Madrid to São Paulo: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between Madrid and São Paulo — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
4 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 12:00–16:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | Madrid | Status | São Paulo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | Asleep | 21:00 prev day | Late night |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | Asleep | 22:00 prev day | Late night |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | Asleep | 23:00 prev day | Late night |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | Asleep | 00:00 | Asleep |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | Early morning | 01:00 | Asleep |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | Early morning | 02:00 | Asleep |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | Early morning | 03:00 | Asleep |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | Working hours | 04:00 | Asleep |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | Working hours | 05:00 | Asleep |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | Working hours | 06:00 | Early morning |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 07:00 | Early morning |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 08:00 | Early morning |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 09:00 | Working hours |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Evening | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | Late night | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | Late night | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | Late night | 18:00 | Evening |
| 22:00 | 00:00 next day | Asleep | 19:00 | Evening |
| 23:00 | 01:00 next day | Asleep | 20:00 | Evening |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in Madrid | 04:00 in São Paulo |
| 12:00 in Madrid | 07:00 in São Paulo |
| 15:00 in Madrid | 10:00 in São Paulo |
| 17:00 in Madrid | 12:00 in São Paulo |
Daylight saving
Madrid next moves its clocks back on 25 October 2026, to UTC+1. São Paulo does not observe daylight saving — this offset is fixed all year.
Only one side changes its clocks
Madrid observes daylight saving and São Paulo does not. The difference between these two cities is therefore not constant — it changes twice a year, entirely because of the Madrid side. A recurring meeting fixed to local time in São Paulo will appear to move by an hour in Madrid, and vice versa.
Scheduling across this corridor
Europe and South America have a workable afternoon-to-afternoon overlap, with Brazil running a few hours behind Western Europe. Brazil dropped daylight saving in 2019 while Europe kept it, so the gap changes by an hour between European summer and winter. This is the single most common cause of missed calls on this corridor: the offset people memorised during one season is wrong in the other.
About Madrid
Madrid sits on Central European Time despite being geographically west of London, a legacy of a 1940 decision never reversed. The result is that solar noon falls unusually late and Spanish working hours are shifted accordingly, with a long midday break and a working day that extends well into the evening. Late-afternoon calls that would be unwelcome in Berlin are routine here.
About São Paulo
São Paulo dropped daylight saving in 2019 after decades of observing it, and now holds a fixed offset all year. Brazilian business hours run late by northern standards, with meetings after 6pm local unremarkable. Because Brazil no longer shifts while Europe and North America do, the gap to both changes twice a year.
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Related time differences
Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.