| Field Listing :: Capital | 
| This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones. | |
Country  | 
    
    Capital | 
|---|
| Afghanistan | 
      
        name: Kabul 
       geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 11 E time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Akrotiri | 
      
        name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) 
       geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Albania | 
      
        name: Tirana (Tirane) 
       geographic coordinates: 41 19 N, 19 49 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Algeria | 
      
        name: Algiers 
       geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| American Samoa | 
      
        name: Pago Pago 
       geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Andorra | 
      
        name: Andorra la Vella 
       geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Angola | 
      
        name: Luanda 
       geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 13 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Anguilla | 
      
        name: The Valley 
       geographic coordinates: 18 13 N, 63 03 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Antigua and Barbuda | 
      
        name: Saint John's 
       geographic coordinates: 17 07 N, 61 51 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Argentina | 
      
        name: Buenos Aires 
       geographic coordinates: 34 35 S, 58 40 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2014  | 
        
| Armenia | 
      
        name: Yerevan 
       geographic coordinates: 40 10 N, 44 30 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Aruba | 
      
        name: Oranjestad 
       geographic coordinates: 12 31 N, 70 02 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Australia | 
      
        name: Canberra 
       geographic coordinates: 35 16 S, 149 08 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends first Sunday in April note: Australia has three time zones  | 
        
| Austria | 
      
        name: Vienna 
       geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Azerbaijan | 
      
        name: Baku (Baki, Baky) 
       geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 52 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Bahamas, The | 
      
        name: Nassau 
       geographic coordinates: 25 05 N, 77 21 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November  | 
        
| Bahrain | 
      
        name: Manama 
       geographic coordinates: 26 14 N, 50 34 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Bangladesh | 
      
        name: Dhaka 
       geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Barbados | 
      
        name: Bridgetown 
       geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Belarus | 
      
        name: Minsk 
       geographic coordinates: 53 54 N, 27 34 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Belgium | 
      
        name: Brussels 
       geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Belize | 
      
        name: Belmopan 
       geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Benin | 
      
        name: Porto-Novo (official capital); Cotonou (seat of government) 
       geographic coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Bermuda | 
      
        name: Hamilton 
       geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 47 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November  | 
        
| Bhutan | 
      
        name: Thimphu 
       geographic coordinates: 27 28 N, 89 38 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Bolivia | 
      
        name: La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional capital) 
       geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 
      
        name: Sarajevo 
       geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Botswana | 
      
        name: Gaborone 
       geographic coordinates: 24 38 S, 25 54 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Brazil | 
      
        name: Brasilia 
       geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in February note: Brazil has three time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands  | 
        
| British Virgin Islands | 
      
        name: Road Town 
       geographic coordinates: 18 25 N, 64 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Brunei | 
      
        name: Bandar Seri Begawan 
       geographic coordinates: 4 53 N, 114 56 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Bulgaria | 
      
        name: Sofia 
       geographic coordinates: 42 41 N, 23 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Burkina Faso | 
      
        name: Ouagadougou 
       geographic coordinates: 12 22 N, 1 31 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Burma | 
      
        name: Rangoon (Yangon); note - Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital 
       geographic coordinates: 16 48 N, 96 09 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Burundi | 
      
        name: Bujumbura 
       geographic coordinates: 3 22 S, 29 21 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cabo Verde | 
      
        name: Praia 
       geographic coordinates: 14 55 N, 23 31 W time difference: UTC-1 (4 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cambodia | 
      
        name: Phnom Penh 
       geographic coordinates: 11 33 N, 104 55 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cameroon | 
      
        name: Yaounde 
       geographic coordinates: 3 52 N, 11 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Canada | 
      
        name: Ottawa 
       geographic coordinates: 45 25 N, 75 42 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November note: Canada has six time zones  | 
        
| Cayman Islands | 
      
        name: George Town (on Grand Cayman) 
       geographic coordinates: 19 18 N, 81 23 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Central African Republic | 
      
        name: Bangui 
       geographic coordinates: 4 22 N, 18 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Chad | 
      
        name: N'Djamena 
       geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 15 02 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Chile | 
      
        name: Santiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature 
       geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, under a new pilot program that begins second Sunday in September and ends fourth Sunday in April  | 
        
