When do clocks change in 2026?
59 countries in DST now, 3 observing but not active, 182 never observe.
DST active now (59)
Aland Islands UTC+3 until Oct 25 Albania UTC+2 until Oct 25 Andorra UTC+2 until Oct 25 Austria UTC+2 until Oct 25 Bahamas UTC-4 until Belgium UTC+2 until Oct 25 Bermuda UTC-3 until Bosnia and Herzegovina UTC+2 until Oct 25 Bulgaria UTC+3 until Oct 25 Croatia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Cuba UTC-4 until Cyprus UTC+3 until Oct 25 Czechia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Denmark UTC+2 until Oct 25 Egypt UTC+3 until Oct 30 Estonia UTC+3 until Oct 25 Faroe Islands UTC+1 until Oct 25 Finland UTC+3 until Oct 25 France UTC+2 until Oct 25 Germany UTC+2 until Oct 25 Gibraltar UTC+2 until Oct 25 Greece UTC+3 until Oct 25 Guernsey UTC+1 until Oct 25 Haiti UTC-4 until Hungary UTC+2 until Oct 25 Ireland UTC+1 until Oct 25 Isle of Man UTC+1 until Oct 25 Israel UTC+3 until Oct 25 Italy UTC+2 until Oct 25 Jersey UTC+1 until Oct 25 Latvia UTC+3 until Oct 25 Lebanon UTC+3 until Oct 25 Liechtenstein UTC+2 until Oct 25 Lithuania UTC+3 until Oct 25 Luxembourg UTC+2 until Oct 25 Malta UTC+2 until Oct 25 Moldova UTC+3 until Oct 25 Monaco UTC+2 until Oct 25 Montenegro UTC+2 until Oct 25 North Macedonia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Norway UTC+2 until Oct 25 Poland UTC+2 until Oct 25 Portugal UTC+1 until Oct 25 Romania UTC+3 until Oct 25 Saint Pierre and Miquelon UTC-2 until San Marino UTC+2 until Oct 25 Serbia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Slovakia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Slovenia UTC+2 until Oct 25 Spain UTC+2 until Oct 25 Svalbard and Jan Mayen UTC+2 until Oct 25 Sweden UTC+2 until Oct 25 Switzerland UTC+2 until Oct 25 The Netherlands UTC+2 until Oct 25 Turks and Caicos Islands UTC-4 until Ukraine UTC+3 until Oct 25 United Kingdom UTC+1 until Oct 25 United States UTC-9 until Vatican UTC+2 until Oct 25
Standard time, DST upcoming (3)
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Which countries are currently in daylight saving time?
59 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.