Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2018

Who has DST in 2018?

Areas having DST in some period during 2018
No DST in 2018

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 2018. For more details, see information for the first half of 2018 and the second half of 2018.

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 2018
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2018
Some locationsSunday, September 30Sunday, April 1
Palmer StationDST all year in 2018
Troll StationSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ArmeniaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 7Sunday, April 1
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 2018
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 7Sunday, April 1
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
AzerbaijanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BelarusAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BermudaAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BrazilMost locationsSunday, November 4Sunday, February 18
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins, regions of Mato GrossoNo DST in 2018
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2018
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CanadaMost locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2018
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ChileMost locationsSunday, August 12Sunday, May 13
Some locationsDST all year in 2018
Easter IslandSaturday, August 11Saturday, May 12
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
CubaAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2018
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2018
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2018
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2018
EgyptAll locationsNo DST in 2018
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2018
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Falkland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
FijiAll locationsSunday, November 4Sunday, January 14
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2018
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GeorgiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 24Saturday, October 27
Some locationsNo DST in 2018
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Thule Air BaseSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2018
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
HaitiAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2018
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2018
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
IranAll locationsThursday, March 22Saturday, September 22
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 2018
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 23Sunday, October 28
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
JordanAll locationsFriday, March 30Friday, October 26
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2018
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2018
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2018
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 1Sunday, October 28
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo LeónSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
Sonora, Quintana RooNo DST in 2018
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MoroccoAll locationsSunday, March 25*Sunday, October 28*
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2018
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NamibiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2018
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, September 30Sunday, April 1
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2018
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2018
PalestineAll locationsSaturday, March 24Saturday, October 27
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 7Sunday, March 25
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2018
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2018
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
RussiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SamoaAll locationsSunday, September 30Sunday, April 1
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2018
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2018
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
SyriaAll locationsFriday, March 30Friday, October 26
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2018
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TurkeyAll locationsNo DST in 2018
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2018
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
UkraineMost locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of DonetskNo DST in 2018
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2018
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
United StatesMost locationsSunday, March 11Sunday, November 4
Hawaii, most of ArizonaNo DST in 2018
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 2018
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2018
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2018
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 25Sunday, October 28
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
Western SaharaAll locationsSunday, March 25*Sunday, October 28*
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2018
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2018
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.