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Schengen 90/180 day calculator
Add the days you have spent in the Schengen Area and see how many are left, when you can come back and whether a planned trip fits.
1Your stays
One row for each time you were inside the Schengen Area, from the day you entered to the day you left (both days count). Past and planned stays both work.
2Check a date
Add at least one stay above to see your count. With no past stays you have all 90 days.
Your 180-day window
Inside the areaThe day you checked
How the count works
The 180 days are not a calendar half-year. Every day you are in the area, count back 180 days from that day (including it) and add the days you were inside. If the total is 91 or more, you have overstayed, even if your last trip ended months ago. Days drop out of the window 180 days after you spent them, so your allowance comes back gradually, not all at once.
A worked example: 50 days from 1 January to 19 February, then 40 days from 1 May to 9 June. On 9 June you have used exactly 90. One more night is day 91. The earliest day you can enter again is 30 June, when 1 January leaves the window, and then you can stay 50 days. The calculator does this for any set of dates. Read the full guide in the Schengen 90/180 rule explained.
The 29 Schengen countries
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Ireland and Cyprus are in the EU but not in Schengen. Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are in Schengen but not in the EU. Check the current list before you plan, because membership has grown over the years. Not sure you can enter without a visa? Use the visa checker.
Questions
What is the Schengen 90/180 rule?
Visitors who can enter without a visa, or with a short-stay visa, may spend up to 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen Area. The 29 countries share one allowance: days in France and days in Spain are added together.
How do you calculate 90 days in 180?
Take any day you are in the area, look back 180 days from it, counting that day, and add up the days you spent inside. The total must not go above 90. The window rolls forward every day, so there is no date when the counter resets. The day you enter and the day you leave both count as full days.
Do days outside the Schengen Area count?
No, only days inside it count. Ireland, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Albania and most of the Balkans outside the EU are not in the Schengen Area, so time there does not use your 90 days. They have their own entry rules.
Does the rule apply to EU citizens or residents?
No. EU, EEA and Swiss citizens move freely, and people with a residence permit or a long-stay visa are covered by different rules. The 90/180 limit is for short stays by visitors.
What happens if I overstay?
Even one day can lead to a fine, a refusal at the border on departure or an entry ban, and it is recorded. Treat 90 as a hard stop and leave with a spare day.
Can I rely on this calculator at the border?
Use it to plan, and keep a screenshot. Border officers work from their own records, which the EU’s Entry/Exit System keeps digitally, and a few nationalities have extra bilateral agreements. If your count is close to the limit, check with the official short-stay calculator of the European Commission or the border authority.
Keep every trip on one map
Explo is a free app for the countries you have visited and the ones you want to see, with visa rules, weather and holidays for each.
Get ExploThe calculator is a planning aid, not legal advice. It applies the rule as described by the European Commission: 90 days in any 180-day period, both the entry and the exit day counted. Your own situation, for example a national visa or a bilateral agreement, may differ.