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Madrid for remote work

UTC+1 Europe/Madrid · UTC+1 in January, UTC+2 in July

Photo: Dmitry Dzhus from London, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here
Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Price level 69 Moderate: household prices Spain-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 6 / 12 March–June, September–October

Your team's working day, on Madrid's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Madrid; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00
2 h
US Pacific 18:00–02:00
0 h
UK 10:00–18:00
7 h
Central Europe 09:00–17:00
8 h

Clock changes ahead in Madrid: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Feb2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Mar2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Apr2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
May2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jun2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jul2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Aug2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Sep2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Oct2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Nov2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Dec2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (1.9), high 10°C10°JanFebruary: Poor (3.6), high 13°C13°FebMarch: Good (6.9), high 16°C16°MarApril: Great (8.8), high 18°C18°AprMay: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°MayJune: Great (8.5), high 29°C29°JunJuly: Fair (6.0), high 32°C32°JulAugust: Fair (6.4), high 32°C32°AugSeptember: Great (10.0), high 26°C26°SepOctober: Great (10.0), high 20°C20°OctNovember: Fair (5.2), high 14°C14°NovDecember: Poor (2.4), high 11°C11°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan10°C2°C34 mm2°C dry9.4 h1.9
Feb13°C3°C29 mm2°C dry10.5 h3.6
Mar16°C6°C33 mm3°C dry11.7 h6.9
Apr18°C8°C44 mm5°C dry13.1 h8.8
May23°C11°C43 mm8°C dry14.2 h10.0
Jun29°C16°C16 mm9°C dry14.9 h8.5
Jul32°C18°C8 mm10°C comfortable14.6 h6.0
Aug32°C18°C8 mm11°C comfortable13.6 h6.4
Sep26°C14°C25 mm9°C dry12.3 h10.0
Oct20°C10°C60 mm8°C dry10.9 h10.0
Nov14°C6°C51 mm5°C dry9.7 h5.2
Dec11°C3°C44 mm3°C dry9.1 h2.4

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
3,506,730 (2025)
Elevation
663 m
Airports
Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD), 14 km
Time zone
Europe/Madrid
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Spain's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Madrid on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-28. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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