# Spain to switch to winter time on 25 October

23 October 2026 at 17:25

> Clocks will go back one hour this Sunday as Spain transitions to winter time amid ongoing government debates regarding the practice.

**Spain** will transition to winter time during the early hours of Sunday, 25 October 2026. At 03:00, clocks across the country will be set back one hour to 02:00. This adjustment, published in the **Official State Gazette**, follows the final Sunday of October rule.

The practice became mandatory for **Eurozone** territories in 1981 under Directive 2000/84/EC to maximise daylight and reduce energy consumption. However, the **Spanish Sleep Society** warns of negative health impacts, and the EU proposed ending the shifts in 2018.

In 2025, the Spanish Government requested that the EU eliminate the time change from 2026. President **Pedro Sánchez** stated the mechanism barely aids energy savings, following a 2019 expert commission tasked with reviewing the efficacy of the seasonal shift.


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