Andalusia is the Spanish region that falls asleep latest and sleeps least; the Valencian Community goes to bed first

• Data from 9,806 nights recorded by the DuckDik Sense band in six Spanish regions, days before the clocks change on 25 October.
• In Andalusia the night starts on average at 00:42 and lasts 7 h 11, the shortest of the six regions.
• The Valencian Community falls asleep at 00:07, 35 minutes earlier than Andalusia, and is also the first to get up (07:34).
• Madrid has the highest share of nights under six hours (19%) and walks the least.

Madrid, 14 October 2026.– DuckDik, the Spanish company that designs the screenless wellness band DuckDik Sense, has compared how people sleep in six Spanish regions using 9,806 nights recorded between July and October 2026. The analysis complements the one published this week with 36,727 nights in five European countries, which found that Spain falls asleep at 00:30, an hour later than Germany.

Six regions, six schedules

Region by region

Andalusia falls asleep latest (00:42) and sleeps least (7 h 11). Four nights in ten (43%) fall short of seven hours.

Madrid falls asleep at 00:38 and gets up at 08:15. 19% of its nights don't even reach six hours, the highest share of the six, and it walks the least: 9,485 steps a day.

Catalonia falls asleep at 00:19, about 20 minutes earlier than Madrid and Andalusia, and sleeps 7 h 27. Only 37% of its nights fall below seven hours, compared with 43% in Madrid and Andalusia.

The Valencian Community goes to bed first (00:07) and gets up first (07:34). Even so it sleeps 7 h 14, below the Spanish average: 44% of its nights fall short of seven hours.

The Basque Country sleeps 7 h 30, ten minutes more than the Spanish average, and walks 10,811 steps a day.

Castile and León sleeps the most (7 h 35) and walks the most (11,855 steps a day).

General release with the five countries: https://duckdik.com/en/prensa/notas/sueno-cambio-de-hora-2026/

What will happen on 25 October

"For years we have debated the clock change with opinions. Now we have data from thousands of real nights to see what actually happens," says Alberto Lorente, co-founder and CEO of DuckDik. "In the week of the clock change we will measure, night by night, how long the body takes to adapt, and we will publish the result."

In the first week of November DuckDik will publish a second analysis with the real effect of the clock change on sleep, by country and region.

How the data were obtained

Aggregated, anonymous data from the DuckDik Health app: nights recorded between 1 July and 12 October 2026 by people with at least seven nights. The region is that of the municipality where the person spends most time. Only regions with more than 500 recorded nights are shown; elsewhere there are still too few to give a figure. Each person counts the same, however many nights they have. It is not a representative sample of the population: these are people who have bought a wellness band. Sleep is estimated by the band from movement and pulse. The clearest differences are those of Andalusia and the Valencian Community; between the other regions they are a few minutes and should be read with caution. In the Basque Country and Castile and León, with fewer recorded nights, the margin is around half an hour. DuckDik Sense is a wellness product, not a medical device.

Charts and data to publish

Free to use with credit: DuckDik.

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