54 minutes ahead of the sun, and in summer nearly two hours ahead. Spain and France, whose natural zone is also UTC+0, keep the same clock, so the late sunsets are shared on both sides of the border.
What is the time difference between Andorra and London?
One hour, with Andorra ahead. The United Kingdom keeps Greenwich Mean Time in winter and British Summer Time in summer, and moves its clocks on the same Sundays in March and October as Andorra. When it is 12:00 in London it is 13:00 in Andorra la Vella, in any season.