Last update: 10/02/2025

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

Status Destination

Transit-time delay1, 2, 3

in working days

Affected Products
no transit time delay Austria

 

 
no transit time delay Belgium  

 

no transit time delay Bulgaria    
no transit time delay Croatia    
no transit time delay Cyprus4    
no transit time delay Czech Republic    
no transit time delay Denmark    
transit time delay of a few days Estonia 2-3 days DHL Paket International, DHL Europaket
no transit time delay

Finland

   
no transit time delay France 1-2 days delay in transit time possible due to a general strike in the destination country on September 10 an 18. DHL Paket International, DHL Päckchen International, DHL Europaket, Warenpost International
no transit time delay Greece

 

 

no transit time delay Hungary    
no transit time delay Ireland    
no transit time delay Italy    
transit time delay of a few days Latvia 2-3 days DHL Paket International, DHL Europaket
transit time delay of a few days Lithuania 2-3 days

DHL Paket International, DHL Europaket

no transit time delay Luxembourg    
no transit time delay Malta    
no transit time delay Monaco4    
no transit time delay Netherlands    
no transit time delay Norway    
transit time delay of a few days Poland 2-3 days

DHL Paket International, DHL Europaket

transit time delay of a few days Portugal6 When 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
transit time delay of a few days Romania 3-4 days delay in transit time Warenpost International
no transit time delay Slovakia    
no transit time delay Slovenia    
no transit time delay Spain    
no transit time delay Sweden    
no transit time delay Switzerland    
no transit time delay United Kingdom

 

 
transit time delay of a few days United States of America

Information 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 USA

DHL 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.