| China | 
      
        name: Beijing 
       geographic coordinates: 39 55 N, 116 23 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone; many people in Xinjiang Province observe an unofficial "Xinjiang time zone" of UTC+6, two hours behind Beijing  | 
        
| Christmas Island | 
      
        name: The Settlement 
       geographic coordinates: 10 25 S, 105 43 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 
      
        name: West Island 
       geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 50 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Colombia | 
      
        name: Bogota 
       geographic coordinates: 4 36 N, 74 05 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Comoros | 
      
        name: Moroni 
       geographic coordinates: 11 42 S, 43 14 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 
      
        name: Kinshasa 
       geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Congo, Republic of the | 
      
        name: Brazzaville 
       geographic coordinates: 4 15 S, 15 17 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cook Islands | 
      
        name: Avarua 
       geographic coordinates: 21 12 S, 159 46 W time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Costa Rica | 
      
        name: San Jose 
       geographic coordinates: 9 56 N, 84 05 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cote d'Ivoire | 
      
        name: Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan 
       geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 16 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Croatia | 
      
        name: Zagreb 
       geographic coordinates: 45 48 N, 16 00 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Cuba | 
      
        name: Havana 
       geographic coordinates: 23 07 N, 82 21 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - Cuba has been known to alter the schedule of DST on short notice in an attempt to conserve electricity for lighting  | 
        
| Curacao | 
      
        name: Willemstad 
       geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 68 55 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Cyprus | 
      
        name: Nicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa) 
       geographic coordinates: 35 10 N, 33 22 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Czech Republic | 
      
        name: Prague 
       geographic coordinates: 50 05 N, 14 28 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Denmark | 
      
        name: Copenhagen 
       geographic coordinates: 55 40 N, 12 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: applies to continental Denmark only, not to its North Atlantic components  | 
        
| Dhekelia | 
      
        name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri 
       geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Djibouti | 
      
        name: Djibouti 
       geographic coordinates: 11 35 N, 43 09 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Dominica | 
      
        name: Roseau 
       geographic coordinates: 15 18 N, 61 24 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Dominican Republic | 
      
        name: Santo Domingo 
       geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 69 54 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Ecuador | 
      
        name: Quito 
       geographic coordinates: 0 13 S, 78 30 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Egypt | 
      
        name: Cairo 
       geographic coordinates: 30 03 N, 31 15 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| El Salvador | 
      
        name: San Salvador 
       geographic coordinates: 13 42 N, 89 12 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2014  | 
        
| Equatorial Guinea | 
      
        name: Malabo 
       geographic coordinates: 3 45 N, 8 47 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Eritrea | 
      
        name: Asmara (Asmera) 
       geographic coordinates: 15 20 N, 38 56 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Estonia | 
      
        name: Tallinn 
       geographic coordinates: 59 26 N, 24 43 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Ethiopia | 
      
        name: Addis Ababa 
       geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| European Union | 
      
        name: Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France), Luxembourg note - the European Council and the Council of the European Union meet in Brussels, Belgium; the European Parliament meets in Brussels and Strasbourg, France, and has administrative offices in Luxembourg; the Court of Justice of the European Union meets in Luxembourg 
       geographic coordinates: (Brussels) 50 50 N, 4 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 
      
        name: Stanley 
       geographic coordinates: 51 42 S, 57 51 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2014  | 
        
| Faroe Islands | 
      
        name: Torshavn 
       geographic coordinates: 62 00 N, 6 46 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Fiji | 
      
        name: Suva (on Viti Levu) 
       geographic coordinates: 18 08 S, 178 25 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins fourth Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in January  | 
        
| Finland | 
      
        name: Helsinki 
       geographic coordinates: 60 10 N, 24 56 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| France | 
      
        name: Paris 
       geographic coordinates: 48 52 N, 2 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: applies to metropolitan France only, not to its overseas departments, collectivities, or territories  | 
        
| French Polynesia | 
      
        name: Papeete (located on Tahiti) 
       geographic coordinates: 17 32 S, 149 34 W time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Gabon | 
      
        name: Libreville 
       geographic coordinates: 0 23 N, 9 27 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Gambia, The | 
      
        name: Banjul 
       geographic coordinates: 13 27 N, 16 34 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Georgia | 
      
        name: Tbilisi 
       geographic coordinates: 41 41 N, 44 50 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Germany | 
      
        name: Berlin 
       geographic coordinates: 52 31 N, 13 24 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Ghana | 
      
