Countries

Current time in every country

Live clocks for 245 countries and territories, each one showing the time in its capital or main city. Pick a country to see its time zones, the next clock change, sunrise and sunset, and the public holidays for 2026.

Questions and answers

Quick answers about time in the United States.

Short, clear answers about US time zones, daylight saving time and federal holidays.

How many countries are listed here?

This page lists 245 countries and territories, every one for which the site has public holiday data. Each has its own page with live clocks, time zones, sunrise and sunset and the holidays for 2026.

How many time zones are there in the world?

The time zone database used by phones and computers holds hundreds of zone names, but they settle on 38 different clock readings, from UTC-12 to UTC+14. The difference is not always a whole hour: India is half an hour off and Nepal is three quarters.

Which country has the most time zones?

France has the most, counting its overseas territories, followed by the United States and Russia. For land inside one border, Russia is the widest, with 11 zones from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka.

Which countries do not change their clocks?

Most of Asia and Africa keep the same time all year, including India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria and Egypt, as do Iceland, Russia, Turkey and much of South America. Each country page says whether the clocks move and when.

What is UTC?

Coordinated Universal Time is the reference every other clock is measured against. A country's offset, such as UTC+1 or UTC-5, says how far its clock is set from that reference. It does not change with the seasons, but the offset a country uses can.

Why does a country have more than one time zone?

Because it is wide from east to west. When the sun rises hours earlier on one side of a country than the other, a single clock would put noon in the wrong place, so the country splits into zones that each follow the sun more closely.

How accurate are the clocks on this site?

They come from your own device clock, converted into each country's time zone with the same database that operating systems use. If your device is set correctly, every clock here is correct to the second.

Where do the public holiday dates come from?

From the open source holidays library, which follows each country's official calendar. Dates cover 2025 to 2028 and are rebuilt with the site, and religious holidays that depend on a sighting of the moon can still move by a day.

Can I see the time in a city rather than a country?

Yes. Country pages list the zones and their main cities, and for the United States you can go all the way down to the time in a single city. More countries are being added city by city.

How do I convert a time between two countries?

Use the time zone converter on the home page. Pick a date and a time in your own city, add the cities you want to compare, and each one shows its local time, the day and how far ahead or behind it is.