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Schengen calculator · current to October 2026

90 days in any 180.

Enter the days you spent in the Schengen area. The calculator counts what is used, what is left, and the last day a stay can run.

In short, current to October 2026

  • The rule: no more than 90 days of stay in any 180 day period, counted back from each day of stay. Schengen Borders Code, article 6.
  • The day of entry and the day of exit both count. Time on a residence permit or a long stay visa does not.
  • The Schengen area is 29 countries. 46 of the 100 places on the board are in 13 of them.

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the Schengen Borders Code, article 6, and the European Commission pages on the Schengen area. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Schengen 90/180 day calculator 2026: days used, days left, patrician.ch/schengen-calculator/, October 2026.

The count

Your stays, day by day.

Days used0in the last 180 days
Days left90of 90, on that date
A stay from that date can run to

Add the day you entered and the day you left for each stay.

A count of the published rule on the dates entered. Border officers decide each entry on the records they hold. Published comparison research, not legal or immigration advice.

The rule

What the code says.

The limit

A stay of no more than 90 days in any 180 day period, which means looking at the 180 days before each day of stay.

Source: Schengen Borders Code, article 6(1)

First and last day

The date of entry is the first day of stay and the date of exit is the last day of stay.

Source: Article 6(2)

Permits and long stay visas

Periods of stay authorised under a residence permit or a long stay visa are not counted.

Source: Article 6(2)

Who it covers

Third country nationals on a short stay: anyone who is not an EU citizen and does not hold free movement rights under EU law.

Source: Article 2(5) and 2(6)

The area

29 countries: 25 EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Source: European Commission, Schengen area

The European Commission publishes its own short stay calculator. A stay longer than 90 days runs on a national permit: the route finder shows how each of the 100 places is entered on your passports, and the tax residence tests show when days in a country start to count for tax.

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Questions

The short answers.

What is the Schengen 90/180 day rule?

A stay of no more than 90 days in any 180 day period.

Article 6 of the Schengen Borders Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, applies it to short stays by people who are not EU citizens. The 180 days are counted back from each day of stay, so the window moves with the calendar.

Do the day of entry and the day of exit both count?

Yes. Both count as days of stay.

Article 6(2) of the code says the date of entry is the first day of stay and the date of exit is the last day of stay.

Does time on a residence permit or a long stay visa count toward the 90 days?

No. The code leaves those periods out of the count.

Article 6(2): periods of stay authorised under a residence permit or a long stay visa are not taken into account in the calculation.

Which countries are in the Schengen area?

29 countries: 25 EU member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Bulgaria and Romania were the last to join, on 1 January 2025.

Ireland does not apply the Schengen rules, and internal border controls with Cyprus have not been lifted. 46 of the 100 places on the Patrician.ch board are in a Schengen country.

Is this the official calculator?

No. The European Commission publishes its own short stay calculator, with a check mode and a planning mode.

This page counts the same rule. Border officers decide each entry on the passport stamps and the entry records they hold.

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