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Countries with the Most Time Zones 2023
The country with most time zones in the world is actually the nation of France. When you include the overseas territories that France possesses, it has a total of 12 different time zones. If you include the territory that France has claimed on the continent of Antarctica, France has a total of 13 different time zones. The overseas territories of France account for the majority of the nation's many time zones. The time zone of metropolitan France, which is simply the nation of France itself, is UTC +01:00. The nation of France proper is in Central European Time.
Russia Comes in at #2 With 11 Different Time Zones
Russia is well-known as one of the largest nations in the world when you consider the amount of land it possesses. As a result, it is not too surprising that Russia has plenty of time zones. In total, when including the overseas territories of Russia, it has a total of 11 different time zones. Unlike France, the majority of time zones that Russia has are due to the nation of Russia itself and not its overseas territories. The majority of European Russia follows Moscow Time, which is UTC +03:00.
The United States Is Tied With Russia With 11 Time Zones
The United States of America is another fairly large nation and it has many overseas territories, as well. Because of this, the United States is tied with Russia for the second-most time zones in the world with 11. Six of the United States' 11 time zones come from its 50 states. The other five time zones are from its various overseas territories. In the continental United States, there are a total of four different time zones. These are the Eastern Time zone, the Central Time zone, the Mountain Time zone, and the Pacific Time zone. The US is not the country with most time zones, but it has more time zones than many other countries.
There is a Three-Way Tie for the Country With the Third-Most Time Zones
Just as there was for the country with the second-most time zones, there is a tie for the country with the third-most time zones. This tie is between Antarctica, the United Kingdom, and Australia. All three of these countries each have a total of nine time zones. Australia proper has four different time zones, while the United Kingdom proper only has one time zone. All nine of Antarctica's time zones come from the country itself. As you likely know, Antarctica does not have any overseas territories.
- While Russia stretches across a near-record number of time zones by being the largest country in the world by land area, France touches a greater number of time zones thanks to its overseas territories, such as French Guiana, Mayotte, and Reunion, most of which are tiny island nations. Whether this is a valid comparison or a "cheat" is a matter of some debate.
Country | # of Time Zones | Daylight Savings/ Winter Time | Zones Included |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13 | UTC +02:00 (mainland) | UTC −10:00 — territories UTC −09:30 — territories UTC −09:00 — territories UTC −08:00 — Clipperton Island UTC −04:00 — Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin UTC −03:00 — French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon UTC +01:00 — mainland France UTC +03:00 — Mayotte, various islands UTC +04:00 — Réunion, Crozet Islands UTC +05:00 — Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands UTC +11:00 — New Caledonia UTC +12:00 — Wallis and Futuna |
| United States | 11 | UTC −04:00 to UTC −10:00 | UTC −12:00 — Baker Island and Howland Island UTC −11:00 — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll UTC −10:00 — Hawaii, most of the Aleutian Islands, and Johnston Atoll UTC −09:00 — Alaska (most) UTC −08:00 — US (PST) UTC −07:00 — US (MST) UTC −06:00 — US (CST) UTC −05:00 — US (EST) UTC −04:00 — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands UTC +10:00 — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands UTC +12:00 — Wake Island |
| Russia | 11 | n/a | UTC +02:00 — Kaliningrad Oblast UTC +03:00 — Moscow, much of European Russia UTC +04:00 — Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast UTC +05:00 — Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia UTC +06:00 — Omsk Oblast UTC +07:00 — Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, and Tuva UTC +08:00 — Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast UTC +09:00 — Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic, and Zabaykalsky Krai UTC +10:00 — Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic UTC +11:00 — Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, and Sakhalin Oblast UTC +12:00 — Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai |
| United Kingdom | 9 | UTC +01:00 (mainland) | UTC −08:00 — Pitcairn Islands UTC −05:00 — Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands UTC −04:00 — Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat UTC −03:00 — Falkland Islands UTC −02:00 — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands UTC ±00:00 — mainland United Kingdom, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey UTC +01:00 — Gibraltar UTC +02:00 — Akrotiri and Dhekelia UTC +06:00 — British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Australia | 9 | Yes | UTC +05:00 — Heard and McDonald Islands UTC +06:30 — Cocos (Keeling) Islands UTC +07:00 — Christmas Island UTC +08:00 — Australia UTC +08:45 — Australia UTC +09:30 — Australia UTC +10:00 — Australia, Tasmania UTC +10:30 — Lord Howe Island UTC +11:00 — Norfolk Island |
| Canada | 6 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −02:30 | UTC −08:00 — Canada UTC −07:00 — Canada UTC −06:00 — Canada UTC −05:00 — Canada UTC −04:00 — Canada UTC −03:30 — Canada (SE Labrador), Newfoundland |
| Denmark | 5 | UTC +02:00 to UTC +05:00 | UTC −04:00 (Greenland) UTC −03:00 (Greenland) UTC −01:00 (territories) UTC ±00:00 (territories) UTC +01:00 (mainland) |
| New Zealand | 5 | Yes | UTC −11:00 — Niue UTC −10:00 — Cook Islands UTC +12:00 — New Zealand UTC +12:45 — Chatham Islands UTC +13:00 — Tokelau |
| Brazil | 4 | n/a | UTC −05:00 — Brazil UTC −04:00 — Brazil UTC −03:00 — Brazil UTC −02:00 — islands |
| Mexico | 4 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −05:00 | UTC −08:00 — Baja California UTC −07:00 — Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora UTC −06:00 — most of Mexico UTC −05:00 — Quintana Roo |
| Indonesia | 3 | n/a | UTC +07:00 UTC +08:00 UTC +09:00 |
| Chile | 3 | UTC −05:00 to UTC −02:00 | UTC −06:00 — Easter Island UTC −04:00 — Chile UTC −03:00 — Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica |
| Kiribati | 3 | n/a | UTC +12:00 — Gilbert Islands UTC +13:00 — Phoenix Islands UTC +14:00 — Line Islands |
| DR Congo | 2 | n/a | UTC +01:00 UTC +02:00 |
| South Africa | 2 | n/a | UTC +02:00 — South Africa UTC +03:00 — Prince Edward Islands |
| Spain | 2 | UTC +01:00 to UTC +02:00 | UTC ±00:00 — Canary Islands UTC +01:00 — Spain |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | n/a | UTC +05:00 UTC +06:00 |
| Ecuador | 2 | n/a | UTC −06:00 (Galápagos) UTC −05:00 (mainland) |
| Netherlands | 2 | UTC-04:00 (unobserved) or UTC +02:00 | UTC −04:00 — territories UTC +01:00 — Netherlands |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | n/a | UTC +10:00 — Papua New Guinea UTC +11:00 — Bougainville |
| Portugal | 2 | UTC +01:00 (mainland) | UTC −01:00 — Azores UTC ±00:00 — Madeira, mainland Portugal |
| Mongolia | 2 | n/a | UTC +07:00 UTC +08:00 |
| Micronesia | 2 | n/a | UTC +10:00 UTC +11:00 |
| India | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:30 |
| China | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Pakistan | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | n/a | UTC +06:00 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Japan | 1 | n/a | UTC +09:00 |
| Philippines | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Egypt | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Vietnam | 1 | n/a | UTC +07:00 |
| Iran | 1 | UTC +04:30 | UTC +03:30 |
| Turkey | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Germany | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Thailand | 1 | n/a | UTC +07:00 |