        name: Accra 
       geographic coordinates: 5 33 N, 0 13 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Gibraltar | 
      
        name: Gibraltar 
       geographic coordinates: 36 08 N, 5 21 W time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Greece | 
      
        name: Athens 
       geographic coordinates: 37 59 N, 23 44 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Greenland | 
      
        name: Nuuk (Godthab) 
       geographic coordinates: 64 11 N, 51 45 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Greenland has four time zones  | 
        
| Grenada | 
      
        name: Saint George's 
       geographic coordinates: 12 03 N, 61 45 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Guam | 
      
        name: Hagatna (Agana) 
       geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 44 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Guatemala | 
      
        name: Guatemala City 
       geographic coordinates: 14 37 N, 90 31 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Guernsey | 
      
        name: Saint Peter Port 
       geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Guinea | 
      
        name: Conakry 
       geographic coordinates: 9 30 N, 13 42 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Guinea-Bissau | 
      
        name: Bissau 
       geographic coordinates: 11 51 N, 15 35 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Guyana | 
      
        name: Georgetown 
       geographic coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 09 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Haiti | 
      
        name: Port-au-Prince 
       geographic coordinates: 18 32 N, 72 20 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November  | 
        
| Holy See (Vatican City) | 
      
        name: Vatican City 
       geographic coordinates: 41 54 N, 12 27 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Honduras | 
      
        name: Tegucigalpa 
       geographic coordinates: 14 06 N, 87 13 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2013  | 
        
| Hungary | 
      
        name: Budapest 
       geographic coordinates: 47 30 N, 19 05 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Iceland | 
      
        name: Reykjavik 
       geographic coordinates: 64 09 N, 21 57 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| India | 
      
        name: New Delhi 
       geographic coordinates: 28 36 N, 77 12 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Indonesia | 
      
        name: Jakarta 
       geographic coordinates: 6 10 S, 106 49 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: Indonesia has three time zones  | 
        
| Iran | 
      
        name: Tehran 
       geographic coordinates: 35 42 N, 51 25 E time difference: UTC+3.5 (8.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins fourth Tuesday in March; ends fourth Thursday in September  | 
        
| Iraq | 
      
        name: Baghdad 
       geographic coordinates: 33 20 N, 44 24 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Ireland | 
      
        name: Dublin 
       geographic coordinates: 53 19 N, 6 14 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Isle of Man | 
      
        name: Douglas 
       geographic coordinates: 54 09 N, 4 29 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Israel | 
      
        name: Jerusalem: note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv 
       geographic coordinates: 31 46 N, 35 14 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins Friday before the last Sunday in March; ends the last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Italy | 
      
        name: Rome 
       geographic coordinates: 41 54 N, 12 29 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Jamaica | 
      
        name: Kingston 
       geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 76 48 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Japan | 
      
        name: Tokyo 
       geographic coordinates: 35 41 N, 139 45 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Jersey | 
      
        name: Saint Helier 
       geographic coordinates: 49 11 N, 2 06 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Jordan | 
      
        name: Amman 
       geographic coordinates: 31 57 N, 35 56 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends last Friday in October  | 
        
| Kazakhstan | 
      
        name: Astana 
       geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan has two time zones  | 
        
| Kenya | 
      
        name: Nairobi 
       geographic coordinates: 1 17 S, 36 49 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Kiribati | 
      
        name: Tarawa 
       geographic coordinates: 1 21 N, 173 02 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line  | 
        
| Korea, North | 
      
        name: Pyongyang 
       geographic coordinates: 39 01 N, 125 45 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Korea, South | 
      
        name: Seoul 
       geographic coordinates: 37 33 N, 126 59 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Kosovo | 
      
        name: Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) 
       geographic coordinates: 42 40 N, 21 10 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Kuwait | 
      
        name: Kuwait City 
       geographic coordinates: 29 22 N, 47 58 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC,during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Kyrgyzstan | 
      
        name: Bishkek 
       geographic coordinates: 42 52 N, 74 36 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Laos | 
      
        name: Vientiane (Viangchan) 
       geographic coordinates: 17 58 N, 102 36 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Latvia | 
      
        name: Riga 
       geographic coordinates: 56 57 N, 24 06 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Lebanon | 
      
        name: Beirut 
       geographic coordinates: 33 52 N, 35 30 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Lesotho | 
      
        name: Maseru 
       geographic coordinates: 29 19 S, 27 29 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Liberia | 
      
