Where Is It New Year Right Now?
First to reach midnight
UTC+14: Kiritimati
Dec 31, 10:00 UTC
Next to reach midnight
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New Year 2027 arrives first in Kiritimati, Kiribati (UTC+14), at Dec 31, 10:00 UTC. Midnight then sweeps west: the last inhabited places, American Samoa and Niue (UTC−11), reach 2027 at Jan 1, 11:00 UTC, and UTC−12, kept only at sea, an hour later.
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Every time zone, in the order New Year reaches it
Each row is one UTC offset in use at New Year 2027: example places, the moment midnight arrives in UTC, and the time in London and New York at that moment. The live tracker marks the rows that are already in 2027 and counts down to the next one.
| UTC offset | Example places | Midnight (UTC) | London time | New York time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC+14 | Kiritimati (Kiribati) | |||
| UTC+13:45 | Chatham Islands (New Zealand) | |||
| UTC+13 | Auckland, Tonga, Samoa, Tokelau | |||
| UTC+12 | Fiji, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Kamchatka (Russia) | |||
| UTC+11 | Sydney, Melbourne, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia | |||
| UTC+10:30 | Adelaide, Broken Hill (Australia) | |||
| UTC+10 | Brisbane (Australia), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Guam, Vladivostok (Russia) | |||
| UTC+9:30 | Darwin (Australia) | |||
| UTC+9 | Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang (North Korea), Palau | |||
| UTC+8:45 | Eucla, Madura, Cocklebiddy (Australia) Not an official time zone: a local time kept by a few roadhouse communities along about 340 km of the Eyre Highway. | |||
| UTC+8 | Beijing (China), Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei | |||
| UTC+7 | Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City | |||
| UTC+6:30 | Yangon (Myanmar), Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |||
| UTC+6 | Dhaka (Bangladesh), Thimphu (Bhutan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) | |||
| UTC+5:45 | Kathmandu (Nepal) | |||
| UTC+5:30 | Mumbai, Delhi, Colombo (Sri Lanka) | |||
| UTC+5 | Karachi (Pakistan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Maldives | |||
| UTC+4:30 | Kabul (Afghanistan) | |||
| UTC+4 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Baku (Azerbaijan), Mauritius | |||
| UTC+3:30 | Tehran (Iran) | |||
| UTC+3 | Moscow, Istanbul (Turkey), Riyadh, Nairobi (Kenya) | |||
| UTC+2 | Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cairo (Egypt), Athens (Greece) | |||
| UTC+1 | Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Lagos, Madrid | |||
| UTC+0 | London, Edinburgh, Lisbon (Portugal), Accra (Ghana) | |||
| UTC−1 | Azores (Portugal), Cape Verde | |||
| UTC−2 | Nuuk (Greenland), Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) | |||
| UTC−3 | São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago (Chile) | |||
| UTC−3:30 | St. John's (Canada) | |||
| UTC−4 | Halifax (Canada), Puerto Rico, Caracas (Venezuela), La Paz (Bolivia) | |||
| UTC−5 | New York, Toronto, Bogotá (Colombia), Lima (Peru) | |||
| UTC−6 | Chicago, Mexico City, Guatemala, Costa Rica | |||
| UTC−7 | Denver, Phoenix (United States), Whitehorse (Canada), Mazatlán (Mexico) | |||
| UTC−8 | Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle (United States), Tijuana (Mexico) | |||
| UTC−9 | Anchorage, Juneau (United States), Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) | |||
| UTC−9:30 | Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) | |||
| UTC−10 | Honolulu (United States), Tahiti (French Polynesia), Cook Islands | |||
| UTC−11 | American Samoa, Niue | |||
| UTC−12 | No one lives at this offset. It is nautical time, kept only at sea just east of the date line, so the year begins here last. The uninhabited US islands Baker and Howland have no time zone in the tz database. |
Places and time zones: the IANA time zone database.
About time zones
26 hours from the first midnight to the last
Midnight on January 1 travels west around the world. It reaches UTC+14 first, at Dec 31, 10:00 UTC, and UTC−12 last, at Jan 1, 12:00 UTC: 26 hours later. No one lives at UTC−12, so on land the celebrations last 25 hours, ending when American Samoa and Niue (UTC−11) reach midnight at Jan 1, 11:00 UTC.
The offsets in the table are the ones in force at each place's own midnight, so summer time counts. When midnight reaches Auckland (UTC+13), it is Dec 31, 03:00 in Los Angeles (UTC−8): the two are 21 hours apart.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is it New Year right now?
That depends on the moment you ask. The live tracker on this page marks every time zone that has already reached midnight on January 1, 2027, and counts down to the next one. Midnight reaches UTC+14 first, at Dec 31, 10:00 UTC, and the last inhabited places, American Samoa and Niue (UTC−11), at Jan 1, 11:00 UTC.
Which country celebrates New Year first?
Kiribati: Kiritimati keeps UTC+14, so New Year 2027 arrives there first, at Dec 31, 10:00 UTC. Next is UTC+13:45, 15 minutes later: Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Then comes UTC+13, including Auckland, Tonga, Samoa and Tokelau.
Which place celebrates New Year last?
Midnight reaches UTC−12 last, at Jan 1, 12:00 UTC, but no one lives there: it is nautical time, kept only at sea. The last inhabited places are American Samoa and Niue (UTC−11), at Jan 1, 11:00 UTC.
What time is New Year in UTC?
New Year 2027 begins at 00:00 UTC on January 1, 2027. That is midnight in the places that keep UTC+0 at New Year, such as London, Edinburgh, Lisbon and Accra.
How many time zones are there at New Year?
At New Year 2027, inhabited places keep 37 different UTC offsets, from UTC+14 to UTC−11, and UTC−12 is kept at sea. Of these, 11 are not a whole number of hours.
Which time zones are not a whole number of hours?
At New Year 2027: UTC+13:45 (Chatham Islands), UTC+10:30 (Adelaide, Broken Hill), UTC+9:30 (Darwin), UTC+8:45 (Eucla, Madura, Cocklebiddy; unofficial), UTC+6:30 (Yangon, Cocos (Keeling) Islands), UTC+5:45 (Kathmandu), UTC+5:30 (Mumbai, Delhi, Colombo), UTC+4:30 (Kabul), UTC+3:30 (Tehran), UTC−3:30 (St. John's) and UTC−9:30 (Marquesas Islands).
Does daylight saving time change when New Year arrives?
Yes, where summer time is used south of the equator, since New Year falls in summer there: Sydney keeps UTC+11 instead of UTC+10, Auckland keeps UTC+13 instead of UTC+12 and Santiago keeps UTC−3 instead of UTC−4. In the north it is winter, so London keeps UTC+0 and New York UTC−5. Every offset on this page is the one in force at that place's own midnight.
What UTC offset is New York at New Year?
UTC−5, Eastern Standard Time (EST), so midnight in New York is at Jan 1, 05:00 UTC. In summer New York is at UTC−4.
What UTC offset is London at New Year?
UTC+0, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), so midnight in London is at Jan 1, 00:00 UTC. In summer London is at UTC+1.
What is the International Date Line?
It is where the calendar date changes. It follows the 180° meridian over most of its length but bends around land, such as eastern Russia and several island groups, so that every place is on the side whose date it keeps; no international standard or treaty defines it. Samoa (UTC+13) and American Samoa (UTC−11) are on opposite sides: their clocks are 24 hours apart.