Many Clocks
Last updated: 10 November 2026
How many time zones a country has
This is a Tier it, not a rank from highest to lowest. Several countries can share a tier. The measure is Time zones, including dependent territories. The tiers on this card are 10 or more, 5 to 9, 2 to 4, 1. You drop each country into a tier and lock it in. A right tier locks. A wrong one turns red. You get five tries.
France has 12 time zones because overseas territories count, and would have 13 only if its Antarctic claim were included. The United States has 11, the same as Russia, once Baker Island and Wake Island are counted, not the four zones of the mainland. The United Kingdom has 9, the same as Australia, almost all of them outside Great Britain. Kiribati has 3, including UTC+14, and South Africa has 2 only because of the Prince Edward Islands. China has 1. No country on the list has 6, 7, or 8, and the only 10 is Antarctica, which is not a country.
Who sits in which tier
| Country | Tier | time zones |
|---|---|---|
| France | 10 or more | 12 |
| United States | 10 or more | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 5 to 9 | 9 |
| Kiribati | 2 to 4 | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 to 4 | 2 |
| China | 1 | 1 |
10 or more: France, United States. 5 to 9: United Kingdom. 2 to 4: South Africa, Kiribati. 1: China.
France and the United States are in the 10-or-more tier. The fact says France has 12 because overseas territories count, and would have 13 only if its Antarctic claim were included. The United States has 11, the same count the fact gives Russia, once Baker Island and Wake Island are counted, not the four zones of the mainland. Russia is not a chip on this six. The United Kingdom is in the 5-to-9 tier at 9, the same number the fact gives Australia, almost all of them outside Great Britain. Australia is not a chip here either. South Africa and Kiribati are in the 2-to-4 tier. The fact says South Africa has 2 only because of the Prince Edward Islands, and Kiribati has 3, including UTC+14. China is alone in the one-zone tier. The source counts standard UTC offsets. Dependent territories are included, Antarctic claims are not, and daylight saving is not an extra zone. Unofficial offsets count only when that table lists them, which is why the source line says Australia includes UTC+08:45 and China does not include Xinjiang Time. The fact adds that no country on the wider list has 6, 7, or 8.
The source line is: Wikipedia, List of time zones by country. The number is the table's own count of standard UTC offsets. Dependent territories are included, Antarctic claims are not, and daylight saving is not an extra zone. Unofficial offsets count only when the table lists them, so Australia includes UTC+08:45 and China does not include Xinjiang Time. France is 12, not 13. Nothing on this page adds a country or a tier that the puzzle does not already list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country