Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2021

Who has DST in 2021?

Areas having DST in some period during 2021
No DST in 2021

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 2021. For more details, see information for the first half of 2021and the second half of 2021.

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 2021
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2021
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Albania All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Algeria All locations No DST in 2021
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2021
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Angola All locations No DST in 2021
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2021
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2021
Some locations Sunday, September 26 Sunday, April 4
Palmer Station DST all year in 2021
Troll Station Sunday, March 21 Sunday, October 31
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2021
Argentina All locations No DST in 2021
Armenia All locations No DST in 2021
Aruba All locations No DST in 2021
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 3 Sunday, April 4
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2021
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 3 Sunday, April 4
Austria All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Azerbaijan All locations No DST in 2021
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2021
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2021
Barbados All locations No DST in 2021
Belarus All locations No DST in 2021
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Belize All locations No DST in 2021
Benin All locations No DST in 2021
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2021
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Botswana All locations No DST in 2021
Brazil All locations No DST in 2021
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2021
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Brunei All locations No DST in 2021
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2021
Burundi All locations No DST in 2021
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2021
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2021
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2021
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Much of Saskatchewan, Yukon, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2021
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2021
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2021
Chad All locations No DST in 2021
Chile Most locations Sunday, September 5 Sunday, April 4
Some locations No DST in 2021
Easter Island Saturday, September 4 Saturday, April 3
China All locations No DST in 2021
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2021
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2021
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Colombia All locations No DST in 2021
Comoros All locations No DST in 2021
Congo All locations No DST in 2021
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2021
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2021
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2021
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2021
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2021
Dominica All locations No DST in 2021
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2021
East Timor All locations No DST in 2021
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2021
Egypt All locations No DST in 2021
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2021
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2021
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2021
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2021
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2021
Falkland Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Fiji All locations Does not start this year Sunday, January 17
Finland All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
France Most locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2021
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2021
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2021
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2021
Gabon All locations No DST in 2021
Gambia All locations No DST in 2021
Georgia All locations No DST in 2021
Germany All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Ghana All locations No DST in 2021
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Greece All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 27 Saturday, October 30
Some locations No DST in 2021
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Pituffik Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Grenada All locations No DST in 2021
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2021
Guam All locations No DST in 2021
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2021
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Guinea All locations No DST in 2021
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2021
Guyana All locations No DST in 2021
Haiti All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Honduras All locations No DST in 2021
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2021
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Iceland All locations No DST in 2021
India All locations No DST in 2021
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2021
Iran All locations Monday, March 22 Wednesday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2021
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Israel All locations Friday, March 26 Sunday, October 31
Italy All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2021
Japan All locations No DST in 2021
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Jordan All locations Friday, March 26 Friday, October 29
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2021
Kenya All locations No DST in 2021
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2021
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2021
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2021
Laos All locations No DST in 2021
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2021
Liberia All locations No DST in 2021
Libya All locations No DST in 2021
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Macau All locations No DST in 2021
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2021
Malawi All locations No DST in 2021
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2021
Maldives All locations No DST in 2021
Mali All locations No DST in 2021
Malta All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Martinique All locations No DST in 2021
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2021
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2021
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2021
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 4 Sunday, October 31
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Sonora, Quintana Roo No DST in 2021
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2021
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2021
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2021
Morocco All locations Sunday, May 16 Sunday, April 11
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2021
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2021
Namibia All locations No DST in 2021
Nauru All locations No DST in 2021
Nepal All locations No DST in 2021
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2021
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2021
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 26 Sunday, April 4
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2021
Niger All locations No DST in 2021
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2021
Niue All locations No DST in 2021
Norfolk Island All locations Sunday, October 3 Sunday, April 4
North Korea All locations No DST in 2021
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Norway All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Oman All locations No DST in 2021
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2021
Palau All locations No DST in 2021
Palestine All locations Saturday, March 27 Friday, October 29
Panama All locations No DST in 2021
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2021
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 3 Sunday, March 28
Peru All locations No DST in 2021
Philippines All locations No DST in 2021
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Poland All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2021
Qatar All locations No DST in 2021
Reunion All locations No DST in 2021
Romania All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Russia All locations No DST in 2021
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2021
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2021
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2021
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2021
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2021
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2021
Samoa All locations Does not start this year Sunday, April 4
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2021
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2021
Senegal All locations No DST in 2021
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2021
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2021
Singapore All locations No DST in 2021
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2021
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Somalia All locations No DST in 2021
South Africa All locations No DST in 2021
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2021
South Korea All locations No DST in 2021
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2021
Spain All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2021
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2021
Sudan All locations No DST in 2021
Suriname All locations No DST in 2021
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Syria All locations Friday, March 26 Friday, October 29
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2021
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2021
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2021
Thailand All locations No DST in 2021
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Togo All locations No DST in 2021
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2021
Tonga All locations No DST in 2021
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2021
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2021
Turkey All locations No DST in 2021
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2021
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2021
Uganda All locations No DST in 2021
Ukraine Most locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of Donetsk No DST in 2021
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2021
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
United States Most locations Sunday, March 14 Sunday, November 7
Hawaii, most of Arizona No DST in 2021
Uruguay All locations No DST in 2021
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2021
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2021
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2021
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2021
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 28 Sunday, October 31
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2021
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2021
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2021
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, May 16 Sunday, April 11
Yemen All locations No DST in 2021
Zambia All locations No DST in 2021
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2021