Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 2026

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often incorrectly referred to as “daylight savings time”. In some countries, it is also called “summer time”. When DST is not observed, it is called standard time, normal time or winter time.

This list displays a brief (but not complete) overview showing the countries and territories which plan to observe DST during the first half of 2026. Note that this list might not be final - countries, territories, and states sometimes make adjustments which are announced just days or weeks ahead of the time change.

Also, please see the page for the second half of 2026 or the overview over start and end times for 2026 sorted by country.

Date	Country	Local Time Change
Feb 15 Sun	Morocco (Some locations) Western Sahara (Some locations)	3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back)
Mar 8 Sun	Cuba (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Mar 8 Sun	The Bahamas (All locations) Bermuda (All locations) Canada (All locations which are observing DST) Greenland (Thule Air Base) Haiti (All locations) Mexico (Some locations observing DST) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (All locations) Turks and Caicos Islands (All locations) United States (All locations which are observing DST)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 15 Sun	Antarctica (Troll Station)	1:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 22 Sun	Morocco (Some locations) Western Sahara (Some locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 27 Fri	Israel (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 28 Sat	Palestine (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 28 Sat	Greenland (Most locations observing DST)	11:00 pm → 12:00 am (Forward)
Mar 29 Sun	Lebanon (All locations) Portugal (Some locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Mar 29 Sun	Faroe Islands (All locations) Guernsey (All locations) Ireland (All locations) Isle of Man (All locations) Jersey (All locations) Portugal (Most locations) Spain (Some locations) United Kingdom (All locations)	1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward)
Mar 29 Sun	Albania (All locations) Andorra (All locations) Austria (All locations) Belgium (All locations) Bosnia and Herzegovina (All locations) Croatia (All locations) Czechia (All locations) Denmark (All locations) France (All locations which are observing DST) Germany (All locations) Gibraltar (All locations) Hungary (All locations) Italy (All locations) Kosovo (All locations) Liechtenstein (All locations) Luxembourg (All locations) Malta (All locations) Moldova (All locations) Monaco (All locations) Montenegro (All locations) Netherlands (All locations which are observing DST) Norway (All locations) Poland (All locations) North Macedonia (All locations) San Marino (All locations) Serbia (All locations) Slovakia (All locations) Slovenia (All locations) Spain (Most locations) Sweden (All locations) Switzerland (All locations) Vatican City (Holy See) (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 29 Sun	Åland Islands (All locations) Bulgaria (All locations) Cyprus (All locations) Estonia (All locations) Finland (All locations) Greece (All locations) Latvia (All locations) Lithuania (All locations) Romania (All locations) Ukraine (All locations which are observing DST)	3:00 am → 4:00 am (Forward)
Apr 4 Sat	Chile (Easter Island)	10:00 pm → 9:00 pm (Back)
Apr 5 Sun	Chile (Most locations observing DST)	12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back)
Apr 5 Sun	Australia (Lord Howe Island)	2:00 am → 1:30 am (Back)
Apr 5 Sun	Antarctica (Some locations observing DST) Australia (Most locations observing DST) New Zealand (Most locations) Norfolk Island (All locations)	3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back)
Apr 5 Sun	New Zealand (Some locations)	3:45 am → 2:45 am (Back)
Apr 24 Fri	Egypt (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)

Daylight Saving Time for other years
Yearly Overview	January–June	July–December
2024	first half of 2024	second half of 2024
2025	first half of 2025	second half of 2025
2026	first half of 2026	second half of 2026
2027	first half of 2027	second half of 2027
2028	first half of 2028	second half of 2028

Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 2026

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