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 2018and 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
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2018
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Albania All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Algeria All locations No DST in 2018
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2018
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Angola All locations No DST in 2018
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2018
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2018
Some locations Sunday, September 30 Sunday, April 1
Palmer Station DST all year in 2018
Troll Station Sunday, March 18 Sunday, October 28
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2018
Argentina All locations No DST in 2018
Armenia All locations No DST in 2018
Aruba All locations No DST in 2018
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 7 Sunday, April 1
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2018
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 7 Sunday, April 1
Austria All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Azerbaijan All locations No DST in 2018
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2018
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2018
Barbados All locations No DST in 2018
Belarus All locations No DST in 2018
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Belize All locations No DST in 2018
Benin All locations No DST in 2018
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2018
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Botswana All locations No DST in 2018
Brazil Most locations Sunday, November 4 Sunday, February 18
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins, regions of Mato Grosso No DST in 2018
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2018
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Brunei All locations No DST in 2018
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2018
Burundi All locations No DST in 2018
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2018
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2018
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2018
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2018
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2018
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2018
Chad All locations No DST in 2018
Chile Most locations Sunday, August 12 Sunday, May 13
Some locations No DST in 2018
Easter Island Saturday, August 11 Saturday, May 12
China All locations No DST in 2018
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2018
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2018
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Colombia All locations No DST in 2018
Comoros All locations No DST in 2018
Congo All locations No DST in 2018
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2018
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2018
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2018
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2018
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2018
Dominica All locations No DST in 2018
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2018
East Timor All locations No DST in 2018
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2018
Egypt All locations No DST in 2018
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2018
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2018
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2018
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2018
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2018
Falkland Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Fiji All locations Sunday, November 4 Sunday, January 14
Finland All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
France Most locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2018
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2018
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2018
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2018
Gabon All locations No DST in 2018
Gambia All locations No DST in 2018
Georgia All locations No DST in 2018
Germany All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Ghana All locations No DST in 2018
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Greece All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 24 Saturday, October 27
Some locations No DST in 2018
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Pituffik Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Grenada All locations No DST in 2018
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2018
Guam All locations No DST in 2018
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2018
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Guinea All locations No DST in 2018
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2018
Guyana All locations No DST in 2018
Haiti All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Honduras All locations No DST in 2018
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2018
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Iceland All locations No DST in 2018
India All locations No DST in 2018
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2018
Iran All locations Thursday, March 22 Saturday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2018
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Israel All locations Friday, March 23 Sunday, October 28
Italy All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2018
Japan All locations No DST in 2018
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Jordan All locations Friday, March 30 Friday, October 26
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2018
Kenya All locations No DST in 2018
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2018
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2018
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2018
Laos All locations No DST in 2018
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2018
Liberia All locations No DST in 2018
Libya All locations No DST in 2018
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Macau All locations No DST in 2018
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2018
Malawi All locations No DST in 2018
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2018
Maldives All locations No DST in 2018
Mali All locations No DST in 2018
Malta All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Martinique All locations No DST in 2018
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2018
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2018
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2018
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 1 Sunday, October 28
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Sonora, Quintana Roo No DST in 2018
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2018
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2018
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2018
Morocco All locations Sunday, March 25* Sunday, October 28*
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2018
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2018
Namibia All locations No DST in 2018
Nauru All locations No DST in 2018
Nepal All locations No DST in 2018
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2018
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2018
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 30 Sunday, April 1
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2018
Niger All locations No DST in 2018
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2018
Niue All locations No DST in 2018
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2018
North Korea All locations No DST in 2018
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Norway All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Oman All locations No DST in 2018
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2018
Palau All locations No DST in 2018
Palestine All locations Saturday, March 24 Saturday, October 27
Panama All locations No DST in 2018
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2018
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 7 Sunday, March 25
Peru All locations No DST in 2018
Philippines All locations No DST in 2018
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Poland All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2018
Qatar All locations No DST in 2018
Reunion All locations No DST in 2018
Romania All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Russia All locations No DST in 2018
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2018
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2018
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2018
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2018
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2018
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2018
Samoa All locations Sunday, September 30 Sunday, April 1
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2018
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2018
Senegal All locations No DST in 2018
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2018
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2018
Singapore All locations No DST in 2018
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2018
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Somalia All locations No DST in 2018
South Africa All locations No DST in 2018
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2018
South Korea All locations No DST in 2018
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2018
Spain All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2018
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2018
Sudan All locations No DST in 2018
Suriname All locations No DST in 2018
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Syria All locations Friday, March 30 Friday, October 26
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2018
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2018
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2018
Thailand All locations No DST in 2018
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Togo All locations No DST in 2018
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2018
Tonga All locations No DST in 2018
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2018
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2018
Turkey All locations No DST in 2018
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2018
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2018
Uganda All locations No DST in 2018
Ukraine Most locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of Donetsk No DST in 2018
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2018
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
United States Most locations Sunday, March 11 Sunday, November 4
Hawaii, most of Arizona No DST in 2018
Uruguay All locations No DST in 2018
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2018
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2018
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2018
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2018
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 25 Sunday, October 28
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2018
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2018
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2018
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, March 25* Sunday, October 28*
Yemen All locations No DST in 2018
Zambia All locations No DST in 2018
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2018
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.