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 10:00 amChristmas Island/KiribatiKiritimati
Wed 10:15 amChatham Islands/New ZealandChatham Islands
Wed 11:00 amNew Zealand with exceptions and 5 moreAuckland, Wellington, Nuku'alofa, Apia
Wed 12:00 noonFiji, small region of Russia and 7 moreAnadyr, Suva, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa
Wed 1:00 pmMuch of Australia and 6 moreMelbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
Wed 1:30 pmSmall region of AustraliaAdelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
Wed 2:00 pmQueensland/Australia and 6 moreBrisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
Wed 2:30 pmNorthern Territory/AustraliaDarwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
Wed 3:00 pmJapan, South Korea and 5 moreTokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud
Wed 3:15 pmWestern Australia/AustraliaEucla
Wed 4:00 pmChina, Philippines and 11 moreBeijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Wed 5:00 pmMuch of Indonesia, Thailand and 7 moreJakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Wed 5:30 pmMyanmar and Cocos IslandsYangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam
Wed 6:00 pmBangladesh and 5 moreDhaka, Bishkek, Thimphu, Omsk
Wed 6:15 pmNepalKathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan
Wed 6:30 pmIndia and Sri LankaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
Wed 7:00 pmPakistan and 9 moreTashkent, Islamabad, Almaty, Lahore
Wed 7:30 pmAfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat
Wed 8:00 pmAzerbaijan and 8 moreDubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis
Wed 8:30 pmIranTehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz
Wed 9:00 pmMoscow/Russia and 23 moreMoscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Nairobi
Wed 10:00 pmGreece and 30 moreCairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg
Wed 11:00 pmGermany and 45 moreBrussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers
Thu 12:00 midnightUnited Kingdom and 24 moreLondon, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra, Reykjavik
Thu 1:00 amAzores/Portugal and Cabo VerdePraia, Ponta Delgada, Mindelo
Thu 2:00 amMost of Greenland and 2 moreNuuk, Ittoqqortoormiit, King Edward Point
Thu 3:00 amMost of Brazil, Argentina and 8 moreBuenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago
Thu 3:30 amNewfoundland and Labrador/CanadaSt. John's, Mary's Harbour
Thu 4:00 amSome regions of Canada and 29 moreCaracas, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo
Thu 5:00 amRegions of USA and 14 moreNew York, Washington DC, Detroit, Havana
Thu 6:00 amRegions of USA and 9 moreMexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City
Thu 7:00 amSome regions of USA and 2 moreCalgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix
Thu 8:00 amRegions of USA and 4 moreLos Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas
Thu 9:00 amAlaska/USA and regions of French PolynesiaAnchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska
Thu 9:30 amMarquesas Islands/French PolynesiaTaiohae
Thu 10:00 amSmall region of USA and 3 moreHonolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete
Thu 11:00 amRegions of US Minor Outlying Islands and 2 moreAlofi, Midway, Pago Pago, Jarvis Island
Thu 12:00 noonRegions 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 January 1, 2026

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