Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2011

Who has DST in 2011?

Areas having DST in some period during 2011
No DST in 2011

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 2011. For more details, see information for the first half of 2011 and the second half of 2011.

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 2011
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2011
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Albania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Algeria All locations No DST in 2011
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2011
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Angola All locations No DST in 2011
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2011
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2011
Some locations Sunday, September 25 Sunday, April 3
Palmer Station Sunday, August 21 Sunday, May 8
Troll Station Tuesday, March 1* Sunday, October 30
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2011
Argentina All locations No DST in 2011
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Aruba All locations No DST in 2011
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 2 Sunday, April 3
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2011
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 2 Sunday, April 3
Austria All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2011
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2011
Barbados All locations No DST in 2011
Belarus All locations No DST in 2011
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Belize All locations No DST in 2011
Benin All locations No DST in 2011
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2011
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Botswana All locations No DST in 2011
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 16 Sunday, February 20
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins No DST in 2011
Bahia Sunday, October 16 Does not end this year
Barra do Garças Does not start this year Saturday, February 19
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2011
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Brunei All locations No DST in 2011
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2011
Burundi All locations No DST in 2011
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2011
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2011
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2011
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2011
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2011
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2011
Chad All locations No DST in 2011
Chile Most locations Sunday, August 21 Sunday, May 8
Easter Island Saturday, August 20 Saturday, May 7
China All locations No DST in 2011
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2011
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2011
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Colombia All locations No DST in 2011
Comoros All locations No DST in 2011
Congo All locations No DST in 2011
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2011
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2011
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2011
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 20 Sunday, November 13
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2011
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2011
Dominica All locations No DST in 2011
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2011
East Timor All locations No DST in 2011
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2011
Egypt All locations No DST in 2011
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2011
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2011
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2011
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2011
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2011
Falkland Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Fiji All locations Sunday, October 23 Sunday, March 6
Finland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
France Most locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2011
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2011
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2011
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2011
Gabon All locations No DST in 2011
Gambia All locations No DST in 2011
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2011
Sukhumi Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Germany All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Ghana All locations No DST in 2011
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Greece All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 26 Saturday, October 29
Some locations No DST in 2011
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Pituffik Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Grenada All locations No DST in 2011
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2011
Guam All locations No DST in 2011
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2011
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Guinea All locations No DST in 2011
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2011
Guyana All locations No DST in 2011
Haiti All locations No DST in 2011
Honduras All locations No DST in 2011
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2011
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Iceland All locations No DST in 2011
India All locations No DST in 2011
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2011
Iran All locations Tuesday, March 22 Thursday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2011
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Israel All locations Friday, April 1 Sunday, October 2
Italy All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2011
Japan All locations No DST in 2011
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Jordan All locations Friday, April 1 Friday, October 28
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2011
Kenya All locations No DST in 2011
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2011
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2011
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2011
Laos All locations No DST in 2011
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2011
Liberia All locations No DST in 2011
Libya All locations No DST in 2011
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Macau All locations No DST in 2011
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2011
Malawi All locations No DST in 2011
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2011
Maldives All locations No DST in 2011
Mali All locations No DST in 2011
Malta All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Martinique All locations No DST in 2011
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2011
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2011
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2011
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Sonora No DST in 2011
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2011
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2011
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2011
Morocco All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, July 31
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2011
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2011
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 4 Sunday, April 3
Nauru All locations No DST in 2011
Nepal All locations No DST in 2011
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2011
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2011
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 25 Sunday, April 3
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2011
Niger All locations No DST in 2011
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2011
Niue All locations No DST in 2011
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2011
North Korea All locations No DST in 2011
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Norway All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Oman All locations No DST in 2011
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2011
Palau All locations No DST in 2011
Palestine Most locations Friday, April 1* Friday, September 30*
Gaza Strip Friday, April 1 Monday, August 1
Panama All locations No DST in 2011
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2011
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 2 Sunday, April 10
Peru All locations No DST in 2011
Philippines All locations No DST in 2011
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Poland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2011
Qatar All locations No DST in 2011
Reunion All locations No DST in 2011
Romania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Russia All locations No DST in 2011
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2011
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2011
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2011
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2011
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2011
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2011
Samoa All locations Saturday, September 24 Saturday, April 2
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2011
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2011
Senegal All locations No DST in 2011
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2011
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2011
Singapore All locations No DST in 2011
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2011
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Somalia All locations No DST in 2011
South Africa All locations No DST in 2011
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2011
South Korea All locations No DST in 2011
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2011
Spain All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2011
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2011
Sudan All locations No DST in 2011
Suriname All locations No DST in 2011
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Syria All locations Friday, April 1 Friday, October 28
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2011
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2011
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2011
Thailand All locations No DST in 2011
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Togo All locations No DST in 2011
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2011
Tonga All locations No DST in 2011
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2011
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2011
Turkey All locations Monday, March 28 Sunday, October 30
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2011
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2011
Uganda All locations No DST in 2011
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2011
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
United States Most locations Sunday, March 13 Sunday, November 6
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2011
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 2 Sunday, March 13
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2011
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2011
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2011
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2011
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2011
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2011
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2011
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, July 31
Yemen All locations No DST in 2011
Zambia All locations No DST in 2011
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2011
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.