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New Year around the world

2027 begins in 72 days.
First in Kiribati, last in American Samoa, 25 hours later.

Kiritimati, KiribatiChatham Islands, New ZealandAucklandWellingtonNukuʻalofa, TongaApia, SamoaFakaofo, TokelauPetropavlovsk-KamchatskySuvaTarawa, KiribatiMajuro, Marshall IslandsSydneyMelbourneNewcastleMagadanHobartCanberraNouméa, New CaledoniaHoniara, Solomon IslandsLord Howe Island, AustraliaAdelaideBrisbaneVladivostokPort MoresbyDarwinTokyoSeoulOsakaYokohamaBusanPyongyangNagoyaIncheonDaeguSapporoFukuokaSendaiKyotoHiroshimaKobeDaejeonGwangjuKawasakiChangwonSuwonUlsanKitakyushuSeongnamGoyangHamamatsuBucheonNampoOkayamaYakutskJayapuraEucla, AustraliaSingaporeHong KongKuala LumpurManilaShanghaiBeijingTaipeiPerthGuangzhouWuhanTianjinChongqingDongguanShenzhenShenyangChengduXi’anHarbinNanjingHechiChangchunTaiyuanQuezon CityDalianHangzhouZhangzhouJinanGuiyangChangshaZhengzhouLanzhouQingdaoShijiazhuangXiangtanNanchongKaohsiungJilinNanchangKunmingSuzhouFuzhouZiboTaichungUrumqiShuyangTangshanHefeiWanzhouXuzhouTai’anGeorge TownWenzhouHaikouLuoyangXiamenLuzhouHandanNanningShantouDatongLiuzhouFushunWuxiSuiningAnshanYantaiXinyangLu’anNingboTainanDavaoMakassarQiqiharHohhotHuainanBaotouMaomingGanzhouLinyiZaozhuangChangzhouXianyangZhanjiangNanyangBaodingAnkangZhuhaiNeijiangZhongliMaanshanChangdeYichunWeifangShangqiuXinyiMudanjiangDaqingJiangmenBaoshanBenxiShangraoKlangHuaiyinHuaibeiXiningXiantaoZigongZhuzhouHengyangLupanshuiZhuchengQinhuangdaoKaifengXuanzhouCagayan de OroYangquanPingdingshanYanchengJohor BahruAnyangMianyangUlaanbaatarYueyangQuanzhouXinxiangGuilinJiningChifengCebuNantongLingyuanZhangjiakouBaojiHezeFoshanJiamusiJinzhouYiyangFuyangXiangyangYangjiangDandongGeneral SantosZhenjiangLiaoyangIrkutskDenpasarBangkokJakartaHo Chi Minh CityHanoiSurabayaBandungBekasiMedanPalembangPhnom PenhSemarangHaiphongNovosibirskCilacapDa NangBandar LampungBogorPadangMalangKrasnoyarskVientianeYangonMandalayNaypyidawDhakaChittagongKhulnaOmskBishkekRajshahiKathmanduMumbaiNew DelhiBengaluruKolkataChennaiHyderabadAhmedabadPuneSuratKanpurHowrahJaipurLucknowNagpurIndorePatnaBhopalLudhianaVadodaraKalyanAgraFaridabadNashikAsansolCoimbatoreMeerutVisakhapatnamGhaziabadVaranasiRajkotJabalpurAmritsarPrayagrajMaduraiBhilaiChhatrapati SambhajinagarKochiSrinagarWarangalSolapurVijayawadaJodhpurJamshedpurChandigarhRanchiGwaliorMysuruThiruvananthapuramTiruchirappalliHubballiSalemJalandharBhubaneswarKotaBareillyAligarhMoradabadBhiwandiColomboKarachiLahoreFaisalabadTashkentSaidu SharifRawalpindiMultanGujranwalaHyderabadYekaterinburgPeshawarAlmatyAbbottabadChelyabinskUfaDushanbeQuettaIslamabadAstanaAshgabatKabulDubaiAbu DhabiBakuYerevanTbilisiSamaraSharjahSaratovMuscatPort LouisTehranMashhadIsfahanKarajTabrizShirazQomAhvazKermanshahIstanbulMoscowNairobiRiyadhDohaBaghdadSt. PetersburgAnkaraJeddahAddis