Current time in Gran Canaria, Spain
The current local time in Gran Canaria is shown below. Gran Canaria observes GMT in winter and WEST during daylight saving time.
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What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Gran Canaria?
Gran Canaria shares Western European Time with the rest of the Canary Islands, an hour behind mainland Spain at UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer. The position roughly 15 degrees west of Madrid makes the offset much closer to solar time than the mainland's CET alignment: solar noon at Las Palmas during standard time arrives close to 13:00. The islands share the offset with Iceland, the UK, Ireland, and Portugal in winter, and with most of those countries during DST as well.
What are the working hours in Gran Canaria?
Gran Canaria's working economy is dominated by tourism (around 4.5 million annual visitors) and the substantial service economy supporting it. Office hours run 09:00 to 17:30 with the typical Spanish long lunch, though the absence of extreme summer heat (the trade winds keep temperatures around 25 degrees year-round) has somewhat compressed the Andalusian-style afternoon break. The Canary Islands' special economic regime produces lower indirect taxation than mainland Spain. The Carnival in Las Palmas in February is the island's largest cultural event.
Where is Gran Canaria?
Gran Canaria is the third-largest of the Canary Islands, a roughly circular island around 50 kilometres in diameter in the Atlantic Ocean off the north-west African coast. The island holds around 855,000 residents, with the capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on the north-eastern coast accounting for around 380,000 of those. The Roque Nublo at around 1,800 metres marks the volcanic centre of the island. The southern coast around Maspalomas, with the protected dune system, is the principal mass-tourism cluster.