Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2016

Who has DST in 2016?

Areas having DST in some period during 2016
No DST in 2016

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often incorrectly referred to as “daylight savings time”. In some countries, it is also called “summer 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 showing the countries and territories which observed DST during 2016.

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 2016 and for the second half of 2016.

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 Countries Observing DST Clock Change Events 2016
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2016
Some locationsSunday, September 25Sunday, April 3
Palmer StationSunday, August 14Sunday, May 15
Troll StationSunday, March 20Sunday, October 30
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ArmeniaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 2Sunday, April 3
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 2016
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 2Sunday, April 3
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AzerbaijanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BelarusAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BermudaAll locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BrazilMost locationsNo DST in 2016
Distrito Federal, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, much of Mato Grosso, Paraná, Espírito SantoSunday, October 16Sunday, February 21
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2016
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CanadaMost locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
most of Saskatchewan, some regions of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2016
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ChileMost locationsSunday, August 14Sunday, May 15
Easter IslandSaturday, August 13Saturday, May 14
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
CubaAll locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
CyprusMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Northern CyprusSunday, March 27Thursday, September 8
Czech RepublicAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2016
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2016
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2016
EgyptAll locationsNo DST in 2016
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
eSwatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2016
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Falkland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
FijiAll locationsSunday, November 6Sunday, January 17
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
FranceAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GeorgiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, October 29
Some locationsNo DST in 2016
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Thule Air BaseSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2016
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
HaitiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Holy See (Vatican City)All locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2016
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2016
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
IranAll locationsMonday, March 21Wednesday, September 21
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 2016
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 25Sunday, October 30
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
JordanAll locationsFriday, April 1Friday, October 28
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2016
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2016
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Macedonia, Republic ofAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo LeónSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
Sonora, Quintana RooNo DST in 2016
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MongoliaAll locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, September 24
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MoroccoAll locationsSunday, March 27*Sunday, October 30*
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2016
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 4Sunday, April 3
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NetherlandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, September 25Sunday, April 3
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2016
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Palestinian TerritoriesAll locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, October 29
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 2Sunday, March 27
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2016
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2016
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
RussiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SamoaAll locationsSunday, September 25Sunday, April 3
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2016
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2016
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SyriaAll locationsFriday, March 25Friday, October 28
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2016
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TongaAll locationsSunday, November 6Does not end this year
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 27Thursday, September 8
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2016
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
UkraineMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Auton. Republic of Crimea, Luhansk, DonetskNo DST in 2016
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2016
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
United StatesMost locationsSunday, March 13Sunday, November 6
Hawaii, most of ArizonaNo DST in 2016
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 2016
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2016
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2016
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2016
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
Western SaharaAll locationsSunday, March 27*Sunday, October 30*
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2016
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2016
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.
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DST in Washington DC, USA

+1 hourDST startedMar 11, 2018
-1 hourDST endedNov 4, 2018

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Daylight Saving Time Changes

DST Summary Worldwide 2016
DST ObservanceCountExample
No DST at all171China
At least one location observes DST77United States
All locations observe DST some part of the year69Iran
Many locations observe DST part of the year8United States

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