        name: Monrovia 
       geographic coordinates: 6 18 N, 10 48 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Libya | 
      
        name: Tripoli (Tarabulus) 
       geographic coordinates: 32 53 N, 13 10 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends last Friday in October note: on 10 November 2012, Libya changed its standard time from UTC+2 to UTC+1  | 
        
| Liechtenstein | 
      
        name: Vaduz 
       geographic coordinates: 47 08 N, 9 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Lithuania | 
      
        name: Vilnius 
       geographic coordinates: 54 41 N, 25 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Luxembourg | 
      
        name: Luxembourg 
       geographic coordinates: 49 36 N, 6 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Macedonia | 
      
        name: Skopje 
       geographic coordinates: 42 00 N, 21 26 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Madagascar | 
      
        name: Antananarivo 
       geographic coordinates: 18 55 S, 47 31 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Malawi | 
      
        name: Lilongwe 
       geographic coordinates: 13 58 S, 33 47 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Malaysia | 
      
        name: Kuala Lumpur; note - Putrajaya is referred to as an administrative center not the capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur 
       geographic coordinates: 3 10 N, 101 42 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Maldives | 
      
        name: Male 
       geographic coordinates: 4 10 N, 73 30 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Mali | 
      
        name: Bamako 
       geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Malta | 
      
        name: Valletta 
       geographic coordinates: 35 53 N, 14 30 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Marshall Islands | 
      
        name: Majuro 
       geographic coordinates: 7 06 N, 171 23 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Mauritania | 
      
        name: Nouakchott 
       geographic coordinates: 18 04 N, 15 58 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Mauritius | 
      
        name: Port Louis 
       geographic coordinates: 20 09 S, 57 29 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Mexico | 
      
        name: Mexico City (Distrito Federal) 
       geographic coordinates: 19 26 N, 99 08 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October note: Mexico has three time zones  | 
        
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 
      
        name: Palikir 
       geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 09 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Moldova | 
      
        name: Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian) 
       note: pronounced KEE-shee-now (KIH-shi-nyev) geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 28 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Monaco | 
      
        name: Monaco 
       geographic coordinates: 43 44 N, 7 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Mongolia | 
      
        name: Ulaanbaatar 
       geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 55 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Montenegro | 
      
        name: Podgorica; note - the Old Royal Capital is Cetinje mentioned in the constitution 
       geographic coordinates: 42 26 N, 19 16 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Montserrat | 
      
        name: Plymouth; note - Plymouth was abandoned in 1997 because of volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat 
       geographic coordinates: 16 42 N, 62 13 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Morocco | 
      
        name: Rabat 
       geographic coordinates: 34 01 N, 6 49 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1 hr, begins last Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in September  | 
        
| Mozambique | 
      
        name: Maputo 
       geographic coordinates: 25 57 S, 32 35 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Namibia | 
      
        name: Windhoek 
       geographic coordinates: 22 34 S, 17 05 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April  | 
        
| Nauru | 
      no official capital; government offices in Yaren District 
       time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Nepal | 
      
        name: Kathmandu 
       geographic coordinates: 27 43 N, 85 19 E time difference: UTC+5.75 (10.75 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Netherlands | 
      
        name: Amsterdam; note - The Hague is the seat of government 
       geographic coordinates: 52 21 N, 4 55 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: time descriptions apply to the continental Netherlands only, not to the Caribbean components  | 
        
| New Caledonia | 
      
        name: Noumea 
       geographic coordinates: 22 16 S, 166 27 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  | 
        
| New Zealand | 
      
        name: Wellington 
       geographic coordinates: 41 18 S, 174 47 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April note: New Zealand has two time zones - New Zealand standard time (12 hours in advance of UTC), and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time)  | 
        
| Nicaragua | 
      
        name: Managua 
       geographic coordinates: 12 08 N, 86 15 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Niger | 
      
        name: Niamey 
       geographic coordinates: 13 31 N, 2 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Nigeria | 
      
        name: Abuja 
       geographic coordinates: 9 05 N, 7 32 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Niue | 
      
        name: Alofi 
       geographic coordinates: 19 01 S, 169 55 W time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Norfolk Island | 
      
        name: Kingston 
       geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Northern Mariana Islands | 
      
        name: Saipan 
       geographic coordinates: 15 12 N, 145 45 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Norway | 
      
