The Schengen Area is the border-free travel area used for short-stay calculations. If you spend time in these countries for a qualifying short stay, those days generally count toward the same Schengen total.
Current Schengen countries
This list is the main reference for countries included in this planner. Use it to check whether a destination is part of the Schengen Area before preparing a trip in the calculator.
Trip planning tool
Want to plan a route through these countries?
Open the Schengen Trip Planner to select one or more countries on a map, preview the route, and send the selected country list to the 90/180 calculator.
Important exceptions travellers often ask about
- Ireland is not part of Schengen for this calculation.
- Cyprus follows different arrangements for short-stay counting.
- Rules may vary for residence permit holders, visa holders and special categories of travellers.
Questions travellers often ask
A common question is whether time spent in countries such as Spain, Italy, France or Croatia counts toward the same 90/180-day total. In general, qualifying short stays across the Schengen Area are counted together.
Planning a multi-country Schengen route?
Open the Trip Planner to build a route, then send the dates to the 90/180 calculator for a browser-based planning estimate.