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