        name: Oslo 
       geographic coordinates: 59 55 N, 10 45 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Oman | 
      
        name: Muscat 
       geographic coordinates: 23 37 N, 58 35 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Pakistan | 
      
        name: Islamabad 
       geographic coordinates: 33 41 N, 73 03 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Palau | 
      
        name: Melekeok 
       geographic coordinates: 7 29 N, 134 38 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Panama | 
      
        name: Panama City 
       geographic coordinates: 8 58 N, 79 32 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Papua New Guinea | 
      
        name: Port Moresby 
       geographic coordinates: 9 27 S, 147 11 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Paraguay | 
      
        name: Asuncion 
       geographic coordinates: 25 16 S, 57 40 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends fourth Sunday in March  | 
        
| Peru | 
      
        name: Lima 
       geographic coordinates: 12 03 S, 77 03 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Philippines | 
      
        name: Manila 
       geographic coordinates: 14 36 N, 120 58 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Pitcairn Islands | 
      
        name: Adamstown 
       geographic coordinates: 25 04 S, 130 05 W time difference: UTC-9 (4 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Poland | 
      
        name: Warsaw 
       geographic coordinates: 52 15 N, 21 00 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Portugal | 
      
        name: Lisbon 
       geographic coordinates: 38 43 N, 9 08 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Puerto Rico | 
      
        name: San Juan 
       geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 66 07 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Qatar | 
      
        name: Doha 
       geographic coordinates: 25 17 N, 51 32 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Romania | 
      
        name: Bucharest 
       geographic coordinates: 44 26 N, 26 06 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Russia | 
      
        name: Moscow 
       geographic coordinates: 55 45 N, 37 36 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr; note - Russia has announced that it will remain on daylight saving time permanently, which began on 27 March 2011 note: Russia has 9 time zones  | 
        
| Rwanda | 
      
        name: Kigali 
       geographic coordinates: 1 57 S, 30 03 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Barthelemy | 
      
        name: Gustavia 
       geographic coordinates: 17 53 N, 62 51 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 
      
        name: Jamestown 
       geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 43 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 
      
        name: Basseterre 
       geographic coordinates: 17 18 N, 62 43 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Lucia | 
      
        name: Castries 
       geographic coordinates: 14 00 N, 61 00 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Martin | 
      
        name: Marigot 
       geographical coordinates: 18 04 N, 63 05 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 
      
        name: Saint-Pierre 
       geographic coordinates: 46 46 N, 56 11 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November  | 
        
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 
      
        name: Kingstown 
       geographic coordinates: 13 08 N, 61 13 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Samoa | 
      
        name: Apia 
       geographic coordinates: 13 49 S, 171 46 W time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) +1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April  | 
        
| San Marino | 
      
        name: San Marino 
       geographic coordinates: 43 56 N, 12 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Sao Tome and Principe | 
      
        name: Sao Tome 
       geographic coordinates: 0 20 N, 6 44 E time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Saudi Arabia | 
      
        name: Riyadh 
       geographic coordinates: 24 39 N, 46 42 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Senegal | 
      
        name: Dakar 
       geographic coordinates: 14 44 N, 17 38 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Serbia | 
      
        name: Belgrade (Beograd) 
       geographic coordinates: 44 50 N, 20 30 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Seychelles | 
      
        name: Victoria 
       geographic coordinates: 4 37 S, 55 27 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Sierra Leone | 
      
        name: Freetown 
       geographic coordinates: 8 29 N, 13 14 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Singapore | 
      
        name: Singapore 
       geographic coordinates: 1 17 N, 103 51 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Sint Maarten | 
      
        name: Philipsburg 
       geographic coordinates: 18 1 N, 63 2 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Slovakia | 
      
        name: Bratislava 
       geographic coordinates: 48 09 N, 17 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC,. during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Slovenia | 
      
        name: Ljubljana 
       geographic coordinates: 46 03 N, 14 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Solomon Islands | 
      
        name: Honiara 
       geographic coordinates: 9 26 S, 159 57 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Somalia | 
      
        name: Mogadishu 
       geographic coordinates: 2 04 N, 45 20 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| South Africa | 
      
        name: Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 
       geographic coordinates: 25 42 S, 28 13 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| South Sudan | 
      
        name: Juba 
       geographic coordinates: 04 51 N 31 37 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Spain | 
      
        name: Madrid 
       geographic coordinates: 40 24 N, 3 41 W time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Spain has two time zones including the Canary Islands  | 
        
