When do the clocks go back in 2026?

Countdown to the next clock change

Worked out from your own device's time zone, so it counts down to your change rather than someone else's.

Fall back 2026: every date, region by region

The autumn change is not on one worldwide date. North America moves on the first Sunday in November, Europe on the last Sunday in October, and the southern hemisphere runs on the opposite calendar — its clocks went back in April 2026 and go forward again in the spring.

For a single country or state, the full 2026 time change schedule lists both the spring and autumn dates side by side.

What time do the clocks go back?

In the United States and Canada the change lands at 2:00 AM local time in each time zone, so it rolls across the country hour by hour: 2:00 AM Eastern happens three hours before 2:00 AM Pacific. When it hits, the clock jumps back to 1:00 AM and the hour between 1:00 and 2:00 AM runs twice.

The European Union changes at 01:00 UTC everywhere at once, which is a deliberate choice — it means the whole bloc shifts at the same instant instead of country by country. In practice that reads as 2:00 AM in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 3:00 AM in Central European Time countries such as Germany, France and Spain, and 4:00 AM in Eastern European Time countries such as Greece and Finland.

Do you gain or lose an hour when the clocks go back?

You gain one. The autumn change adds an hour to the night, which is why "fall back" is the half of the year people tend to look forward to. The trade is darker evenings: sunset moves an hour earlier the following day, and in northern latitudes that can mean the sun going down before five in the afternoon.

When does Daylight Saving Time end in 2026?

Daylight Saving Time ends on the day the clocks go back, so the two questions have the same answer. DST ends on November 1, 2026 in the United States and Canada and on October 25, 2026 across the United Kingdom and the European Union, where the summer period is called British Summer Time and Central European Summer Time respectively. From that morning until spring, everyone is back on standard time — sometimes called winter time in Europe.

The next change after that is the spring one, covered on the 2027 time change schedule.

Where the clocks do not go back at all

Most of the world does not change its clocks. Arizona and Hawaii sit out Daylight Saving Time, as do Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands. In Canada, Saskatchewan and Yukon stay put year round. Beyond that, countries including India, China, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, Russia, Turkey and most of Africa have no seasonal change at all.

The state-by-state breakdown and the country list show who changes and who does not.