Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1981
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Daylight saving time is also called summer time or daylight savings time. When DST is not observed, it is called standard time, normal time or winter time.
This list displays a brief (but not complete) overview over which countries and territories that observed DST during 1981.
Current country/territory names, rather than historic country names are displayed, so the list could contain countries that did not exist at the time.
Detailed information is available for the first half of 1981 and the second half of 1981.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 1981 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 1981 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | No DST in 1981 | |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 1981 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 1981 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 1981 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 1981 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | No DST in 1981 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 1981 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Melbourne | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 1981 | ||
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 25 | Does not end this year | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 1981 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 1981 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 1981 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 1981 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 1981 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 1981 | |
| Brazil | All locations | Rio de Janeiro | No DST in 1981 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 1981 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 1981 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 1981 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Saturday, April 4 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 1981 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 1981 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut Territory, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | Regina | No DST in 1981 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 1981 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 1981 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 1981 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 11 | Sunday, March 15 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 10 | Saturday, March 14 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 1981 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 1981 | |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 1981 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 1981 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, May 10 | Sunday, October 11 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 1981 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 1981 | |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 1981 | |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 1981 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 1981 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 1981 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 1981 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 1981 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 1981 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 1981 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 1981 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | No DST in 1981 | |
| Färöer | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 1981 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands | Papeete | No DST in 1981 | ||
| Französisch-Guayana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 1981 | |
| Französisch-Polynesien | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 1981 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 1981 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | No DST in 1981 | |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 1981 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | No DST in 1981 | |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, September 26 |
| Qaanaaq | No DST in 1981 | |||
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 1981 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 1981 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 1981 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 1981 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 1981 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | No DST in 1981 | |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 1981 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 1981 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 1981 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 1981 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 1981 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | No DST in 1981 | |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | No DST in 1981 | |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | No DST in 1981 | |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kazakhstan | Most locations | Almaty | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Aqtau | No DST in 1981 | |||
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kerguelen | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 1981 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 1981 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | No DST in 1981 | |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 1981 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 1981 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 1981 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | All locations | Macau | No DST in 1981 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | No DST in 1981 | |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 1981 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 1981 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 1981 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 1981 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 1981 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 1981 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 1981 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 1981 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | No DST in 1981 | |
| Baja California, regions of Chihuahua | Mexicali | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 | |
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 1981 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | No DST in 1981 | |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | No DST in 1981 | |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 1981 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 1981 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 1981 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | No DST in 1981 | |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 1981 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 1981 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 1981 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 1981 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 1981 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 1981 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 1981 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1981 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 1981 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 1981 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 1981 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 1981 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 1981 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 1981 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Thursday, October 1 | Wednesday, April 1 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 1981 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 1981 | |
| Pitcairninseln | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 1981 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 1981 | |
| Republic of South Sudan | All locations | Juba | Sunday, April 26 | Thursday, October 15 |
| Republic of the Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 1981 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 1981 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 1981 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 1981 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 1981 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 1981 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 1981 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 1981 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 1981 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | No DST in 1981 | |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 1981 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 1981 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 1981 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | No DST in 1981 | |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 1981 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 1981 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 1981 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 1981 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 1981 | |
| Spain | Most locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Ceuta, Melilla | Ceuta | No DST in 1981 | ||
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 1981 | |
| St. Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 1981 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | Sunday, April 26 | Thursday, October 15 |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 1981 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | No DST in 1981 | |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 1981 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 1981 | |
| Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | No DST in 1981 | |
| Territory of American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 1981 | |
| Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 1981 | |
| Territory of Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 1981 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 1981 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 1981 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 1981 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 1981 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 1981 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | No DST in 1981 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 29 | Monday, October 12 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 1981 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 1981 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 1981 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island | Honolulu | No DST in 1981 | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 1981 | |
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | No DST in 1981 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 1981 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 1981 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 1981 | |
| Wallis und Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 1981 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | No DST in 1981 | |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 1981 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 1981 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 1981 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 1981 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 1981
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count |
|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 173 |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 66 |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 56 |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST | 10 |
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