Madrid announces its 2026 Christmas lighting season
The city’s festive lighting is scheduled from 21 November 2026 to 6 January 2027.
Madrid’s official tourism calendar lists 21 November 2026 as the start of the Christmas lighting season, with the displays continuing until 6 January 2027. The announcement describes installations across all 21 districts, rather than a celebration confined to the historic centre.
The programme includes designs created through a primary-school drawing competition alongside work by professional designers. The city also describes an LED-based lighting scheme. For visitors, this makes the season an opportunity to explore different neighbourhoods as well as the best-known central streets.
Our suggestion is to build a short evening walk around one district and leave room for a warm drink or a meal. Avoid planning around opening-night timings until the current programme confirms them. The source page still contains a timetable labelled for the previous Christmas season, while the new timetable is marked as awaiting confirmation; those older hours are not reproduced here. The announced seasonal dates were checked on 10 November 2026.
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