Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1981

Who has DST in 1981?

Areas having DST in some period during 1981
No DST in 1981

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often referred to as “daylight savings” or “summer time.” When DST is not observed, it is called standard time or winter time.

The list below shows an overview of countries and territories with DST in 1981. For more details, see information for the first half of 1981 and the second half of 1981.

Note: This list may not be final. Sometimes countries, states, and territories make changes announced just days or weeks ahead of the time change.

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 Countries Observing DST Clock Change Events 1981
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, September 27
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
AndorraAll locationsNo DST in 1981
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 1981
Some locationsSunday, October 25Sunday, March 1
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ArmeniaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 25Sunday, March 1
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 1981
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
AzerbaijanAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BelarusAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BermudaAll locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BrazilAll locationsNo DST in 1981
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 1981
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BulgariaAll locationsSaturday, April 4Sunday, September 27
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 1981
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 11Sunday, March 15
Easter IslandSaturday, October 10Saturday, March 14
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Cook IslandsAll locationsSunday, October 25Sunday, March 1
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CroatiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CubaAll locationsSunday, May 10Sunday, October 11
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1981
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 1981
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 1981
EgyptAll locationsFriday, May 1Thursday, October 1
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
EstoniaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 1981
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Falkland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 1981
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GeorgiaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GibraltarAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 28Saturday, September 26
Thule Air BaseNo DST in 1981
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 1981
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
HaitiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 1981
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 1981
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
IranAll locationsNo DST in 1981
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 1981
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
IsraelAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
JamaicaAll locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
JordanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
KazakhstanMost locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
Some locationsNo DST in 1981
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
KosovoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 1981
KyrgyzstanAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 1981
LatviaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
LebanonAll locationsNo DST in 1981
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
LithuaniaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MexicoMost locationsNo DST in 1981
Baja CaliforniaSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MoldovaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MontenegroAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 1981
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NamibiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 1981
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, October 25Sunday, March 1
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1981
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
North MacedoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PalestineAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ParaguayAll locationsThursday, October 1Wednesday, April 1
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 1981
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
RussiaAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SerbiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
SloveniaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 1981
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
South SudanAll locationsSunday, April 26Thursday, October 15
SpainMost locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
Ceuta, MelillaNo DST in 1981
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SudanAll locationsSunday, April 26Thursday, October 15
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 1981
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
SyriaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TajikistanAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 1981
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TurkeyAll locationsNo DST in 1981
TurkmenistanAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 1981
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
UkraineAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 1981
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 26Sunday, October 25
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of ArizonaNo DST in 1981
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 1981
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1981
UzbekistanAll locationsWednesday, April 1Thursday, October 1
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, September 27
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1981
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 1981