Country rankings

Countries with the Most Time Zones

France has the highest # of Time Zones (13), followed by United States (11) and Russia (11). Vatican City has the lowest (1).

Geography197 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jun 22, 2023Original page
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# of Time Zones

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 197 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
1
Middle half 1 – 1
Average
1.42
197 countries
Highest
13
France
Lowest
1
Vatican City

Data

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197 countries · # = rank by # of Time Zones
#
1France13UTC +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…
2United States11UTC −04:00 to UTC −10:00UTC −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) UT…
2Russia11—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, S…
4United Kingdom9UTC +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, …
4Australia9YesUTC +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
6Canada6UTC −07:00 to UTC −02:30UTC −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
7Denmark5UTC +02:00 to UTC +05:00UTC −04:00 (Greenland) UTC −03:00 (Greenland) UTC −01:00 (territories) UTC ±00:00 (territories) UTC +01:00 (mainland)
7New Zealand5YesUTC −11:00 — Niue UTC −10:00 — Cook Islands UTC +12:00 — New Zealand UTC +12:45 — Chatham Islands UTC +13:00 — Tokelau
9Brazil4—UTC −05:00 — Brazil UTC −04:00 — Brazil UTC −03:00 — Brazil UTC −02:00 — islands
9Mexico4UTC −07:00 to UTC −05:00UTC −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
11Indonesia3—UTC +07:00 UTC +08:00 UTC +09:00
11Chile3UTC −05:00 to UTC −02:00UTC −06:00 — Easter Island UTC −04:00 — Chile UTC −03:00 — Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica
11Kiribati3—UTC +12:00 — Gilbert Islands UTC +13:00 — Phoenix Islands UTC +14:00 — Line Islands
14DR Congo2—UTC +01:00 UTC +02:00
14South Africa2—UTC +02:00 — South Africa UTC +03:00 — Prince Edward Islands
14Spain2UTC +01:00 to UTC +02:00UTC ±00:00 — Canary Islands UTC +01:00 — Spain
14Kazakhstan2—UTC +05:00 UTC +06:00
14Netherlands2UTC-04:00 (unobserved) or UTC +02:00UTC −04:00 — territories UTC +01:00 — Netherlands
14Ecuador2—UTC −06:00 (Galápagos) UTC −05:00 (mainland)
14Papua New Guinea2—UTC +10:00 — Papua New Guinea UTC +11:00 — Bougainville
14Portugal2UTC +01:00 (mainland)UTC −01:00 — Azores UTC ±00:00 — Madeira, mainland Portugal
14Mongolia2—UTC +07:00 UTC +08:00
14Micronesia2—UTC +10:00 UTC +11:00
24India1—UTC +05:30
24China1—UTC +08:00
24Pakistan1—UTC +05:00
24Nigeria1—UTC +01:00
24Bangladesh1—UTC +06:00
24Ethiopia1—UTC +03:00
24Japan1—UTC +09:00
24Egypt1—UTC +02:00
24Philippines1—UTC +08:00
24Vietnam1—UTC +07:00
24Iran1UTC +04:30UTC +03:30
24Turkey1—UTC +03:00
24Germany1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Tanzania1—UTC +03:00
24Thailand1—UTC +07:00
24Italy1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Kenya1—UTC +03:00
24Myanmar1—UTC +06:30
24Colombia1—UTC −05:00
24Sudan1—UTC +02:00
24Uganda1—UTC +03:00
24South Korea1—UTC +09:00
24Algeria1—UTC +01:00
24Iraq1—UTC +03:00
24Argentina1—UTC −03:00
24Afghanistan1—UTC +04:30
24Yemen1—UTC +03:00
24Angola1—UTC +01:00
24Ukraine1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Morocco1UTC +00:00 (during Ramadan)UTC +01:00
24Poland1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Uzbekistan1—UTC +05:00
24Mozambique1—UTC +02:00
24Malaysia1—UTC +08:00
24Ghana1—UTC ±00:00
24Saudi Arabia1—UTC +03:00
24Peru1—UTC −05:00
24Madagascar1—UTC +03:00
24Ivory Coast1—UTC ±00:00
24Cameroon1—UTC +01:00
24Nepal1—UTC +05:45
24Niger1—UTC +01:00
24Venezuela1—UTC −04:00
24North Korea1—UTC +09:00
24Syria1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Mali1—UTC ±00:00
24Burkina Faso1—UTC ±00:00
24Sri Lanka1—UTC +05:30
24Taiwan1—UTC +08:00
24Malawi1—UTC +02:00
24Zambia1—UTC +02:00
24Chad1—UTC +01:00
24Somalia1—UTC +03:00
24Senegal1—UTC ±00:00
24Guatemala1—UTC −06:00
24Romania1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Cambodia1—UTC +07:00
24Zimbabwe1—UTC +02:00
24Guinea1—UTC ±00:00
24Benin1—UTC +01:00
24Rwanda1—UTC +02:00
24Burundi1—UTC +02:00
24Bolivia1—UTC −04:00
24South Sudan1—UTC +02:00
24Tunisia1—UTC +01:00
24Haiti1UTC −04:00UTC −05:00
24Belgium1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Dominican Republic1—UTC −04:00
24Jordan1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24United Arab Emirates1—UTC +04:00
24Honduras1—UTC −06:00
24Tajikistan1—UTC +05:00
24Cuba1UTC −04:00UTC −05:00
24Sweden1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Czechia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Azerbaijan1—UTC +04:00
24Togo1—UTC ±00:00
24Greece1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Israel1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Hungary1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Austria1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Switzerland1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Sierra Leone1—UTC ±00:00
24Belarus1—UTC +03:00
24Laos1—UTC +07:00
24Turkmenistan1—UTC +05:00
24Libya1—UTC +02:00
24Kyrgyzstan1—UTC +06:00
24Hong Kong1—UTC +08:00
24Nicaragua1—UTC −06:00
24Paraguay1UTC −03:00UTC −04:00
24Bulgaria1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Serbia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Republic of the Congo1—UTC +01:00
24El Salvador1—UTC −06:00
24Singapore1—UTC +08:00
24Lebanon1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Liberia1—UTC ±00:00
24Central African Republic1—UTC +01:00
24Palestine1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Oman1—UTC +04:00
24Norway1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Finland1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Mauritania1—UTC ±00:00
24Slovakia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Ireland1UTC +01:00UTC ±00:00
24Costa Rica1—UTC −06:00
24Kuwait1—UTC +03:00
24Panama1—UTC −05:00
24Croatia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Georgia1—UTC +04:00
24Eritrea1—UTC +03:00
24Uruguay1—UTC −03:00
24Qatar1—UTC +03:00
24Namibia1—UTC +02:00
24Bosnia and Herzegovina1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Moldova1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Armenia1—UTC +04:00
24Gambia1—UTC ±00:00
24Jamaica1—UTC −05:00
24Lithuania1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Albania1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Gabon1—UTC +01:00
24Botswana1—UTC +02:00
24Lesotho1—UTC +02:00
24Guinea-Bissau1—UTC ±00:00
24Slovenia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Equatorial Guinea1—UTC +01:00
24Latvia1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24North Macedonia1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Bahrain1—UTC +03:00
24Trinidad and Tobago1—UTC −04:00
24Cyprus1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Estonia1UTC +03:00UTC +02:00
24Eswatini1—UTC +02:00
24Mauritius1—UTC +04:00
24Djibouti1—UTC +03:00
24Fiji1UTC +13:00UTC +12:00
24Comoros1—UTC +03:00
24Solomon Islands1—UTC +11:00
24Guyana1—UTC −04:00
24Bhutan1—UTC +06:00
24Macau1—UTC +08:00
24Luxembourg1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Suriname1—UTC −03:00
24Montenegro1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Malta1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Maldives1—UTC +05:00
24Cape Verde1—UTC −01:00
24Brunei1—UTC +08:00
24Belize1—UTC −06:00
24Bahamas1UTC −04:00UTC −05:00
24Iceland1—UTC ±00:00
24Vanuatu1—UTC +11:00
24Barbados1—UTC −04:00
24Sao Tome and Principe1—UTC ±00:00
24Samoa1—UTC +13:00
24Saint Lucia1—UTC −04:00
24Seychelles1—UTC +04:00
24Grenada1—UTC −04:00
24Tonga1—UTC +13:00
24Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1—UTC −04:00
24Antigua and Barbuda1—UTC −04:00
24Andorra1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Dominica1—UTC −04:00
24Saint Kitts and Nevis1—UTC −04:00
24Liechtenstein1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Monaco1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Marshall Islands1—UTC +12:00
24San Marino1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00
24Palau1—UTC +09:00
24Nauru1—UTC +12:00
24Tuvalu1—UTC +12:00
24Vatican City1UTC +02:00UTC +01:00

