Use this free Schengen calculator to check the 90/180-day rule before you travel. Add your past and planned trips, choose a date, and see how many days you have used and how many are left.
Visitors who do not need a visa, including travellers from the US, UK, Canada and Australia, can stay in the Schengen area for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. However, the 180 days are not a calendar half-year, so it is easy to miscount.
Travel tool
Schengen 90/180-day calculator
Visa-free visitors can stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Add your past and planned trips to see how many days you have used and how many are left.
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is saved or sent to RAZIUN. This is an unofficial estimate. Border officers make the final decision, so check the European Commission's official short-stay calculator before you travel.
How the 90/180-day rule works
The rule looks backwards from each day of your stay. For every day you are in the Schengen area, you count how many days you spent there in the previous 180 days, including that day.
- Pick the date you want to check, such as your planned entry date.
- Count back 180 days from that date.
- Add up every day you spent in the Schengen area in that window. Both the day you enter and the day you leave count as full days.
- If the total stays at 90 or less, you are within the rule.
Because the window moves forward one day at a time, older trip days drop out as time passes. As a result, you may be able to stay longer than the “days left” figure suggests, and the Schengen calculator above takes this into account.
Example
Imagine you spent 45 days in Europe from 1 June to 15 July, and 20 more days in September. If you check 10 November, the window runs back to mid-May, so you have used 65 of your 90 days. However, as your June days drop out of the window, you can stay longer than 25 days on your next trip.
Before you travel
- This Schengen calculator gives an unofficial estimate. Border officers make the final decision.
- Double-check with the official EU short-stay calculator, described by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration.
- Overstaying can lead to fines, entry bans or problems on future trips.
Europe’s entry rules are also changing. Read our guide to ETIAS and EES to see what US, UK, Canadian and Australian travellers need.
Frequently asked questions
Do the entry and exit days count?
Yes. The day you arrive and the day you leave both count as days in the Schengen area, even if you are only there for a few hours.
Does the 180-day period reset?
No. It is a rolling window that moves forward every day, so it never resets on a fixed date.
Is my data saved?
No. The Schengen calculator runs in your browser, and your dates are not saved or sent anywhere.