Swords to Barcelona: time difference
Barcelona is 1 h ahead of Swords. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain
52
- Central European Standard Time
- UTC+1
- Daytime
☀️ 07:18 · 🌙 17:53 · 10 h 35 min
+1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Swords 09:23 9:23 AM Barcelona 10:23 10:23 AM You –:–
09:23 9:23 AM
Greenwich Mean Time · UTC+0
☀️ 07:16 · 🌙 17:02
10:23 10:23 AM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:18 · 🌙 17:53
·
+1 h
Barcelona is 1 h ahead of Swords.
When you, Swords and Barcelona are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇮🇪 Swords
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇪🇸 Barcelona
1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM
📍 Your time
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- Early
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇮🇪 Swords | 🇪🇸 Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 09:23 | 10:23 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time | Central European Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+0 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Swords | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Dublin | Europe/Madrid |
| Daylight saving | On standard time → UTC+1, Mar 28, 02:00 | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 07:16 | 07:18 |
| Sunset | 17:02 | 17:53 |
| Daylight | 9 h 46 min | 10 h 35 min |
| People on this clock | 40,776 | 1,660,122 |
Compare Swords with another city
More comparisons with Swords: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
Big time differences
Swords and Barcelona: common questions
How far ahead of Swords is Barcelona?
Barcelona is 1 hour ahead of Swords: UTC+1 against UTC+0.
If it is 9:00 AM in Swords, what time is it in Barcelona?
At 9:00 AM in Swords, clocks in Barcelona show 10:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Swords, what time is it in Barcelona?
At 6:00 PM in Swords, clocks in Barcelona show 7:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Barcelona from Swords?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Swords – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Barcelona – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Barcelona?
From 11:00 PM in Swords it is already the next day in Barcelona. The other way round, until 1:00 AM in Barcelona it is still the previous day in Swords.
Does the time difference between Swords and Barcelona change?
No. The clocks in Swords and in Barcelona change on the same dates, so the difference stays 1 hour.
