Meeting time
Best time to meet: Madrid and Shenzhen
Madrid is 7 hours behind Shenzhen right now. Their working days overlap for 1 hour: 9 AM to 10 AM in Madrid, which is 4 PM to 5 PM in Shenzhen. The easiest time to meet is 9 AM in Madrid (4 PM in Shenzhen).
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 | Shenzhen | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1 PM | Shenzhen at work |
| 7 AM | 2 PM | Shenzhen at work |
| 8 AM | 3 PM | Shenzhen at work |
| 9 AM | 4 PM | Easiest time |
| 10 AM | 5 PM | Madrid at work |
| 11 AM | 6 PM | Madrid at work |
| 12 PM | 7 PM | Madrid at work |
| 1 PM | 8 PM | Madrid at work |
| 2 PM | 9 PM | Madrid at work |
| 3 PM | 10 PM | Madrid at work |
| 4 PM | 11 PM | Madrid at work |
| 5 PM | 12 AM next day | Both off |
| 6 PM | 1 AM next day | Both off |
| 7 PM | 2 AM next day | Both off |
| 8 PM | 3 AM next day | Both off |
| 9 PM | 4 AM next day | Both off |
| 10 PM | 5 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 / Shenzhen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now to March 28, 2027 | 7 hours behind | 9 AM–10 AM (1 hour) | 9 AM / 4 PM |
| March 28, 2027 to October 31, 2027 clocks in Madrid go forward | 6 hours behind | 9 AM–11 AM (2 hours) | 10 AM / 4 PM |
| October 31, 2027 onward clocks in Madrid go back | 7 hours behind | 9 AM–10 AM (1 hour) | 9 AM / 4 PM |
Madrid keeps the same clock as Berlin; Shenzhen keeps the same clock as Singapore.
Questions people ask
4 PM in Shenzhen, while Madrid is 7 hours behind.
9 AM in Madrid, which is 4 PM in Shenzhen. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 10 AM Madrid time.
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
Every city from Madrid · Every city from Shenzhen · 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.