Country rankings
Time Zones by Country
France has the highest # Time Zones (13), followed by United States (11) and Russia (11). Vatican City has the lowest (1).
# Time ZonesBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
196 of 235 countries# Time Zones
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 196 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
196 countries
Highest
13
France
Lowest
1
Vatican City
Data
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196 countries · # = rank by # Time Zones
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 13 | UTC −10:00 — territories, UTC −09:30 — territories+6 | UTC +02:00 (mainland) |
| 2 |  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+4 | UTC −04:00 to UTC −10:00 |
| 2 |  Russia | 11 | UTC +02:00 — Kaliningrad Oblast, UTC +03:00 — Moscow, much of European Russia+2 | — |
| 4 |  United Kingdom | 9 | UTC −08:00 — Pitcairn Islands, UTC −05:00 — Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands+4 | UTC +01:00 (mainland) |
| 4 |  Australia | 9 | UTC +05:00 — Heard and McDonald Islands, UTC +06:30 — Cocos (Keeling) Islands+7 | Yes |
| 6 |  Canada | 5.5 | UTC −08:00 — Canada, UTC −07:00 — Canada+4 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −02:30 |
| 7 |  Denmark | 5 | UTC −02:00 Most of Greenland| UTC +01:00 Main Territory of Denmark | — |
| 7 |  New Zealand | 5 | UTC −11:00 — Niue | — |
| 9 |  Brazil | 4 | UTC −05:00 — Brazil | — |
| 9 |  Mexico | 4 | UTC −08:00 — Baja California, UTC −07:00 — Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora+2 | UTC −07:00 to UTC −05:00 |
| 11 |  Indonesia | 3 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 11 |  Chile | 3 | UTC −06:00 — Easter Island | — |
| 11 |  Kiribati | 3 | UTC +12:00 — Gilbert Islands | — |
| 14 |  DR Congo | 2 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 14 |  South Africa | 2 | UTC +02:00 — South Africa | — |
| 14 |  Spain | 2 | UTC ±00:00 — Canary Islands | — |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 2 | UTC −04:00 — territories | — |
| 14 |  Ecuador | 2 | UTC −06:00 (Galápagos) | — |
| 14 |  Papua New Guinea | 2 | UTC +10:00 — Papua New Guinea | — |
| 14 |  Portugal | 2 | UTC −01:00 — Azores| UTC ±00:00 — Madeira, mainland Portugal | UTC +01:00 (mainland) |
| 14 |  Mongolia | 2 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 14 |  Micronesia | 2 | UTC +10:00 | — |
| 23 |  India | 1 | UTC +05:30 | — |
| 23 |  China | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Pakistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Nigeria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Bangladesh | 1 | UTC +06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Ethiopia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Japan | 1 | UTC +09:00 | — |
| 23 |  Egypt | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Philippines | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Vietnam | 1 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 23 |  Iran | 1 | UTC +03:30 | UTC +04:30 |
| 23 |  Turkey | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Germany | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Tanzania | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Thailand | 1 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 23 |  Italy | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Kenya | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Myanmar | 1 | UTC +06:30 | — |
| 23 |  Colombia | 1 | UTC −05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Sudan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Uganda | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  South Korea | 1 | UTC +09:00 | — |
| 23 |  Algeria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Iraq | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Argentina | 1 | UTC −03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Afghanistan | 1 | UTC +04:30 | — |
| 23 |  Yemen | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Angola | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Ukraine | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Morocco | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +00:00 (during Ramadan) |
| 23 |  Poland | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Uzbekistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Mozambique | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Malaysia | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Ghana | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Saudi Arabia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Peru | 1 | UTC −05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Madagascar | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Ivory Coast | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Cameroon | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Nepal | 1 | UTC +05:45 | — |
| 23 |  Niger | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Venezuela | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  North Korea | 1 | UTC +09:00 | — |
| 23 |  Syria | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Mali | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Burkina Faso | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Sri Lanka | 1 | UTC +05:30 | — |
| 23 |  Taiwan | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Malawi | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Zambia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Chad | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Somalia | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Senegal | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Guatemala | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Romania | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Cambodia | 1 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 23 |  Zimbabwe | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Guinea | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Benin | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Rwanda | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Burundi | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Bolivia | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  South Sudan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Tunisia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Haiti | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
| 23 |  Belgium | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Jordan | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  United Arab Emirates | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Honduras | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Tajikistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Cuba | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
| 23 |  Sweden | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Czechia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Togo | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Greece | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Israel | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Hungary | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Austria | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Switzerland | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Sierra Leone | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Belarus | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Laos | 1 | UTC +07:00 | — |
| 23 |  Turkmenistan | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Libya | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1 | UTC +06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Hong Kong | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Nicaragua | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Paraguay | 1 | UTC −04:00 | UTC −03:00 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Serbia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Republic of the Congo | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  El Salvador | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Singapore | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Lebanon | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Liberia | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Central African Republic | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Palestine | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Oman | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Norway | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Finland | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Mauritania | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Slovakia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Ireland | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| 23 |  Costa Rica | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Kuwait | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Panama | 1 | UTC −05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Croatia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Georgia | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Eritrea | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Uruguay | 1 | UTC −03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Qatar | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Namibia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Moldova | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Armenia | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Gambia | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Jamaica | 1 | UTC −05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Lithuania | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Albania | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Gabon | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Botswana | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Lesotho | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Slovenia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1 | UTC +01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Latvia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  North Macedonia | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Bahrain | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Cyprus | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Estonia | 1 | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| 23 |  Eswatini | 1 | UTC +02:00 | — |
| 23 |  Mauritius | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Djibouti | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Fiji | 1 | UTC +12:00 | UTC +13:00 |
| 23 |  Comoros | 1 | UTC +03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Solomon Islands | 1 | UTC +11:00 | — |
| 23 |  Guyana | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Bhutan | 1 | UTC +06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Macau | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Luxembourg | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Suriname | 1 | UTC −03:00 | — |
| 23 |  Montenegro | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Malta | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Maldives | 1 | UTC +05:00 | — |
| 23 |  Cape Verde | 1 | UTC −01:00 | — |
| 23 |  Brunei | 1 | UTC +08:00 | — |
| 23 |  Belize | 1 | UTC −06:00 | — |
| 23 |  Bahamas | 1 | UTC −05:00 | UTC −04:00 |
| 23 |  Iceland | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Vanuatu | 1 | UTC +11:00 | — |
| 23 |  Barbados | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | UTC ±00:00 | — |
| 23 |  Samoa | 1 | UTC +13:00 | — |
| 23 |  Saint Lucia | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Seychelles | 1 | UTC +04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Grenada | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Tonga | 1 | UTC +13:00 | — |
| 23 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Andorra | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Dominica | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | UTC −04:00 | — |
| 23 |  Liechtenstein | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Monaco | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Marshall Islands | 1 | UTC +12:00 | — |
| 23 |  San Marino | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| 23 |  Palau | 1 | UTC +09:00 | — |
| 23 |  Nauru | 1 | UTC +12:00 | — |
| 23 |  Tuvalu | 1 | UTC +12:00 | — |
| 23 |  Vatican City | 1 | UTC +01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
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Opposite directions
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest # Time Zones?
- France has the highest # Time Zones, at 13, followed by United States (11) and Russia (11).
- Which country has the lowest # Time Zones?
- Vatican City has the lowest # Time Zones, at 1.
- What is the median # Time Zones across countries?
- The median is 1 across the 196 countries with data.
- Where does this time zones by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of time zones by country - Wiki.