Schengen 90/180 guides
Learn the Schengen 90/180 rule, common traps, what applies to your passport, and how to plan your next stay with Stay180.
How the rolling window works
The 90/180 rule itself, and the counting traps that catch people out.
How the Schengen 90/180 rule works
Short stays in Schengen mean no more than 90 days in any rolling 180-day window. See how day-by-day checks work.
Read guide →Both border days count
The day you enter and the day you leave each use one day. A Friday-to-Sunday weekend is three days, not two.
Days left ≠ how long you can stay
Having 40 days left this morning does not mean a 40-day trip is safe. Every day is checked against its own rolling window.
When Schengen days come back
When a past day falls outside the last 180 days, it stops counting—and those days become available again.
What a leave-by date means
A leave-by date is the last day you can still be inside Schengen for a given entry date without breaking the 90/180 rule.
Rules by passport
The 90/180 rule is the same for every visa-free traveller. What differs is paperwork and a few old bilateral agreements.
Schengen rules by nationality
US, UK, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand passports side by side: visa-free stay, EES, ETIAS and bilateral agreements.
Schengen rules for US citizens
Visa-free for 90 days in any 180. EES fingerprints at the border, ETIAS not yet running, and Denmark's separate agreement.
Schengen rules for UK citizens
Since Brexit: 90 days in any 180, the 10-year passport rule, EES checks at Dover and St Pancras, and no bilateral extras.
Schengen rules for Canadians
Visa-free for 90 days in any 180. EES at the border, ETIAS not yet running, and Denmark's agreement for Canadians.
Schengen rules for Australians
Visa-free for 90 days in any 180, plus one bilateral agreement on top. Which 10 countries, and the conditions.
Schengen rules for New Zealanders
90 days in any 180, plus confirmed bilateral agreements with Denmark, Germany and Switzerland — and their conditions.
Bilateral agreements: staying longer than 90 days
Some old visa-waiver agreements let certain passports stay extra time in one country. How they work, and why they are easy to get wrong.
Schengen calculator by passport
A worked 90/180 example for your passport, with the border and bilateral notes that matter to you.
Which countries are in Schengen?
The 29 members, the EU countries that are not in, and the places people get wrong — from the UK and Cyprus to Gibraltar and the Canaries.
Borders, overstays and running out of days
What the new border systems record, what happens if you overstay, and where to go next.
EES and ETIAS explained
The Entry/Exit System now records every border crossing and counts your days. ETIAS has not started yet. What each one changes.
Schengen overstay: what happens
EES now flags overstays automatically. What EU law allows: return decisions, fines set by each country, and entry bans.
Where to go when your Schengen days run out
Countries next to Schengen whose days do not count toward the 90: the UK, Ireland, the Western Balkans, Türkiye, Georgia and more.
Staying longer than 90 days
The 90/180 rule only covers short stays. Digital nomad visas, national long-stay visas and residence permits are the usual routes to more.
Date calculators
Plain date maths: add or subtract days, and find where today's 180-day window starts.
Ready to plan your next stay?
Add your stays, see days used in the last 180, and get a leave-by date if you entered today.