| Tanzania | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Italy | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Kenya | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Myanmar | 1 | n/a | UTC +06:30 |
| Colombia | 1 | n/a | UTC −05:00 |
| South Korea | 1 | n/a | UTC +09:00 |
| Uganda | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Sudan | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Argentina | 1 | n/a | UTC −03:00 |
| Algeria | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Iraq | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:30 |
| Poland | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Morocco | 1 | UTC +00:00 (during Ramadan) | UTC +01:00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Ukraine | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Angola | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:00 |
| Yemen | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Peru | 1 | n/a | UTC −05:00 |
| Malaysia | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Ghana | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Mozambique | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Nepal | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:45 |
| Madagascar | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Venezuela | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Cameroon | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Niger | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| North Korea | 1 | n/a | UTC +09:00 |
| Taiwan | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Mali | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Syria | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:30 |
| Malawi | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Zambia | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Romania | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Chad | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Somalia | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Guatemala | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Senegal | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Cambodia | 1 | n/a | UTC +07:00 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Guinea | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Rwanda | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Benin | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Burundi | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Tunisia | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Bolivia | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Haiti | 1 | UTC −04:00 | UTC −05:00 |
| Belgium | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Jordan | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Cuba | 1 | UTC −04:00 | UTC −05:00 |
| South Sudan | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Sweden | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Honduras | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Greece | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Hungary | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Belarus | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Israel | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Togo | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Austria | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Switzerland | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Laos | 1 | n/a | UTC +07:00 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Serbia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Libya | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Paraguay | 1 | UTC −03:00 | UTC −04:00 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | n/a | UTC +06:00 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:00 |
| El Salvador | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Republic of the Congo | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Singapore | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Slovakia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Finland | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Norway | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Liberia | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Palestine | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Lebanon | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Ireland | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC ±00:00 |
| Mauritania | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Oman | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Panama | 1 | n/a | UTC −05:00 |
| Kuwait | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Croatia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Eritrea | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Georgia | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Moldova | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Uruguay | 1 | n/a | UTC −03:00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Albania | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Jamaica | 1 | n/a | UTC −05:00 |
| Armenia | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Gambia | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Lithuania | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Qatar | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Botswana | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Namibia | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Gabon | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Lesotho | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Guinea Bissau | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Slovenia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Latvia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | n/a | UTC +01:00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Bahrain | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Estonia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Mauritius | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Cyprus | 1 | UTC +03:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Eswatini | 1 | n/a | UTC +02:00 |
| Djibouti | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Fiji | 1 | UTC +13:00 | UTC +12:00 |
| Comoros | 1 | n/a | UTC +03:00 |
| Guyana | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Bhutan | 1 | n/a | UTC +06:00 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | n/a | UTC +11:00 |
| Macau | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Montenegro | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Suriname | 1 | n/a | UTC −03:00 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | n/a | UTC −01:00 |
| Malta | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Maldives | 1 | n/a | UTC +05:00 |
| Brunei | 1 | n/a | UTC +08:00 |
| Bahamas | 1 | UTC −04:00 | UTC −05:00 |
| Belize | 1 | n/a | UTC −06:00 |
| Iceland | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | n/a | UTC +11:00 |
| Barbados | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | n/a | UTC ±00:00 |
| Samoa | 1 | n/a | UTC +13:00 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Grenada | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Tonga | 1 | n/a | UTC +13:00 |
| Seychelles | 1 | n/a | UTC +04:00 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Andorra | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Dominica | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | n/a | UTC −04:00 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | n/a | UTC +12:00 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Monaco | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| San Marino | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Palau | 1 | n/a | UTC +09:00 |
| Nauru | 1 | n/a | UTC +12:00 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | n/a | UTC +12:00 |
| Vatican City | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +01:00 |
Which country has the most time zones?
With 12 different time zones, France is the country that has the highest number of time zones.