Enter your Schengen trips — past and planned. The calculator applies the official rolling-window rule: at most 90 days of presence in any 180-day period, counting both entry and exit days.
The Schengen short-stay rule allows visa-free visitors (and holders of type C visas) to stay up to 90 days within any 180-day period. The window is not fixed to a calendar and never "resets" on January 1st. Instead, for every single day of your stay, border authorities look backwards 180 days and count your days of presence inside the area. If that count ever exceeds 90 — even for one day — you are overstaying.
Think of it as a conveyor belt: every day you spend inside Schengen goes onto the belt, and it takes exactly 180 days for that day to fall off the other end. Your allowance on any date equals 90 minus the number of days still on the belt.
"The counter resets when I leave." It does not. Leaving the area stops new days from accumulating, but the days you already used only expire 180 days after each was spent.
"Entry and exit days are free." Both count as full days of presence, even if you land at 23:50 or depart at 00:30.
"90 days per country." The limit is shared across the whole area: 40 days in Spain plus 50 days in Italy equals 90 days used.
"My new visa restarts the clock." A fresh short-stay visa does not erase days already spent in the current 180-day window.
The Schengen area covers 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Notable exceptions: Ireland is in the EU but not in Schengen; Cyprus is on its way in but days there currently do not count; the UK has its own separate 180-day visitor rule. Days spent in non-Schengen countries — the Balkans, Turkey, Georgia — do not consume your Schengen allowance, which is why many long-term travelers alternate between the two.
Yes — both. The day your passport is stamped on arrival and the day it is stamped on departure each count as one full day of presence, regardless of the time. A Friday-to-Sunday city break costs three days of your allowance, not one.
Consequences vary by country but can include fines (typically €500–1,200), an overstay stamp in your passport, deportation at your own expense, and an entry ban of up to five years recorded in the Schengen Information System. Even a one-day overstay can complicate future visa applications — consulates see the record. If an emergency forces you to overstay, document it and contact the local immigration authority before departure.
A spreadsheet works until you forget one border crossing. The Daysabroad app counts your days automatically from GPS — Schengen 90/180, the UK 180-day rule, per-entry visas and the 183-day tax residency threshold — and warns you before you hit any limit.
Count every day of physical presence, including the day of entry and the day of exit. For any given day, look back 180 days: the total days of presence in that window must not exceed 90.
No. The window is rolling — it moves forward every day. Days are not reset on a fixed date; each day you used comes back exactly 180 days later.
Overstaying can lead to fines, deportation, an entry ban of up to several years, and problems with future visa applications. Always verify your remaining days before travelling.
29 countries: most EU members plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Ireland is an EU member but not in Schengen; the UK has its own 180-day rule. Days in non-Schengen countries do not count toward your 90 days.
No. Holders of a national (type D) visa or a residence permit of a Schengen country are not limited by the 90/180 rule in that country. The rule applies to visa-free visitors and holders of short-stay (type C) visas.
Daysabroad counts every border crossing in the background and shows your balance on a home-screen widget.
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