When Year 2026 Starts Around the World

With 38 different local times in use, it takes 26 hours for the New Year to encompass all time zones. Find out in which order they enter 2026 and which countries are first and last.

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Wed 18:00Christmas Island/KiribatiKiritimati
Wed 18:15Chatham Islands/New ZealandChatham Islands
Wed 19:00New Zealand with exceptions and 5 moreAuckland, Wellington, Nuku'alofa, Apia
Wed 20:00Fiji, small region of Russia and 7 moreAnadyr, Suva, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa
Wed 21:00Much of Australia and 6 moreMelbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
Wed 21:30Small region of AustraliaAdelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
Wed 22:00Queensland/Australia and 6 moreBrisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
Wed 22:30Northern Territory/AustraliaDarwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
Wed 23:00Japan, South Korea and 5 moreTokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud
Wed 23:15Western Australia/AustraliaEucla
Thu 00:00China, Philippines and 11 moreBeijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Thu 01:00Much of Indonesia, Thailand and 7 moreJakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Thu 01:30Myanmar and Cocos IslandsYangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam
Thu 02:00Bangladesh and 5 moreDhaka, Bishkek, Thimphu, Omsk
Thu 02:15NepalKathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan
Thu 02:30India and Sri LankaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
Thu 03:00Pakistan and 9 moreTashkent, Islamabad, Almaty, Lahore
Thu 03:30AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat
Thu 04:00Azerbaijan and 8 moreDubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis
Thu 04:30IranTehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz
Thu 05:00Moscow/Russia and 23 moreMoscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Nairobi
Thu 06:00Greece and 30 moreCairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg
Thu 07:00Germany and 45 moreBrussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers
Thu 08:00United Kingdom and 24 moreLondon, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra, Reykjavik
Thu 09:00Azores/Portugal and Cabo VerdePraia, Ponta Delgada, Mindelo
Thu 10:00Most of Greenland and 2 moreNuuk, Ittoqqortoormiit, King Edward Point
Thu 11:00Most of Brazil, Argentina and 8 moreBuenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago
Thu 11:30Newfoundland and Labrador/CanadaSt. John's, Mary's Harbour
Thu 12:00Some regions of Canada and 29 moreCaracas, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo
Thu 13:00Regions of USA and 14 moreNew York, Washington DC, Detroit, Havana
Thu 14:00Regions of USA and 9 moreMexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City
Thu 15:00Some regions of USA and 2 moreCalgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix
Thu 16:00Regions of USA and 4 moreLos Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas
Thu 17:00Alaska/USA and regions of French PolynesiaAnchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska
Thu 17:30Marquesas Islands/French PolynesiaTaiohae
Thu 18:00Small region of USA and 3 moreHonolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete
Thu 19:00Regions of US Minor Outlying Islands and 2 moreAlofi, Midway, Pago Pago, Jarvis Island
Thu 20:00Regions of US Minor Outlying IslandsBaker Island, Howland Island

Above is a chronological list of when the world's different countries arrive at midnight on New Year's Eve and enter 1 January 2026

The times can be changed to any time zone by clicking on the icon in the first column.