Cities Most Out of Sync With Solar Time

In Vigo the clock runs about 2h 34m ahead of true solar time, further than almost anywhere.

Recalculated daily. Last updated Sep 2, 2026, 12:20:20 AM UTC.

Cities with at least 100,000 residents; 100 cities shown.

Top Cities Ranked by Clock vs solar time

#	City	Country	Clock vs solar time
🥇	Vigo	Spain	2h 34m ahead
🥈	A Coruña	Spain	2h 33m ahead
=3	Bole	China	2h 31m ahead
=3	Ourense	Spain	2h 31m ahead
=4	Badajoz	Spain	2h 27m ahead
=4	Huelva	Spain	2h 27m ahead
5	Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	2h 24m ahead
=6	Sevilla	Spain	2h 23m ahead
=6	Dos Hermanas	Spain	2h 23m ahead
=6	Oviedo	Spain	2h 23m ahead
7	Gijón	Spain	2h 22m ahead
8	Algeciras	Spain	2h 21m ahead
9	Marbella	Spain	2h 19m ahead
10	Valladolid	Spain	2h 18m ahead
11	Málaga	Spain	2h 17m ahead
=12	Móstoles	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Alcorcón	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Santander	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Fuenlabrada	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Jaén	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Parla	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Leganés	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=12	Latina	Spain	2h 15m ahead
=13	Fuencarral-El Pardo	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Getafe	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Moncloa-Aravaca	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Carabanchel	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Madrid	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Burgos	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Tetuán de las Victorias	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Madrid Centro	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Arganzuela	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Chamberí	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Usera	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Villaverde	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Chamartín	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Retiro	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Puente de Vallecas	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Ciudad Lineal	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Moratalaz	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Hortaleza	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Alcobendas	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	San Blas-Canillejas	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=13	Granada	Spain	2h 14m ahead
=14	Torrejón de Ardoz	Spain	2h 13m ahead
=14	Alcalá de Henares	Spain	2h 13m ahead
15	Bilbao	Spain	2h 11m ahead
16	Gasteiz / Vitoria	Spain	2h 10m ahead
=17	Almería	Spain	2h 09m ahead
=17	Logroño	Spain	2h 09m ahead
=18	Donostia / San Sebastián	Spain	2h 07m ahead
=18	Funchal	Portugal	2h 07m ahead
=18	Albacete	Spain	2h 07m ahead
=19	Rennes	France	2h 06m ahead
=19	Pamplona	Spain	2h 06m ahead
=19	Nantes	France	2h 06m ahead
=20	La Laguna	Spain	2h 05m ahead
=20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	2h 05m ahead
21	Murcia	Spain	2h 04m ahead
=22	Delicias	Spain	2h 03m ahead
=22	Zaragoza	Spain	2h 03m ahead
=23	Elche	Spain	2h 02m ahead
=23	Torrevieja	Spain	2h 02m ahead
=23	Bordeaux	France	2h 02m ahead
=23	Angers	France	2h 02m ahead
=24	Alicante	Spain	2h 01m ahead
=24	Telde	Spain	2h 01m ahead
=24	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	2h 01m ahead
=24	Caen	France	2h 01m ahead
25	Castelló de la Plana	Spain	2h 00m ahead
=26	Anchorage	United States	1h 59m ahead
=26	Le Havre	France	1h 59m ahead
=26	Le Mans	France	1h 59m ahead
=27	Lleida	Spain	1h 57m ahead
=27	Tours	France	1h 57m ahead
=27	Thunder Bay	Canada	1h 57m ahead
=28	Lhasa	China	1h 55m ahead
=28	Rouen	France	1h 55m ahead
=28	Reus	Spain	1h 55m ahead
=28	Limoges	France	1h 55m ahead
=28	Tarragona	Spain	1h 55m ahead
29	Toulouse	France	1h 54m ahead
=30	Laayoune	Western Sahara	1h 52m ahead
=30	Orléans	France	1h 52m ahead
=31	Terrassa	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	France	1h 51m ahead
=31	Cergy-Pontoise	France	1h 51m ahead
=31	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Sabadell	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Sarrià-Sant Gervasi	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Sants-Montjuïc	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Barcelona	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Eixample	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Gràcia	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Horta-Guinardó	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Ciutat Vella	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Nou Barris	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Sant Andreu	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Sant Martí	Spain	1h 51m ahead
=31	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	Spain	1h 51m ahead

Methodology: Calculated from city coordinates, local IANA time zones and the Sun's position for each city's local date.

Why Does Clock Time Differ From Solar Time?

Clock time and solar time rarely match exactly. Time zones are political boundaries drawn for convenience, so a city can sit far to the east or west of the meridian its clock is based on. Where that gap is large, the Sun reaches its highest point well before or after 12:00 on the clock, and sunrise and sunset feel oddly early or late for the hour shown.

This list ranks cities by how far their official clock runs from local solar time, ignoring daylight saving. Extreme cases include far-western China, which uses a single nationwide zone, and parts of Spain, which sit on the wrong side of their meridian for historical reasons. Today Vigo tops the list at about 2h 34m ahead.

Frequently Asked Questions: Cities Most Out of Sync With Solar Time

What does 'out of sync with the Sun' mean?

It means the official clock is offset from local solar time, so noon on the clock is not when the Sun is actually highest in the sky. The bigger the gap, the more the day feels shifted.

Why are some cities so far out of sync?

Because time zones follow political borders, not the Sun. Large countries that use one nationwide zone, or cities placed in a neighbouring zone for political reasons, end up far from their solar time.

Does daylight saving make this worse?

Yes. Daylight saving deliberately shifts the clock another hour from solar time in summer. This ranking is based on standard time to compare cities fairly.

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