Arrecife Local Time Zone

Evan Kingsley wrote on 9/24/2023. Last updated: 11/17/2024

Hola, dear readers! We're about to embark on a delightful virtual trip to Arrecife, the captivating capital of Lanzarote in the fascinating Canary Islands. Get ready to expand your horizons and fill your mind with whimsical tales about this enchanting city nestled in the Atlantic Ocean.

Local Time Zone

Welcome to Arrecife, a city that certainly knows how to tell the time. If you want to sync your watch with Arrecife's rhythm (which you absolutely should!), you'll need to set it to Western European Time (WET, UTC +0), or Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC +1) in the enchanted sunlit hours from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

Time Difference to major World Cities

But oh dear, time zones can be confusing, right? Fear not! Your friendly neighborhood blog post to the rescue. Let's embark on a quick global trot to see how our precious Arrecife stacks up against the tick-tock of other illustrious cities around the globe.

  • Eastwards, and we encounter Madrid, Spain's capital, which aligns its clocks perfectly with Arrecife during winter. Come summertime, though, Madrid springs ahead by an hour.
  • Jump to London, and voila! All year round, London's robust Big Ben and Arrecife's charming Church of San Ginés precisely chime in unison, a testament to their shared time zone.
  • Blast off to New York, the city that never sleeps, and you'll find it typically lags 5 hours behind our beloved Arrecife during Standard Time, and 4 hours during Daylight Saving Time.
  • If the mystic East is calling, and you find yourself thinking of Tokyo, keep in mind the Land of the Rising Sun ticks ahead by a whopping 9 hours in winter and 8 hours in summer.
  • Down Under in Sydney? Well, the good folks there are living in the future! They’re generally ahead by around 11 hours during their Standard Time, and 10 in their Daylight Saving Time.

Now, armed with this abundance of temporal knowledge, be ready to ace that jet lag and embrace Arrecife at the right ... umm... time! On we go, my time-traveling companions! More magical tales from Arrecife await...


Evan Kingsley

Evan Kingsley

Hey, I’m Evan! Even though I’ve been bitten by a piranha, left stranded in the Sahara when my camel ditched me, and even spent a night in a Bhutanese jail over a supposedly stolen fruit (I swear I didn’t take it!), I still love traveling so much I don’t think I’ll ever stop. With over 130 countries under my belt, I’m always on the lookout for the next wild adventure… hopefully with fewer bites, camel betrayals, and misunderstandings over fruit!

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