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).

Geography196 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Feb 8, 2024Original page
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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
#
1France13UTC −10:00 — territories, UTC −09:30 — territories+6UTC +02:00 (mainland)
2United States11UTC −12:00 — Baker Island and Howland Island, UTC −11:00 — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll+4UTC −04:00 to UTC −10:00
2Russia11UTC +02:00 — Kaliningrad Oblast, UTC +03:00 — Moscow, much of European Russia+2—
4United Kingdom9UTC −08:00 — Pitcairn Islands, UTC −05:00 — Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands+4UTC +01:00 (mainland)
4Australia9UTC +05:00 — Heard and McDonald Islands, UTC +06:30 — Cocos (Keeling) Islands+7Yes
6Canada5.5UTC −08:00 — Canada, UTC −07:00 — Canada+4UTC −07:00 to UTC −02:30
7Denmark5UTC −02:00 Most of Greenland| UTC +01:00 Main Territory of Denmark—
7New Zealand5UTC −11:00 — Niue—
9Brazil4UTC −05:00 — Brazil—
9Mexico4UTC −08:00 — Baja California, UTC −07:00 — Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora+2UTC −07:00 to UTC −05:00
11Indonesia3UTC +07:00—
11Chile3UTC −06:00 — Easter Island—
11Kiribati3UTC +12:00 — Gilbert Islands—
14DR Congo2UTC +01:00—
14South Africa2UTC +02:00 — South Africa—
14Spain2UTC ±00:00 — Canary Islands—
14Netherlands2UTC −04:00 — territories—
14Ecuador2UTC −06:00 (Galápagos)—
14Papua New Guinea2UTC +10:00 — Papua New Guinea—
14Portugal2UTC −01:00 — Azores| UTC ±00:00 — Madeira, mainland PortugalUTC +01:00 (mainland)
14Mongolia2UTC +07:00—
14Micronesia2UTC +10:00—
23India1UTC +05:30—
23China1UTC +08:00—
23Pakistan1UTC +05:00—
23Nigeria1UTC +01:00—
23Bangladesh1UTC +06:00—
23Ethiopia1UTC +03:00—
23Japan1UTC +09:00—
23Egypt1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Philippines1UTC +08:00—
23Vietnam1UTC +07:00—
23Iran1UTC +03:30UTC +04:30
23Turkey1UTC +03:00—
23Germany1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Tanzania1UTC +03:00—
23Thailand1UTC +07:00—
23Italy1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Kenya1UTC +03:00—
23Myanmar1UTC +06:30—
23Colombia1UTC −05:00—
23Sudan1UTC +02:00—
23Uganda1UTC +03:00—
23South Korea1UTC +09:00—
23Algeria1UTC +01:00—
23Iraq1UTC +03:00—
23Argentina1UTC −03:00—
23Afghanistan1UTC +04:30—
23Yemen1UTC +03:00—
23Angola1UTC +01:00—
23Ukraine1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Morocco1UTC +01:00UTC +00:00 (during Ramadan)
23Poland1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Uzbekistan1UTC +05:00—
23Mozambique1UTC +02:00—
23Malaysia1UTC +08:00—
23Ghana1UTC ±00:00—
23Saudi Arabia1UTC +03:00—
23Peru1UTC −05:00—
23Madagascar1UTC +03:00—
23Ivory Coast1UTC ±00:00—
23Cameroon1UTC +01:00—
23Nepal1UTC +05:45—
23Niger1UTC +01:00—
23Venezuela1UTC −04:00—
23North Korea1UTC +09:00—
23Syria1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Mali1UTC ±00:00—
23Burkina Faso1UTC ±00:00—
23Sri Lanka1UTC +05:30—
23Taiwan1UTC +08:00—
23Malawi1UTC +02:00—
23Zambia1UTC +02:00—
23Chad1UTC +01:00—
23Kazakhstan1UTC +05:00—
23Somalia1UTC +03:00—
23Senegal1UTC ±00:00—
23Guatemala1UTC −06:00—
23Romania1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Cambodia1UTC +07:00—
23Zimbabwe1UTC +02:00—
23Guinea1UTC ±00:00—
23Benin1UTC +01:00—
23Rwanda1UTC +02:00—
23Burundi1UTC +02:00—
23Bolivia1UTC −04:00—
23South Sudan1UTC +02:00—
23Tunisia1UTC +01:00—
23Haiti1UTC −05:00UTC −04:00
23Belgium1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Dominican Republic1UTC −04:00—
23Jordan1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23United Arab Emirates1UTC +04:00—
23Honduras1UTC −06:00—
23Tajikistan1UTC +05:00—
23Cuba1UTC −05:00UTC −04:00
23Sweden1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Czechia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Azerbaijan1UTC +04:00—
23Togo1UTC ±00:00—
23Greece1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Israel1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Hungary1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Austria1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Switzerland1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Sierra Leone1UTC ±00:00—
23Belarus1UTC +03:00—
23Laos1UTC +07:00—
23Turkmenistan1UTC +05:00—
23Libya1UTC +02:00—
23Kyrgyzstan1UTC +06:00—
23Hong Kong1UTC +08:00—
23Nicaragua1UTC −06:00—
23Paraguay1UTC −04:00UTC −03:00
23Bulgaria1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Serbia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Republic of the Congo1UTC +01:00—
