Quick tools
Quick answers to the things people keep having to look up when they go abroad, plus calculators for the day counts that are easy to get wrong. Every result has its own address you can send to someone.
- Time zone and current local time The time difference, the time right now in the capital, and how the two clocks line up.
- Day length and sun times Sunrise, sunset and how many hours of daylight there are in each capital, on the date you pick.
- Plugs and voltage Socket types, voltage and mains frequency — worth knowing before you pack an adapter.
- International dialling codes The dialling code of each country and how to place a call in and out.
- Which side they drive on Which countries drive on the left, which on the right, and what to know about driving permits.
- Schengen 90/180 day counter Add up the days spent in the Schengen area within the rolling 180-day window and see how many are left.
- Country type Read a country through its geographic and constitutional type: island, landlocked, federal or unitary.
- Tax residence day counter Add up the days spent in each country over 12 months to see whether a tax residence threshold is reached.
- Distance and flight time Great-circle distance between two capitals and the estimated flying time.
- Days present and days absent Total days absent, the longest single absence, and the earliest date you reach the milestone you set.
- Residence milestone date Enter a start date and the number of years required to see the milestone date and how far off it is.
- Passport validity on your travel date How many months of passport validity are left on the travel date, and whether the six-month mark is met.
- Two countries side by side Put two countries in one table: form of state, geography, electricity, phone codes and driving side.
- Filter countries by criteria Pick criteria — island, landlocked, federal, continent, Schengen — to get the countries that match.