Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1991
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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 1991.
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 1991 and the second half of 1991.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 1991 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 1991 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 1991 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 1991 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 1991 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 17 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 1991 | |
| Argentina | Most locations | Buenos Aires | Sunday, October 20 | Sunday, March 3 |
| Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan | Comodoro Rivadavia | Sunday, October 20 | Friday, March 1 | |
| Mendoza | Mendoza | Tuesday, October 15 | Friday, March 1 | |
| Jujuy | Jujuy | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 17 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 1991 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Melbourne | Sunday, October 27 | Sunday, March 3 |
| Western Australia | Perth | Sunday, November 17 | Does not end this year | |
| Northern Territory, Christmas Island | Darwin | No DST in 1991 | ||
| Tasmania | Hobart | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 31 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 27 | Sunday, March 3 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 1991 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 1991 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 1991 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 1991 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 1991 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 1991 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 20 | Sunday, February 17 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | Manaus | No DST in 1991 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 1991 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 1991 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 1991 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 1991 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 1991 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 1991 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 1991 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| 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 1991 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 1991 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 1991 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 1991 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 1991 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 13 | Sunday, March 10 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 12 | Saturday, March 9 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | Sunday, April 14 | Sunday, September 15 |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 1991 | |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 1991 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 1991 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 3 |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | Saturday, January 19 | Monday, July 1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 1991 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 13 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 1991 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 1991 | |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 1991 | |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 1991 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 1991 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 1991 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 1991 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 1991 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Wednesday, May 1 | Tuesday, October 1 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 1991 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 1991 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 1991 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 15 | Sunday, April 21 |
| Färöer | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 1991 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands | Papeete | No DST in 1991 | ||
| Französisch-Guayana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 1991 | |
| Französisch-Polynesien | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 1991 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 1991 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Sunday, March 24 | Sunday, September 1 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 1991 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 30 | Saturday, September 28 |
| Some locations | Qaanaaq | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 | |
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 1991 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 1991 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | Saturday, March 23 | Saturday, September 7 |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 1991 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 1991 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 1991 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 1991 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 1991 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 1991 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 1991 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Friday, May 3 | Sunday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Monday, April 1 | Tuesday, October 1 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Sunday, March 24 | Sunday, September 1 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1991 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Wednesday, April 17 | Friday, September 27 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | No DST in 1991 | |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 1991 | |
| Kerguelen | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1991 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 1991 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 1991 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Sunday, March 31 | Saturday, August 31 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 1991 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Wednesday, May 1 | Wednesday, October 16 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 1991 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 1991 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 1991 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | All locations | Macau | No DST in 1991 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 1991 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 1991 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 1991 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 1991 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 1991 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 1991 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 1991 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 1991 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | No DST in 1991 | |
| Baja California, regions of Chihuahua | Mexicali | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 | |
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 1991 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 1991 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 1991 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 1991 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | No DST in 1991 | |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 1991 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 1991 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 1991 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 17 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 1991 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 1991 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 1991 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 1991 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1991 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 1991 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 1991 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 1991 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 1991 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 1991 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 1991 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 6 | Monday, April 1 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 1991 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 1991 | |
| Pitcairninseln | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 1991 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 1991 | |
| Republic of South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 1991 | |
| Republic of the Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 1991 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 1991 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Russia | Most locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Volgograd | No DST in 1991 | |||
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 1991 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 1991 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 1991 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 1991 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 1991 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 1991 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 1991 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 1991 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 1991 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 1991 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 1991 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 1991 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 1991 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 1991 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 1991 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 1991 | |
| St. Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 1991 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 1991 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 1991 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Monday, April 1 | Tuesday, October 1 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 1991 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | Sunday, March 31 | Monday, September 9 |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 1991 | |
| Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Territory of American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 1991 | |
| Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 1991 | |
| Territory of Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 1991 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 1991 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 1991 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 1991 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 1991 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 1991 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 1991 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | No DST in 1991 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 1991 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 1991 | |
| Ukraine | Most locations | Kyiv | No DST in 1991 | |
| Some locations | Zaporizhia | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 | |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 1991 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island | Honolulu | No DST in 1991 | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 1991 | |
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, October 27 | Sunday, March 3 |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | Sunday, September 29 | Sunday, March 24 |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 1991 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 1991 | |
| Wallis und Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 1991 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Sunday, March 24 | Sunday, September 1 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 1991 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 1991 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 1991 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 1991 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 1991
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count |
|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 149 |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 90 |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 80 |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST | 10 |
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