Schengen 90/180 Day Calculator: Work Out Your Remaining Days
Schengen 90/180 day calculator
On any given day, count backwards 180 days. Within that window you may not have been present in the Schengen area for more than 90 days in total. It is a rolling window, not a calendar allowance, and it does not reset when you leave.
Your trips into the Schengen area
Enter every entry and exit date. Both the day you arrive and the day you leave count as full days of presence.
Days you were present Days available
- Days used in the window
- 0
- Days remaining today
- 90
- Window runs from
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- Capacity frees up
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The rules people get wrong
- Days of entry and exit both count as full days of presence.
- The 90 days are shared across the whole area, not per country. Nine days in France and eighty-five in Spain is a violation.
- The window rolls forward every day, so leaving and returning does not reset anything. What frees up capacity is old days falling out of the back of the 180-day window.
- A national long-stay visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen state does not consume your 90 days, and time spent in the issuing country on that permit is not counted.
- The Entry/Exit System replaced passport stamping with a biometric record of every crossing, phased in from 12 October 2025 and fully operational at all external Schengen borders from 10 April 2026. The arithmetic is now done by a computer that does not miscount and does not sympathise.
- Overstaying can produce a fine, a removal, and an entry ban recorded across the whole area.
- Ireland and Cyprus are in the European Union but not the Schengen area, and have their own separate allowances. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are in Schengen but not the EU.
Which countries this covers
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 European Union but not the Schengen area. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are in Schengen but not the European Union. The United Kingdom is in neither.
European Commission: short-stay visa calculator · European Commission: Entry/Exit System · European Commission: ETIAS
This calculator is a planning aid, not a legal determination. Border authorities use the official record, which since April 2026 is the biometric Entry/Exit System. If your position is close to the limit, use the European Commission’s own calculator as well and keep your boarding passes.
Common questions
Does leaving reset my 90 days?
No. This is the single most common misunderstanding. The window rolls forward one day at a time. What frees up capacity is old days of presence falling out of the back of the 180-day window, not you crossing a border.
Do entry and exit days both count?
Yes. Both are counted as full days of presence, even if you land at midnight and leave at dawn.
Does a residence permit use up my 90 days?
No. Time spent in the country that issued your national long-stay visa or residence permit does not count against the 90-day short-stay allowance. Time in other Schengen states still does.
How is this enforced now?
Automatically. The Entry/Exit System replaced passport stamping with a biometric record of every crossing and reached full operation at all external Schengen borders on 10 April 2026. The arithmetic is done by a computer that does not miscount.
Authoritative sources
Where this tool disagrees with one of these, the official source is right. Tell us and we will correct it.
- U.S. Department of State: Learn About Your Destination Entry, exit and visa requirements for U.S. citizens, country by country. The authoritative U.S. government starting point.
- U.S. Department of State: Records and Authentications Federal document authentication, including the Office of Authentications.
- HCCH: Apostille Convention status table The authoritative list of which countries are party to the Apostille Convention, and the entry-into-force date for each.
- Foreign embassies in the United States Directory of every foreign embassy in Washington, which is where legalisation happens for non-Convention destinations.
- U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide For U.S. citizen services abroad and notarials.
- Smart Traveler Enrollment Program Register your trip so the nearest embassy can reach you.
- CDC Travelers Health Vaccination and health entry requirements by destination.
- IATA Travel Centre The database airlines actually check at the boarding gate.
Verified Sep 7, 2026 Primary sources: travel.state.gov, www.hcch.net
This resource is provided free by Federal Apostille as an educational tool. It is not legal or immigration advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by using it. Visa rules, fees, processing times and entry requirements change frequently and often without notice, and individual circumstances change the answer. Always confirm current requirements with the official government source and the specific embassy or consulate that has jurisdiction over your place of residence before you book travel or file an application. Every figure on this site carries the date we last verified it and a link to the primary source.