23El Salvador1UTC −06:00—
23Singapore1UTC +08:00—
23Lebanon1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Liberia1UTC ±00:00—
23Central African Republic1UTC +01:00—
23Palestine1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Oman1UTC +04:00—
23Norway1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Finland1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Mauritania1UTC ±00:00—
23Slovakia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Ireland1UTC ±00:00UTC +01:00
23Costa Rica1UTC −06:00—
23Kuwait1UTC +03:00—
23Panama1UTC −05:00—
23Croatia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Georgia1UTC +04:00—
23Eritrea1UTC +03:00—
23Uruguay1UTC −03:00—
23Qatar1UTC +03:00—
23Namibia1UTC +02:00—
23Bosnia and Herzegovina1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Moldova1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Armenia1UTC +04:00—
23Gambia1UTC ±00:00—
23Jamaica1UTC −05:00—
23Lithuania1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Albania1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Gabon1UTC +01:00—
23Botswana1UTC +02:00—
23Lesotho1UTC +02:00—
23Slovenia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Equatorial Guinea1UTC +01:00—
23Latvia1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23North Macedonia1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Bahrain1UTC +03:00—
23Trinidad and Tobago1UTC −04:00—
23Cyprus1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Estonia1UTC +02:00UTC +03:00
23Eswatini1UTC +02:00—
23Mauritius1UTC +04:00—
23Djibouti1UTC +03:00—
23Fiji1UTC +12:00UTC +13:00
23Comoros1UTC +03:00—
23Solomon Islands1UTC +11:00—
23Guyana1UTC −04:00—
23Bhutan1UTC +06:00—
23Macau1UTC +08:00—
23Luxembourg1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Suriname1UTC −03:00—
23Montenegro1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Malta1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Maldives1UTC +05:00—
23Cape Verde1UTC −01:00—
23Brunei1UTC +08:00—
23Belize1UTC −06:00—
23Bahamas1UTC −05:00UTC −04:00
23Iceland1UTC ±00:00—
23Vanuatu1UTC +11:00—
23Barbados1UTC −04:00—
23Sao Tome and Principe1UTC ±00:00—
23Samoa1UTC +13:00—
23Saint Lucia1UTC −04:00—
23Seychelles1UTC +04:00—
23Grenada1UTC −04:00—
23Tonga1UTC +13:00—
23Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1UTC −04:00—
23Antigua and Barbuda1UTC −04:00—
23Andorra1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Dominica1UTC −04:00—
23Saint Kitts and Nevis1UTC −04:00—
23Liechtenstein1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Monaco1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Marshall Islands1UTC +12:00—
23San Marino1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00
23Palau1UTC +09:00—
23Nauru1UTC +12:00—
23Tuvalu1UTC +12:00—
23Vatican City1UTC +01:00UTC +02:00

What correlates with # Time Zones?

Pearson r against 1,409 other country metrics sharing at least 118 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

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

  1. Immigrant Living LanguagesAverage Number of Languages Spoken by Country
    r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 171
    Plot
  2. Chocolate Available for ConsumptionWhich Country Eats the Most Chocolate?
    r = +0.70 · strong · n = 164
    Plot
  3. Annual Chocolate Energy SupplyWhich Country Eats the Most Chocolate?
    r = +0.70 · strong · n = 164
    Plot
  4. Melanoma Prevalence - FemaleFemale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.69 · strong · n = 191
    Plot
  5. Melanoma Prevalence - AllSkin Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.66 · strong · n = 192
    Plot
  6. Aircraft/Spacecraft ExportsAircraft and Spacecraft Exports by Country
    r = +0.66 · strong · n = 186
    Plot

Opposite directions

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

  1. ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.56 · strong · n = 196
    Plot
  2. % of Children Ever BreastfedBreastfeeding Rates by Country
    r = −0.51 · strong · n = 122
    Plot
  3. Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
    r = −0.50 · moderate · n = 122
    Plot
  4. CyberCash 2019Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.45 · moderate · n = 196
    Plot
  5. Lunio 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 144
    Plot
  6. Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 143
    Plot

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.

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