Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2013

Who has DST in 2013?

Areas having DST in some period during 2013
No DST in 2013

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 2013. For more details, see information for the first half of 2013 and the second half of 2013.

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 2013
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2013
Some locationsSunday, September 29Sunday, April 7
Palmer StationSunday, September 8Sunday, April 28
Troll StationFriday, March 1*Sunday, October 27
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ArmeniaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 6Sunday, April 7
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 2013
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 6Sunday, April 7
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
AzerbaijanMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
XankendiNo DST in 2013
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BelarusAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BermudaAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BrazilMost locationsSunday, October 20Sunday, February 17
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, regions of Mato GrossoNo DST in 2013
TocantinsDoes not start this yearSunday, February 17
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2013
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CanadaMost locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2013
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ChileMost locationsSunday, September 8Sunday, April 28
Easter IslandSaturday, September 7Saturday, April 27
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
CubaAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2013
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2013
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2013
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2013
EgyptAll locationsNo DST in 2013
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2013
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Falkland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
FijiAll locationsSunday, October 27Sunday, January 20
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2013
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GeorgiaMost locationsNo DST in 2013
SukhumiSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 30Saturday, October 26
Some locationsNo DST in 2013
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Thule Air BaseSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2013
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
HaitiAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2013
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2013
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
IranAll locationsFriday, March 22Sunday, September 22
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 2013
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 29Sunday, October 27
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
JordanAll locationsDoes not start this yearFriday, December 20
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2013
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2013
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2013
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
LibyaAll locationsFriday, March 29Friday, October 25
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 7Sunday, October 27
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo LeónSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
SonoraNo DST in 2013
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MoroccoAll locationsSunday, April 28*Sunday, October 27*
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2013
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 1Sunday, April 7
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2013
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, September 29Sunday, April 7
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2013
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2013
PalestineAll locationsFriday, March 29Friday, September 27
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 6Sunday, March 24
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2013
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2013
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
RussiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SamoaAll locationsSunday, September 29Sunday, April 7
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2013
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2013
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
SyriaAll locationsFriday, March 29Friday, October 25
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2013
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2013
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2013
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
United StatesMost locationsSunday, March 10Sunday, November 3
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 2013
UruguayAll locationsSunday, October 6Sunday, March 10
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2013
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2013
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
Western SaharaAll locationsSunday, April 28*Sunday, October 27*
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2013
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2013
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.