Meeting time
Best time to meet: Madrid and Adelaide
Madrid is 9 hours 30 minutes behind Adelaide right now, so their working days do not overlap. The time that asks least of both is 8 AM in Madrid, which is 5:30 PM in Adelaide — one of you starts early or stays late.
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Madrid time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Madrid | Adelaide | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 3:30 PM | Adelaide at work |
| 7 AM | 4:30 PM | Adelaide at work |
| 8 AM | 5:30 PM | Easiest time |
| 9 AM | 6:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 10 AM | 7:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 11 AM | 8:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 12 PM | 9:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 1 PM | 10:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 2 PM | 11:30 PM | Madrid at work |
| 3 PM | 12:30 AM next day | Madrid at work |
| 4 PM | 1:30 AM next day | Madrid at work |
| 5 PM | 2:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 6 PM | 3:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 7 PM | 4:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 8 PM | 5:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 9 PM | 6:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 10 PM | 7:30 AM next day | Both off |
When the clocks change
The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:
| Dates | Madrid is | Both at work (Madrid time) | Easiest (Madrid / Adelaide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now to March 28, 2027 | 9 hours 30 minutes behind | None | 8 AM / 5:30 PM |
| March 28, 2027 to April 4, 2027 clocks in Madrid go forward | 8 hours 30 minutes behind | None | 8:30 AM / 5 PM |
| April 4, 2027 to October 3, 2027 clocks in Adelaide go back | 7 hours 30 minutes behind | 9 AM–9:30 AM (30 minutes) | 9 AM / 4:30 PM |
| October 3, 2027 to October 31, 2027 clocks in Adelaide go forward | 8 hours 30 minutes behind | None | 8:30 AM / 5 PM |
| October 31, 2027 onward clocks in Madrid go back | 9 hours 30 minutes behind | None | 8 AM / 5:30 PM |
Madrid keeps the same clock as Berlin.
Questions people ask
6:30 PM in Adelaide, while Madrid is 9 hours 30 minutes behind.
8 AM in Madrid, which is 5:30 PM in Adelaide. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
Yes — it changes 4 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.
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