Schengen 90/180-day calculator: how many days can I still stay?
The 90-in-180 rule counts backwards from every day of your trip. This does the counting for you.
Enter each past stay in the Schengen area (entry and exit dates, both counted as days present), then a planned entry date. The tool checks the rolling 180-day window the way the Schengen Borders Code does.
The rule
A short-stay visa authorises "an intended stay on the territory of the Member States not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period" (Article 2(2)(a), Visa Code). "Any 180-day period" means that on every single day of your stay, you look back 180 days (that day included) and count the days you were present; the total may never exceed 90. Days of entry and exit both count. Ground 5 on the refusal form is exactly this rule breached in advance.
Since 10 April 2026 the Entry/Exit System records your entries and exits electronically at the external borders of the 29 participating countries and flags overstays automatically, so counting correctly matters more than it did when stamps could be misread. The EU also publishes an official short-stay calculator; use it to double-check anything that matters.
- Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (Visa Code), Article 2(2)(a): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R0810-20200202
- European Commission, Entry/Exit System FAQ (progressive start, fully operational from 10 April 2026): https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/faq
- European Commission, official short-stay visa calculator: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/border-crossing/short-stay-visa-calculator_en
Questions this page answers
Do the day of entry and the day of exit both count?
Yes. Both are days of presence in the Schengen area for the purpose of the 90-in-180 calculation.
Does the 180-day window reset when I get a new visa?
No. The window is about your physical presence, not about the visa sticker. A new visa cannot give you more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
Does the EES change the rule?
No, it enforces it. The Entry/Exit System, fully operational at all external border crossing points since 10 April 2026, records entries and exits electronically and identifies overstays.