Overview
- Spain’s government says it will take a proposal to the EU Energy Council to end the twice‑yearly clock change, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arguing the practice no longer saves energy and harms well‑being.
- Spain and much of the EU move to winter time on Sunday, 26 October 2025, with clocks set back one hour at 03:00 local time, as illustrated in Mallorca’s 03:00 to 02:00 adjustment.
- The United States reverts to standard time on Sunday, 2 November 2025 at 2:00 a.m., with no change in Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Mexico ended daylight saving nationally in 2022, but about 30–35 northern border municipalities — including all of Baja California and parts of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas — will set clocks back at 02:00 on 2 November to align with the U.S.
- Public debate intensifies in Spain as an IDEAL reader poll favors permanent summer time, while meteorologist Roberto Brasero warns it would push winter sunrises toward 10:00 in Galicia and sleep experts highlight health risks from clock shifts.