AbabaDar es SalaamDamascusIzmirAleppoSana’aMinskAntananarivoBursaDammamKampalaMeccaNizhny NovgorodAdanaMosulKuwait CityAmmanRostovKazanMedinaMogadishuGaziantepHomsBasraZarqaMombasaVolgogradErbilAdenDjibouti CityManamaDodomaAthensHelsinkiCairoJohannesburgCape TownTel AvivAlexandriaKhartoumDurbanGizaOmdurmanKyivBucharestBenoniBeirutHarareKharkivPretoriaMaputoLusakaTripoliLubumbashiMbuji-MayiSofiaDniproJerusalemBenghaziDonetskOdesaPort ElizabethKigaliVereenigingLvivKaliningradChișinăuVilniusRigaTallinnNicosiaLilongweGaboroneWindhoekParisBerlinMadridBarcelonaAmsterdamBrusselsZürichFrankfurtMunichCopenhagenStockholmOsloRomeMilanViennaPragueWarsawLagosKinshasaLuandaKanoAlgiersIbadanStuttgartHamburgBudapestDoualaNaplesTunisKatowiceMannheimYaoundéBrazzavilleTurinKadunaEssenBelgradeMarseillePort HarcourtHuamboCologneSevilleThe HagueLyonFlorenceBenin CityDüsseldorfIkareDuisburgAbaAbujaN’DjamenaNiameyValenciaRotterdamPalermoŁódźKrakówZariaJosLuxembourg CityMonacoBernVallettaBratislavaLjubljanaZagrebSarajevoPodgoricaTiranaSkopjePorto-NovoBanguiLondonDublinLisbonCasablancaAbidjanDakarAccraRabatBirminghamConakryKumasiBamakoManchesterLoméOuagadougouLeedsFezSheffieldMonroviaGlasgowMarrakeshPortoAgadirLas PalmasReykjavíkNouakchottYamoussoukroFreetownPonta DelgadaPraia, Cape VerdeNuuk, GreenlandFernando de Noronha, BrazilSantiagoBuenos AiresSão PauloRio de JaneiroBelo HorizonteBrasíliaSalvadorFortalezaPorto AlegreRecifeCuritibaCampinasBelémGoiâniaCórdobaRosarioSantosVitóriaMaceióNiteróiNatalAsunciónNova IguaçuDuque de CaxiasMendozaJoão PessoaMontevideoTeresinaVila VelhaPunta ArenasSt. John’s, NewfoundlandCaracasSanta Cruz de la SierraMaracaiboManausValenciaSantiago de los CaballerosSan JuanLa PazSanto DomingoMaracayBarquisimetoCochabambaHalifaxCuiabáCampo GrandeNew YorkTorontoWashington, D.C.WilmingtonBostonMiamiMontréalBogotáLimaPhiladelphiaMedellínDetroitAtlantaGuayaquilCaliHavanaPort-au-PrinceQuitoPittsburghBarranquillaBaltimoreTampaClevelandIndianapolisFort LauderdaleColumbusOttawaCincinnatiCharlotteJacksonvilleCartagenaVirginia BeachPanama CityKingstonBucaramangaRaleighCallaoOrlandoArequipaWinnipegCancúnRio BrancoNassauChicagoDallasMexico CityHoustonGuadalajaraMonterreyPueblaMinneapolisSan AntonioLeónSt. LouisFort WorthTolucaCalgaryGuatemala CityMilwaukeeKansas CityNezahualcóyotlManaguaAustinTegucigalpaEdmontonMéridaSan Luis PotosíTorreónQuerétaroAguascalientesMemphisChihuahuaReginaSan SalvadorSan JoséDenverPhoenixVancouverCiudad JuárezMesaWhitehorseHermosilloTucsonLos AngelesSan FranciscoSeattleSan DiegoIrvineTijuanaSan JoseLong BeachPortlandLas VegasSacramentoSan BernardinoOaklandAnchorageMarquesas Islands, French PolynesiaHonoluluPapeete, TahitiPago Pago, American SamoaAlofi, NiueBaker Island

517 of 670 places in 2027

Next: Kiritimati, at 10:00 UTC on Thursday, December 31, 2026.

