Flerfs love to claim there are more time zones in the south than in the north. As always this is a lie invented by some flerf and the "do your own research" flerfs forget to do their own research.

In reality there are more time zones in the north.

Time zones by hemisphere

Time zones by hemisphere is a breakdown of the world's time zones (UTC offsets) according to their usage in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere.

The List of UTC offsets shows all current standard time offsets from UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00. This page classifies them by hemisphere based on primary land usage.

Northern Hemisphere: 33 unique offsets (Europe, North America, most of Asia, northern Africa).
Southern Hemisphere: 17 unique offsets (Australia, New Zealand, southern South America, southern Africa, Pacific islands).

Northern Hemisphere

UTC−12:00 — Baker Island and Howland Island (United States Minor Outlying Islands, uninhabited).

UTC−11:00 — American Samoa, Niue (limited northern islands).

UTC−10:00 — Hawaii (United States), parts of Alaska (United States), French Polynesia (Society Islands).

UTC−09:30 — Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia).

UTC−09:00 — Most of Alaska (United States).

UTC−08:00 — Pacific Time (western United States, western Canada, Pitcairn Islands).

UTC−07:00 — Mountain Time (western Canada, western United States, northern Mexico).

UTC−06:00 — Central Time (central United States, central Canada, Mexico, Central America).

UTC−05:00 — Eastern Time (eastern United States, eastern Canada, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador).

UTC−04:00 — Atlantic Time (eastern Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, northern Brazil areas).

UTC−03:30 — Newfoundland Time (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada). Parts of Greenland (Denmark), northern Brazil regions.

UTC−02:00 — Limited northern usage (some Greenland areas).

UTC−01:00 — Azores (Portugal), Cape Verde (limited northern overlap).

UTC+00:00 — United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, West Africa (e.g., Ghana, Senegal).

UTC+01:00 — Central Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain), Western Africa (Nigeria, Algeria).

UTC+02:00 — Eastern Europe (Greece, Ukraine), Egypt, South Africa northern areas, Turkey.

UTC+03:00 — Russia (western zones), Turkey, East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia), Saudi Arabia.

UTC+03:30 — Iran.

UTC+04:00 — Russia (western/central), United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Azerbaijan.

UTC+04:30 — Afghanistan.

UTC+05:00 — Pakistan, western Russia, Uzbekistan.

UTC+05:30 — India, Sri Lanka.

UTC+05:45 — Nepal.

UTC+06:00 — Bangladesh, eastern Russia, Kyrgyzstan.

UTC+06:30 — Myanmar.

UTC+07:00 — Thailand, Vietnam, western Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), central Russia.

UTC+08:00 — China, Malaysia, Singapore, western Australia (limited northern), eastern Russia.

UTC+08:45 — Eucla region (Western Australia).

UTC+09:00 — Japan, South Korea, eastern Indonesia, central Russia.

UTC+10:00 — Eastern Russia (Vladivostok), Papua New Guinea northern areas.

UTC+11:00 — Eastern Russia (Magadan), Solomon Islands northern parts.

UTC+12:00 — Eastern Russia (Kamchatka), some northern Pacific islands.

UTC+14:00 — Kiribati Line Islands.

Southern Hemisphere

UTC−12:00 — Baker Island and Howland Island (uninhabited).

UTC−11:00 — American Samoa, Niue.

UTC−10:00 — Cook Islands.

UTC−06:00 — Easter Island (Chile).

UTC−04:00 — Chile (continental), Paraguay.

UTC−03:00 — Argentina, Uruguay, most of Brazil, Falkland Islands (United Kingdom).

UTC−02:00 — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom).

UTC+02:00 — South Africa, parts of southern Africa.

UTC+08:00 — Western Australia.

UTC+08:45 — Eucla (Western Australia).

UTC+09:30 — Central Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia).

UTC+10:00 — Eastern Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania).

UTC+10:30 — Lord Howe Island (Australia).

UTC+11:00 — Australia Norfolk Island.

UTC+12:00 — New Zealand, Fiji.

UTC+12:45 — Chatham Islands (New Zealand).

UTC+13:00 — Tonga, parts of Kiribati.

Notes

Classification is based on primary landmass and population usage.
Some remote or uninhabited islands may have minor exceptions.
Daylight saving time shifts are not included; only base standard offsets.

References

List of UTC offsets on Wikipedia (accessed 28 May 2026).
Time Zones on timeanddate.com (accessed 28 May 2026).
List of countries grouped by UTC offset on time.is (accessed 28 May 2026).