When do clocks change in 2026?
DST status for every country, updated live. 10 in DST now, 53 observing but not active, 182 never observe DST.
Europe clocks change in 5 days (March 29, 2026)
DST active now (10)
Standard time, DST upcoming (53)
Aland Islands UTC+2 until Mar 29 Albania UTC+1 until Mar 29 Andorra UTC+1 until Mar 29 Austria UTC+1 until Mar 29 Belgium UTC+1 until Mar 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina UTC+1 until Mar 29 Bulgaria UTC+2 until Mar 29 Croatia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Cyprus UTC+2 until Mar 29 Czechia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Denmark UTC+1 until Mar 29 Egypt UTC+2 until Apr 24 Estonia UTC+2 until Mar 29 Faroe Islands UTC+0 until Mar 29 Finland UTC+2 until Mar 29 France UTC+1 until Mar 29 Germany UTC+1 until Mar 29 Gibraltar UTC+1 until Mar 29 Greece UTC+2 until Mar 29 Guernsey UTC+0 until Mar 29 Hungary UTC+1 until Mar 29 Ireland UTC+0 until Mar 29 Isle of Man UTC+0 until Mar 29 Israel UTC+2 until Mar 27 Italy UTC+1 until Mar 29 Jersey UTC+0 until Mar 29 Latvia UTC+2 until Mar 29 Lebanon UTC+2 until Mar 29 Liechtenstein UTC+1 until Mar 29 Lithuania UTC+2 until Mar 29 Luxembourg UTC+1 until Mar 29 Malta UTC+1 until Mar 29 Moldova UTC+2 until Mar 29 Monaco UTC+1 until Mar 29 Montenegro UTC+1 until Mar 29 North Macedonia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Norway UTC+1 until Mar 29 Palestinian Territory UTC+2 until Mar 28 Poland UTC+1 until Mar 29 Portugal UTC+0 until Mar 29 Romania UTC+2 until Mar 29 San Marino UTC+1 until Mar 29 Serbia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Slovakia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Slovenia UTC+1 until Mar 29 Spain UTC+1 until Mar 29 Svalbard and Jan Mayen UTC+1 until Mar 29 Sweden UTC+1 until Mar 29 Switzerland UTC+1 until Mar 29 The Netherlands UTC+1 until Mar 29 Ukraine UTC+2 until Mar 29 United Kingdom UTC+0 until Mar 29 Vatican UTC+1 until Mar 29
No DST (182)
Afghanistan UTC+4:30 year-round Algeria UTC+1 year-round American Samoa UTC-11 year-round Angola UTC+1 year-round Anguilla UTC-4 year-round Antarctica UTC+8 year-round Antigua and Barbuda UTC-4 year-round Argentina UTC-3 year-round Armenia UTC+4 year-round Aruba UTC-4 year-round Azerbaijan UTC+4 year-round Bahrain UTC+3 year-round Bangladesh UTC+6 year-round Barbados UTC-4 year-round Belarus UTC+3 year-round Belize UTC-6 year-round Benin UTC+1 year-round Bhutan UTC+6 year-round Bolivia UTC-4 year-round Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba UTC-4 year-round Botswana UTC+2 year-round Brazil UTC-3 year-round British Indian Ocean Territory UTC+6 year-round British Virgin Islands UTC-4 year-round Brunei UTC+8 year-round Burkina Faso UTC+0 year-round Burundi UTC+2 year-round Cabo Verde UTC-1 year-round Cambodia UTC+7 year-round Cameroon UTC+1 year-round Canada UTC-5 year-round Cayman Islands UTC-5 year-round Central African Republic UTC+1 year-round Chad UTC+1 year-round China UTC+6 year-round Christmas Island UTC+7 year-round Cocos Islands UTC+6:30 year-round Colombia UTC-5 year-round Comoros UTC+3 year-round Cook Islands UTC-10 year-round Costa Rica UTC-6 year-round Curacao UTC-4 year-round Democratic Republic of the Congo UTC+2 year-round Djibouti UTC+3 year-round Dominica UTC-4 year-round Dominican Republic UTC-4 year-round Ecuador UTC-5 year-round El Salvador UTC-6 year-round Equatorial Guinea UTC+1 year-round Eritrea UTC+3 year-round Eswatini UTC+2 year-round Ethiopia UTC+3 year-round Falkland Islands UTC-3 year-round Fiji UTC+12 year-round French Guiana UTC-3 year-round French Polynesia UTC-10 year-round French Southern Territories UTC+5 year-round Gabon UTC+1 year-round Gambia UTC+0 year-round Georgia UTC+4 year-round Ghana UTC+0 year-round Greenland UTC+0 year-round Grenada UTC-4 year-round Guadeloupe UTC-4 year-round Guam UTC+10 year-round Guatemala UTC-6 year-round Guinea UTC+0 year-round Guinea-Bissau UTC+0 year-round Guyana UTC-4 year-round Honduras UTC-6 year-round Hong Kong UTC+8 year-round Iceland UTC+0 year-round India UTC+5:30 year-round Indonesia UTC+9 year-round Iran UTC+3:30 year-round Iraq UTC+3 year-round Ivory Coast UTC+0 year-round Jamaica UTC-5 year-round Japan UTC+9 year-round Jordan UTC+3 year-round Kazakhstan UTC+5 year-round Kenya UTC+3 year-round Kiribati UTC+13 year-round Kuwait UTC+3 year-round Kyrgyzstan UTC+6 year-round Laos UTC+7 year-round Lesotho UTC+2 year-round Liberia UTC+0 year-round Libya UTC+2 year-round Macao UTC+8 year-round Madagascar UTC+3 year-round Malawi UTC+2 year-round