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 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Some locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, April 3 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, August 14 | Sunday, May 15 | |
Troll Station | Sunday, March 20 | Sunday, October 30 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, April 3 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2016 | ||
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, April 3 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Brazil | Most locations | No 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 Santo | Sunday, October 16 | Sunday, February 21 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
most of Saskatchewan, some regions of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2016 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, August 14 | Sunday, May 15 |
Easter Island | Saturday, August 13 | Saturday, May 14 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Cyprus | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Northern Cyprus | Sunday, March 27 | Thursday, September 8 | |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Egypt | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Fiji | All locations | Sunday, November 6 | Sunday, January 17 |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
France | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, October 29 |
Some locations | No DST in 2016 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Iran | All locations | Monday, March 21 | Wednesday, September 21 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 25 | Sunday, October 30 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Friday, October 28 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 | |
Sonora, Quintana Roo | No DST in 2016 | ||
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Mongolia | All locations | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, September 24 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Morocco | All locations | Sunday, March 27* | Sunday, October 30* |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 4 | Sunday, April 3 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Netherlands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, April 3 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Palestinian Territories | All locations | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, October 29 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 27 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Samoa | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, April 3 |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Syria | All locations | Friday, March 25 | Friday, October 28 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tonga | All locations | Sunday, November 6 | Does not end this year |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Thursday, September 8 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Ukraine | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Auton. Republic of Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk | No DST in 2016 | ||
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
Hawaii, most of Arizona | No DST in 2016 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, March 27* | Sunday, October 30* |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2016 | |
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed. |