Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2020
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 2020. For more details, see information for the first half of 2020 and the second half of 2020.
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 2020 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Some locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 | |
Palmer Station | DST all year in 2020 | ||
Troll Station | Sunday, March 15 | Sunday, October 25 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, April 5 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2020 | ||
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, April 5 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2020 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, September 6 | Sunday, April 5 |
Some locations | DST all year in 2020 | ||
Easter Island | Saturday, September 5 | Saturday, April 4 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Egypt | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Fiji | All locations | Sunday, December 20 | Sunday, January 12 |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2020 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, October 24 |
Some locations | No DST in 2020 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Iran | All locations | Saturday, March 21 | Monday, September 21 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Sunday, October 25 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Friday, October 30 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 | |
Sonora, Quintana Roo | No DST in 2020 | ||
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Morocco | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, April 19 |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 2020 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, April 5 |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Palestine | All locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, October 24 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, March 22 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Samoa | All locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Syria | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Friday, October 30 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Turkey | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Ukraine | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of Donetsk | No DST in 2020 | ||
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Hawaii, most of Arizona | No DST in 2020 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, April 19 |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2020 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2020 |