Time Zones
Time Zones by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Most Time Zones
Country | # Time Zones↓ | Time Zones Covered | Daylight Savings/Winter Time? | |
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 | France | 13 | 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 | UTC +02:00 (mainland) |
 | United States | 11 | 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 | UTC −04:00 to UTC −10:00 |
 | Russia | 11 | 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 | n/a |
 | United Kingdom | 9 | 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 | UTC +01:00 (mainland) |
 | Australia | 9 | 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 | Yes |
 | Canada | 5.50 | 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 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −02:30 |
 | Denmark | 5 | UTC −02:00 Most of Greenland| UTC +01:00 Main Territory of Denmark | |
 | New Zealand | 5 | UTC −11:00 — Niue | |
 | Brazil | 4 | UTC −05:00 — Brazil | |
 | Mexico | 4 | 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 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −05:00 |
 | Indonesia | 3 | UTC +07:00 | |
 | Chile | 3 | UTC −06:00 — Easter Island | |
 | Kiribati | 3 | UTC +12:00 — Gilbert Islands | |
 | DR Congo | 2 | UTC +01:00 | |
 | South Africa | 2 | UTC +02:00 — South Africa | |
 | Spain | 2 | UTC ±00:00 — Canary Islands | |
 | Netherlands | 2 | UTC −04:00 — territories | |
 | Ecuador | 2 | UTC −06:00 (Galápagos) | |
 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | UTC +10:00 — Papua New Guinea | |
 | Portugal | 2 | UTC −01:00 — Azores| UTC ±00:00 — Madeira, mainland Portugal | UTC +01:00 (mainland) |
 | Mongolia | 2 | UTC +07:00 | |
 | Micronesia | 2 | UTC +10:00 | |
 | India | 1 | UTC +05:30 | n/a |
 | China | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Pakistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | n/a |
 | Nigeria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Bangladesh | 1 | UTC +06:00 | n/a |
 | Ethiopia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Japan | 1 | UTC +09:00 | n/a |
 | Egypt | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Philippines | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Vietnam | 1 | UTC +07:00 | n/a |
 | Iran | 1 | UTC +03:30 | UTC +04:30 |
 | Turkey | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Germany | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Thailand | 1 | UTC +07:00 | n/a |
 | Tanzania | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Italy | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Kenya | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Myanmar | 1 | UTC +06:30 | n/a |
 | Colombia | 1 | UTC −05:00 | n/a |
 | South Korea | 1 | UTC +09:00 | n/a |
 | Sudan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Uganda | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Algeria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Iraq | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Argentina | 1 | UTC −03:00 | n/a |
 | Afghanistan | 1 | UTC +04:30 | n/a |
 | Yemen | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Angola | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Ukraine | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Morocco | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +00:00 (during Ramadan) |
 | Poland | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Uzbekistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | n/a |
 | Malaysia | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Mozambique | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Ghana | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Peru | 1 | UTC −05:00 | n/a |
 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Madagascar | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Ivory Coast | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Cameroon | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Nepal | 1 | UTC +05:45 | n/a |
 | Venezuela | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Niger | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | North Korea | 1 | UTC +09:00 | n/a |
 | Syria | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Mali | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Burkina Faso | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Sri Lanka | 1 | UTC +05:30 | n/a |
 | Taiwan | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Malawi | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Zambia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Chad | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Kazakhstan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | |
 | Somalia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Senegal | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Romania | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Guatemala | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Cambodia | 1 | UTC +07:00 | n/a |
 | Zimbabwe | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Guinea | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Benin | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Rwanda | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Burundi | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Bolivia | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Tunisia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | South Sudan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Haiti | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
 | Belgium | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Jordan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Dominican Republic | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Honduras | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Cuba | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
 | Tajikistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | n/a |
 | Sweden | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Czechia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Azerbaijan | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Greece | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Togo | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Hungary | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Israel | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Austria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Belarus | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Switzerland | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Sierra Leone | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Laos | 1 | UTC +07:00 | n/a |
 | Turkmenistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | n/a |
 | Libya | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Hong Kong | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | UTC +06:00 | n/a |
 | Paraguay | 1 | UTC −04:00 | UTC −03:00 |
 | Nicaragua | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Bulgaria | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Serbia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | El Salvador | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Singapore | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Lebanon | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Liberia | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Finland | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Norway | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Palestine | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Central African Republic | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Oman | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Slovakia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Mauritania | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Ireland | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | UTC +01:00 |
 | Costa Rica | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Kuwait | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Panama | 1 | UTC −05:00 | n/a |
 | Croatia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Georgia | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Eritrea | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Uruguay | 1 | UTC −03:00 | n/a |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Qatar | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Namibia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Moldova | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Armenia | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Jamaica | 1 | UTC −05:00 | n/a |
 | Lithuania | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Gambia | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Albania | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Gabon | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Botswana | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Lesotho | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Slovenia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | UTC +01:00 | n/a |
 | Latvia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | North Macedonia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Bahrain | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Cyprus | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Estonia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
 | Mauritius | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Eswatini | 1 | UTC +02:00 | n/a |
 | Djibouti | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Fiji | 1 | UTC +12:00 | UTC +13:00 |
 | Comoros | 1 | UTC +03:00 | n/a |
 | Solomon Islands | 1 | UTC +11:00 | n/a |
 | Guyana | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Bhutan | 1 | UTC +06:00 | n/a |
 | Macau | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Luxembourg | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Suriname | 1 | UTC −03:00 | n/a |
 | Montenegro | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Malta | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Maldives | 1 | UTC +05:00 | n/a |
 | Cape Verde | 1 | UTC −01:00 | n/a |
 | Brunei | 1 | UTC +08:00 | n/a |
 | Belize | 1 | UTC −06:00 | n/a |
 | Bahamas | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
 | Iceland | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Vanuatu | 1 | UTC +11:00 | n/a |
 | Barbados | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | n/a |
 | Samoa | 1 | UTC +13:00 | n/a |
 | Saint Lucia | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Seychelles | 1 | UTC +04:00 | n/a |
 | Grenada | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Tonga | 1 | UTC +13:00 | n/a |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Andorra | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Dominica | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | UTC −04:00 | n/a |
 | Liechtenstein | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Monaco | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Marshall Islands | 1 | UTC +12:00 | n/a |
 | San Marino | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
 | Palau | 1 | UTC +09:00 | n/a |
 | Nauru | 1 | UTC +12:00 | n/a |
 | Tuvalu | 1 | UTC +12:00 | n/a |
 | Vatican City | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
Time zones are imaginary vertical bands that wrap around the Earth, marking the distance (in 1 hour increments) from the international reference meridian. This distance determines the local time of day in each time zone. Time zones compensate for the Earth’s rotation, enabling sunrise and sunset to occur at approximately the same time of day no matter where on Earth one is located.
For example, if sunrise occurs at 6:00 am in London, England, it will also happen at around 6:00 am in New York, USA, even though the sunrise in New York happens five hours later (when it is 11:00 am in London) because New York is five time zones away. Because Earth rotates 360° every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09053 seconds,, enabling the equation 360°/24 hours to determine time zone width, each time zone is approximately 15° of longitude wide.
World Time Zones by Country
Many countries touch multiple time zones due to their sheer size and/or because they have overseas territories such as Denmark’s territory Greeland. Daylight Saving Time (DST), which shifts local time by an hour in order to maximize daylight hours during certain times of year, is widely used in Europe, North America, and some parts of Africa, Australia, and South America. A few countries also use “winter time”, a nearly identical time-shifting system, to the same effect.