Every clock reaches midnight on its own, starting in the middle of the Pacific and sweeping west for 25 hours. Press play to watch 2027 cross the world, or drag to any moment. The gold line is midnight by the sun; the cities light up at midnight by their clocks.

Who celebrates when

MidnightClockPlaces
10:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+14Kiritimati, Kiribati
10:15, Dec 31 UTCUTC+13:45Chatham Islands, New Zealand
11:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+13Auckland, Wellington, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, Apia, Samoa, Fakaofo, Tokelau
12:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+12Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Suva, Tarawa, Kiribati, Majuro, Marshall Islands
13:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+11Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Magadan, Hobart, Canberra and 3 more
13:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+10:30Adelaide
14:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+10Brisbane, Vladivostok, Port Moresby
14:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+9:30Darwin
15:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+9Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Yokohama, Busan, Pyongyang and 24 more
15:15, Dec 31 UTCUTC+8:45Eucla, Australia
16:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+8Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Shanghai, Beijing and 141 more
17:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+7Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Surabaya, Bandung and 15 more
17:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+6:30Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw
18:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+6Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Omsk, Bishkek, Rajshahi
18:15, Dec 31 UTCUTC+5:45Kathmandu
18:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+5:30Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and 53 more
19:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+5Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Tashkent, Saidu Sharif, Rawalpindi and 14 more
19:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+4:30Kabul
20:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+4Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Baku, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Samara and 4 more
20:30, Dec 31 UTCUTC+3:30Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz, Shiraz and 3 more
21:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+3Istanbul, Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh, Doha, Baghdad and 35 more
22:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+2Athens, Helsinki, Cairo, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tel Aviv and 36 more
23:00, Dec 31 UTCUTC+1Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels and 67 more
00:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC+0London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Abidjan, Dakar and 22 more
01:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−1Ponta Delgada, Praia, Cape Verde
02:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−2Nuuk, Greenland, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
03:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−3Santiago, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília and 24 more
03:30, Jan 1 UTCUTC−3:30St. John’s, Newfoundland
04:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−4Caracas, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Maracaibo, Manaus, Valencia, Santiago de los Caballeros and 9 more
05:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−5New York, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Wilmington, Boston, Miami and 37 more
06:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−6Chicago, Dallas, Mexico City, Houston, Guadalajara, Monterrey and 26 more
07:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−7Denver, Phoenix, Vancouver, Ciudad Juárez, Mesa, Whitehorse and 2 more
08:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−8Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Irvine, Tijuana and 7 more
09:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−9Anchorage
09:30, Jan 1 UTCUTC−9:30Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
10:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−10Honolulu, Papeete, Tahiti
11:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−11Pago Pago, American Samoa, Alofi, Niue
12:00, Jan 1 UTCUTC−12Baker Island

Questions

Which country celebrates New Year 2027 first?

Kiribati. Kiritimati, on UTC+14, reaches 2027 at 10:00 UTC on Thursday, December 31, 2026: 10 am in London and 5 am in New York.

Which country celebrates New Year 2027 last?

American Samoa and Niue, on UTC−11, at 11:00 UTC on Friday, January 1, 2027: 25 hours after Kiritimati. Baker Island, on UTC−12, is later still, but nobody lives there.

How long does New Year take to go around the world?

26 hours from the first clock to the last, because the clocks furthest east and west are 26 hours apart. Each place celebrates at its own midnight, so for most of that day it is 2027 somewhere and 2026 somewhere else.

What time does 2027 arrive in Sydney, Tokyo and Dubai?

Sydney at 13:00 UTC on December 31, Tokyo at 15:00 UTC on December 31, Dubai at 20:00 UTC on December 31, London at 00:00 UTC on January 1, New York at 05:00 UTC on January 1 and Los Angeles at 08:00 UTC on January 1. The table above gives each in your own time.

Why do some places celebrate on the half hour?

Their clocks are set half an hour or 45 minutes off the hour, so midnight there comes between everyone else’s: Chatham Islands (UTC+13:45), Yangon (UTC+6:30), Mumbai (UTC+5:30) and Tehran (UTC+3:30).

Watch the day and night map, check the time in any city, or open Meridian to see where your people will be at midnight.