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 2013and 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
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2013
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Albania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Algeria All locations No DST in 2013
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2013
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Angola All locations No DST in 2013
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2013
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2013
Some locations Sunday, September 29 Sunday, April 7
Palmer Station Sunday, September 8 Sunday, April 28
Troll Station Friday, March 1* Sunday, October 27
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2013
Argentina All locations No DST in 2013
Armenia All locations No DST in 2013
Aruba All locations No DST in 2013
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, April 7
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2013
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 6 Sunday, April 7
Austria All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Azerbaijan Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Xankendi No DST in 2013
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2013
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2013
Barbados All locations No DST in 2013
Belarus All locations No DST in 2013
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Belize All locations No DST in 2013
Benin All locations No DST in 2013
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2013
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Botswana All locations No DST in 2013
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 20 Sunday, February 17
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, regions of Mato Grosso No DST in 2013
Tocantins Does not start this year Sunday, February 17
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2013
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Brunei All locations No DST in 2013
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2013
Burundi All locations No DST in 2013
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2013
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2013
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2013
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2013
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2013
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2013
Chad All locations No DST in 2013
Chile Most locations Sunday, September 8 Sunday, April 28
Easter Island Saturday, September 7 Saturday, April 27
China All locations No DST in 2013
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2013
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2013
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Colombia All locations No DST in 2013
Comoros All locations No DST in 2013
Congo All locations No DST in 2013
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2013
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2013
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2013
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2013
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2013
Dominica All locations No DST in 2013
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2013
East Timor All locations No DST in 2013
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2013
Egypt All locations No DST in 2013
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2013
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2013
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2013
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2013
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2013
Falkland Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Fiji All locations Sunday, October 27 Sunday, January 20
Finland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
France Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2013
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2013
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2013
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2013
Gabon All locations No DST in 2013
Gambia All locations No DST in 2013
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2013
Sukhumi Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Germany All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Ghana All locations No DST in 2013
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Greece All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 30 Saturday, October 26
Some locations No DST in 2013
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Pituffik Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Grenada All locations No DST in 2013
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2013
Guam All locations No DST in 2013
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2013
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Guinea All locations No DST in 2013
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2013
Guyana All locations No DST in 2013
Haiti All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Honduras All locations No DST in 2013
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2013
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Iceland All locations No DST in 2013
India All locations No DST in 2013
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2013
Iran All locations Friday, March 22 Sunday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2013
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Israel All locations Friday, March 29 Sunday, October 27
Italy All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2013
Japan All locations No DST in 2013
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jordan All locations Does not start this year Friday, December 20
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2013
Kenya All locations No DST in 2013
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2013
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2013
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2013
Laos All locations No DST in 2013
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2013
Liberia All locations No DST in 2013
Libya All locations Friday, March 29 Friday, October 25
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Macau All locations No DST in 2013
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2013
Malawi All locations No DST in 2013
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2013
Maldives All locations No DST in 2013
Mali All locations No DST in 2013
Malta All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Martinique All locations No DST in 2013
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2013
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2013
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2013
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Sonora No DST in 2013
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2013
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2013
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2013
Morocco All locations Sunday, April 28* Sunday, October 27*
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2013
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2013
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 1 Sunday, April 7
Nauru All locations No DST in 2013
Nepal All locations No DST in 2013
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2013
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2013
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 29 Sunday, April 7
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2013
Niger All locations No DST in 2013
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2013
Niue All locations No DST in 2013
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2013
North Korea All locations No DST in 2013
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Norway All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Oman All locations No DST in 2013
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2013
Palau All locations No DST in 2013
Palestine All locations Friday, March 29 Friday, September 27
Panama All locations No DST in 2013
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2013
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 24
Peru All locations No DST in 2013
Philippines All locations No DST in 2013
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Poland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2013
Qatar All locations No DST in 2013
Reunion All locations No DST in 2013
Romania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Russia All locations No DST in 2013
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2013
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2013
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2013
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2013
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2013
Samoa All locations Sunday, September 29 Sunday, April 7
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2013
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2013
Senegal All locations No DST in 2013
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2013
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2013
Singapore All locations No DST in 2013
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2013
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Somalia All locations No DST in 2013
South Africa All locations No DST in 2013
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2013
South Korea All locations No DST in 2013
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2013
Spain All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2013
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2013
Sudan All locations No DST in 2013
Suriname All locations No DST in 2013
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Syria All locations Friday, March 29 Friday, October 25
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2013
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2013
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2013
Thailand All locations No DST in 2013
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Togo All locations No DST in 2013
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2013
Tonga All locations No DST in 2013
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2013
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2013
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2013
Uganda All locations No DST in 2013
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2013
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
United States Most locations Sunday, March 10 Sunday, November 3
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2013
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 10
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2013
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2013
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2013
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2013
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2013
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2013
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2013
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, April 28* Sunday, October 27*
Yemen All locations No DST in 2013
Zambia All locations No DST in 2013
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2013
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.