| Sri Lanka | 
      
        name: Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital 
       geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 79 50 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Sudan | 
      
        name: Khartoum 
       geographic coordinates: 15 36 N, 32 32 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Suriname | 
      
        name: Paramaribo 
       geographic coordinates: 5 50 N, 55 10 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Svalbard | 
      
        name: Longyearbyen 
       geographic coordinates: 78 13 N, 15 38 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Swaziland | 
      
        name: Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital 
       geographic coordinates: 26 19 S, 31 08 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Sweden | 
      
        name: Stockholm 
       geographic coordinates: 59 20 N, 18 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Switzerland | 
      
        name: Bern 
       geographic coordinates: 46 55 N, 7 28 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Syria | 
      
        name: Damascus 
       geographic coordinates: 33 30 N, 36 18 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins midnight on the last Friday in March; ends at midnight on the first Friday in November  | 
        
| Taiwan | 
      
        name: Taipei 
       geographic coordinates: 25 02 N, 121 31 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Tajikistan | 
      
        name: Dushanbe 
       geographic coordinates: 38 33 N, 68 46 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Tanzania | 
      
        name: Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital, and the National Assembly now meets there on a regular basis; the executive branch with all ministries and diplomatic representation remains in Dar es Salaam 
       geographic coordinates: 6 48 S, 39 17 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Thailand | 
      
        name: Bangkok 
       geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Timor-Leste | 
      
        name: Dili 
       geographic coordinates: 8 35 S, 125 36 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Togo | 
      
        name: Lome 
       geographic coordinates: 6 07 N, 1 13 E time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Tokelau | 
      none; each atoll has its own administrative center 
       time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Tonga | 
      
        name: Nuku'alofa 
       geographic coordinates: 21 08 S, 175 12 W time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Trinidad and Tobago | 
      
        name: Port of Spain 
       geographic coordinates: 10 39 N, 61 31 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Tunisia | 
      
        name: Tunis 
       geographic coordinates: 36 48 N, 10 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Turkey | 
      
        name: Ankara 
       geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| Turkmenistan | 
      
        name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) 
       geographic coordinates: 37 57 N, 58 23 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 
      
        name: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) 
       geographic coordinates: 21 28 N, 71 08 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November  | 
        
| Tuvalu | 
      
        name: Funafuti; note - administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet 
       geographic coordinates: 8 31 S, 179 13 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Uganda | 
      
        name: Kampala 
       geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 33 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Ukraine | 
      
        name: Kyiv (Kiev) 
       note: pronounced KAY-yiv geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  | 
        
| United Arab Emirates | 
      
        name: Abu Dhabi 
       geographic coordinates: 24 28 N, 54 22 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| United Kingdom | 
      
        name: London 
       geographic coordinates: 51 30 N, 0 05 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: applies to the United Kingdom proper, not to its overseas dependencies or territories  | 
        
| United States | 
      
        name: Washington, DC 
       geographic coordinates: 38 53 N, 77 02 W time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November note: the 50 United States cover six time zones  | 
        
| Uruguay | 
      
        name: Montevideo 
       geographic coordinates: 34 51 S, 56 10 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March  | 
        
| Uzbekistan | 
      
        name: Tashkent (Toshkent) 
       geographic coordinates: 41 19 N, 69 15 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Vanuatu | 
      
        name: Port-Vila (on Efate) 
       geographic coordinates: 17 44 S, 168 19 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Venezuela | 
      
        name: Caracas 
       geographic coordinates: 10 29 N, 66 52 W time difference: UTC-4.5 (a half hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Vietnam | 
      
        name: Hanoi (Ha Noi) 
       geographic coordinates: 21 02 N, 105 51 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Virgin Islands | 
      
        name: Charlotte Amalie 
       geographic coordinates: 18 21 N, 64 56 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Wallis and Futuna | 
      
        name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) 
       geographic coordinates: 13 57 S, 171 56 W time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Western Sahara | 
      Laayoune (administrative center) 
       time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in September  | 
        
| Yemen | 
      
        name: Sanaa 
       geographic coordinates: 15 21 N, 44 12 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Zambia | 
      
        name: Lusaka 
       geographic coordinates: 15 25 S, 28 17 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  | 
        
| Zimbabwe | 
      
        name: Harare 
       geographic coordinates: 17 49 S, 31 02 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)  |