Spain
CET
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
KST
Korea Standard Time
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Madrid time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CET (Central European Time) is 8 hours behind Korea Standard Time
1:00 pm13:00 in Madrid, Spain is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST

Madrid to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in Madrid which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in KST

1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Madrid, Spain). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 Madrid, Spain / 9:00 pm21:00 KST

Madrid, SpainKST
12am (midnight)8am
1am9am
2am10am
3am11am
4am12pm (noon)
5am1pm
6am2pm
7am3pm
8am4pm
9am5pm
10am6pm
11am7pm
12pm (noon)8pm
1pm9pm
2pm10pm
3pm11pm
4pm12am (midnight)
5pm1am
6pm2am
7pm3am
8pm4am
9pm5am
10pm6am
11pm7am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

Madrid Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CEST - Central European Summer Time
CET - Central European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+2:00 hours during Central European Summer Time, currently in use.
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Madrid Facts

Country
Spain
Alternative Names
La Villa y Corte de Madrid, Los Madriles, Lungsod ng Madrid, MAD, Ma-daik-li, Ma-tet-li, Madrid, Madrid osh, Madridas, Madride, Madridi, Madrido, Madrids, Madril, Madrit, Madrite, Madryd, Madryt, Madríd, Madrîd, Magerit, Maidrid, Mairil, Makelika, Matritum, Mâ-tet-lî, Mā-dáik-lī, ma de li, madarida, madeulideu, madorido, madorido shi, madri, madrid, madrida, madridi, madryd, matrit, mdryd, myadrida, mydrd, Μαδρίτη, Мaдрид, Мадрид, Мадрид ош, Мадрыд, Мадрід, Մադրիդ, מאדריד, מדריד, مادرىد, مادرید, مدريد, میدرد, مەدرید, ܡܕܪܝܕ, मद्रिद, मद्रिद्, माद्रिद, माद्री, म्याड्रिड, মাদ্রিদ, ਮਾਦਰੀਦ, ମାଡ୍ରିଦ, மத்ரித், ಮಡ್ರಿಡ್, മാഡ്രിഡ്, มาดริด, མ་ད་རིད།, မဒရစ်မြို့, მადრიდი, ማድሪድ, マドリード, マドリード市, 馬德里, 马德里, 마드리드
Population
3,255,944
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
40° 24' N Latitude / 3° 42' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+34

Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Korea Standard Time (KST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

KST Time Zone Geo Map
KST timezone map

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for KST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects KST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK
KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time