Last update: 10/23/2025

For shipments with all international products to the most important destinations, we offer transit time monitoring via traffic light logic as well as relevant information on which transit time impairments to expect when shipping to a destination country.

  • no transit time delayno transit time delay

  • transit time delay of a few daystransit time delay of a few days

  • transit time delay of several daystransit time delay of several days

StatusDestination

Transit-time delay1, 2, 3

in working days

Affected Products
no transit time delayAustria

 

 
no transit time delayBelgium  
no transit time delayBulgaria  
no transit time delayCroatia  
no transit time delayCyprus4  
no transit time delayCzech Republic  
no transit time delayDenmark  
no transit time delayEstonia  
no transit time delayFinland  
no transit time delayFrance  
no transit time delayGreece

 

 

transit time delay of a few daysHungary2-3 days delay in transit timeDHL Paket International
no transit time delayIreland  
no transit time delayItaly  
no transit time delayLatvia  
no transit time delayLithuania  
no transit time delayLuxembourg  
no transit time delayMalta  
no transit time delayMonaco4  
no transit time delayNetherlands  
no transit time delayNorway  
no transit time delayPoland  
transit time delay of a few daysPortugal6When shipping to the Portuguese islands (e.g., Madeira, Azores)6, there are significant delays due to limited transport capacities from the Portuguese mainland to the islands, as well as staff shortages for local delivery.DHL Paket International, DHL Päckchen International, Warenpost International
no transit time delayRomania  
no transit time delaySlovakia  
no transit time delaySlovenia  
no transit time delaySpain  
no transit time delaySweden  
no transit time delaySwitzerland  
no transit time delayUnited Kingdom

 

 
transit time delay of a few daysUnited States of AmericaInformation on restrictions for business customers for the destination country USA/Puerto Rico can be found here, as well as for private senders on the the country page (german only) for the destination USADHL Paket International, Warenpost International
  • 1 As a rule, the delivery time to urban areas is faster than to rural areas and is also influenced by the distance from the German delivery location to the destination country.
    2 For shipments to islands or remote areas, a longer transit time is to be expected.
    3 Shipments with complete electronic shipment and customs data transmission as well as availability of recipient e-mail address or mobile phone number generally speed up delivery and improve the delivery experience.
    4 It is not possible to ship DHL Europaket to this destination country.

  • 5 All products: Export: DHL Paket International, DHL Päckchen International, DHL Europaket, Warenpost International; Import: DHL Retoure International

  • 6Standard transit times to the Portuguese islands Azores and Madeira can be found in the product overview under the section European Union.

Below is an overview of the delivery times for DHL Paket International, DHL Europaket, Warenpost International, and DHL Retoure International to the individual destination countries.