What correlates with # of Time Zones?

Pearson r against 1,404 other country metrics sharing at least 119 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher # of Time Zones tend to score higher on these

  1. Immigrant Living LanguagesAverage Number of Languages Spoken by Country
    r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 172
    Plot
  2. Chocolate Available for ConsumptionWhich Country Eats the Most Chocolate?
    r = +0.70 · strong · n = 165
    Plot
  3. Annual Chocolate Energy SupplyWhich Country Eats the Most Chocolate?
    r = +0.70 · strong · n = 165
    Plot
  4. Melanoma Prevalence - FemaleFemale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.69 · strong · n = 192
    Plot
  5. Melanoma Prevalence - AllSkin Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.66 · strong · n = 193
    Plot
  6. Aircraft/Spacecraft ExportsAircraft and Spacecraft Exports by Country
    r = +0.65 · strong · n = 186
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher # of Time Zones tend to score lower on these

  1. ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.56 · strong · n = 197
    Plot
  2. % of Children Ever BreastfedBreastfeeding Rates by Country
    r = −0.51 · strong · n = 123
    Plot
  3. Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
    r = −0.50 · moderate · n = 122
    Plot
  4. CyberCash 2019Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.46 · moderate · n = 197
    Plot
  5. Lunio 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 144
    Plot
  6. Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 143
    Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest # of Time Zones?
France has the highest # of Time Zones, at 13, followed by United States (11) and Russia (11).
Which country has the lowest # of Time Zones?
Vatican City has the lowest # of Time Zones, at 1.
What is the median # of Time Zones across countries?
The median is 1 across the 197 countries with data.
Where does this countries with the most time zones data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Time Zone News: Countries That Change Their Clocks - timeanddate; List of time zones by country - Wiki.

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