Meeting time

Best time to meet: Madrid and Istanbul

Madrid is 2 hours behind Istanbul right now. Their working days overlap for 6 hours: 9 AM to 3 PM in Madrid, which is 11 AM to 5 PM in Istanbul. The easiest time to meet is 11:30 AM in Madrid (1:30 PM in Istanbul).

Tue 4:57 PMMadrid · Central European Standard TimeTue 6:57 PMIstanbul · Türkiye Standard Time
Start a free meetingSend a booking link that shows your times in their zone

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.

MadridIstanbul
6 AM8 AMBoth off
7 AM9 AMIstanbul at work
8 AM10 AMIstanbul at work
9 AM11 AMBoth at work
10 AM12 PMBoth at work
11 AM1 PMBoth at work
12 PM2 PMBoth at work
1 PM3 PMBoth at work
2 PM4 PMBoth at work
3 PM5 PMMadrid at work
4 PM6 PMMadrid at work
5 PM7 PMBoth off
6 PM8 PMBoth off
7 PM9 PMBoth off
8 PM10 PMBoth off
9 PM11 PMBoth off
10 PM12 AM next dayBoth off

When the clocks change

The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:

DatesMadrid isBoth at work (Madrid time)Easiest (Madrid / Istanbul)
Now to March 28, 20272 hours behind9 AM–3 PM (6 hours)11:30 AM / 1:30 PM
March 28, 2027 to October 31, 2027
clocks in Madrid go forward		1 hour behind9 AM–4 PM (7 hours)10 AM / 11 AM
October 31, 2027 onward
clocks in Madrid go back		2 hours behind9 AM–3 PM (6 hours)11:30 AM / 1:30 PM

Madrid keeps the same clock as Berlin.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Istanbul when it is 9 AM in Madrid?
11 AM in Istanbul, while Madrid is 2 hours behind.
When is the best time for a call between Madrid and Istanbul?
11:30 AM in Madrid, which is 1:30 PM in Istanbul. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 3 PM Madrid time.
Does the time difference between Madrid and Istanbul change during the year?
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.

More cities

New York and Madrid2 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM New York timeLondon and Madrid7 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM London timeSan Francisco and MadridNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM San Francisco timeLos Angeles and MadridNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM Los Angeles timeBangalore and Madrid3 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 2:30 PM Bangalore timeSingapore and Madrid1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Singapore timeSydney and MadridNo shared working hours · fairest at 5:30 PM Sydney timeTokyo and MadridNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM Tokyo timeToronto and Madrid2 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Toronto timeChicago and Madrid1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Chicago timeDubai and Madrid5 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Dubai timeMumbai and Madrid3 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 2:30 PM Mumbai time

Every city from Madrid · Every city from Istanbul · All cities · Plan across more than two cities

Try Meetful

Meetings that take their own notes

Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.

Try Meetful freeSee what it does