Malaysia UTC+8 year-round Maldives UTC+5 year-round Mali UTC+0 year-round Marshall Islands UTC+12 year-round Martinique UTC-4 year-round Mauritania UTC+0 year-round Mauritius UTC+4 year-round Mayotte UTC+3 year-round Mexico UTC-5 year-round Micronesia UTC+10 year-round Mongolia UTC+7 year-round Montserrat UTC-4 year-round Morocco UTC+1 year-round Mozambique UTC+2 year-round Myanmar UTC+6:30 year-round Namibia UTC+2 year-round Nauru UTC+12 year-round Nepal UTC+5:45 year-round New Caledonia UTC+11 year-round Nicaragua UTC-6 year-round Niger UTC+1 year-round Nigeria UTC+1 year-round Niue UTC-11 year-round North Korea UTC+9 year-round Northern Mariana Islands UTC+10 year-round Oman UTC+4 year-round Pakistan UTC+5 year-round Palau UTC+9 year-round Panama UTC-5 year-round Papua New Guinea UTC+11 year-round Paraguay UTC-3 year-round Peru UTC-5 year-round Philippines UTC+8 year-round Pitcairn UTC-8 year-round Puerto Rico UTC-4 year-round Qatar UTC+3 year-round Republic of the Congo UTC+1 year-round Reunion UTC+4 year-round Russia UTC+12 year-round Rwanda UTC+2 year-round Saint Barthelemy UTC-4 year-round Saint Helena UTC+0 year-round Saint Kitts and Nevis UTC-4 year-round Saint Lucia UTC-4 year-round Saint Martin UTC-4 year-round Saint Vincent and the Grenadines UTC-4 year-round Samoa UTC+13 year-round Sao Tome and Principe UTC+0 year-round Saudi Arabia UTC+3 year-round Senegal UTC+0 year-round Sierra Leone UTC+0 year-round Singapore UTC+8 year-round Sint Maarten UTC-4 year-round Solomon Islands UTC+11 year-round Somalia UTC+3 year-round South Africa UTC+2 year-round South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands UTC-2 year-round South Korea UTC+9 year-round South Sudan UTC+2 year-round Sri Lanka UTC+5:30 year-round Sudan UTC+2 year-round Suriname UTC-3 year-round Syria UTC+3 year-round Taiwan UTC+8 year-round Tajikistan UTC+5 year-round Tanzania UTC+3 year-round Thailand UTC+7 year-round Timor Leste UTC+9 year-round Togo UTC+0 year-round Tokelau UTC+13 year-round Tonga UTC+13 year-round Trinidad and Tobago UTC-4 year-round Tunisia UTC+1 year-round Turkey UTC+3 year-round Turkmenistan UTC+5 year-round Tuvalu UTC+12 year-round U.S. Virgin Islands UTC-4 year-round Uganda UTC+3 year-round United Arab Emirates UTC+4 year-round United States Minor Outlying Islands UTC-11 year-round Uruguay UTC-3 year-round Uzbekistan UTC+5 year-round Vanuatu UTC+11 year-round Venezuela UTC-4 year-round Vietnam UTC+7 year-round Wallis and Futuna UTC+12 year-round Western Sahara UTC+1 year-round Yemen UTC+3 year-round Zambia UTC+2 year-round Zimbabwe UTC+2 year-round
Questions about daylight saving time
- Which countries are currently in daylight saving time?
- 10 countries are currently observing DST (summer time). Examples include the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Australia (in their respective summer seasons). This changes twice a year as countries in different hemispheres enter and exit their summer periods.
- Which countries never observe daylight saving time?
- 182 countries do not observe DST. This includes most countries near the equator (where day length barely varies), plus Japan, China, India, Russia, and most of Africa and Southeast Asia.
- When do clocks change?
- In Europe, clocks go forward on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of October. In North America, clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November. Southern hemisphere countries (Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Paraguay) change on opposite dates.
- Is daylight saving time being abolished?
- The European Parliament voted to abolish seasonal clock changes in 2019, but implementation has stalled in the European Council. Individual EU member states have not agreed on whether to stay on permanent summer or winter time. The US Sunshine Protection Act (permanent DST) passed the Senate in 2022 but did not pass the House.
- When do clocks change in Europe in 2026?
- European clocks spring forward on March 29, 2026 (last Sunday of March) and fall back on the last Sunday of October. All EU and EEA countries change simultaneously at 01:00 UTC.
- When do clocks change in the United States in 2026?
- US clocks spring forward on the second Sunday of March and fall back on the first Sunday of November. Arizona (except Navajo Nation) and Hawaii do not observe DST.
- Do clocks go forward or back in spring?
- Clocks go forward one hour in spring ("spring forward"). You lose an hour of sleep. In autumn, clocks go back one hour ("fall back") and you gain an hour.