Global New Year Countdown 2027
Follow midnight around the world as 2027 arrives, timezone by timezone.
- Date
- Reference zone
- Europe/London (UTC)
- Location
- Worldwide
About this event
New Year arrives in waves across 39 separate timezone offsets over a 26-hour window. Kiritimati in the Line Islands at UTC+14 is first, followed by Chatham Islands at UTC+13:45, then New Zealand, then eastern Australia. Sydney’s harbour fireworks are at 1:00pm Welsh time. Wales rings in the new year at midnight GMT, with Big Ben and the Cardiff Bay fireworks; the Welsh tradition of Calennig sees children collect gifts on New Year’s morning. New York’s Times Square ball drops five hours after Wales, at 5:00am GMT, and the last inhabited places to celebrate are Baker and Howland Islands at UTC−12, a full day after the first. This page tracks which timezone is celebrating right now.
Start time around the world
The same instant, read off each city's own clock.
| City | Starts at | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 10:00UTC | Thu, 31 Dec |
| London | 10:00UTC | Thu, 31 Dec |
| New York | 05:00EST | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Los Angeles | 02:00PST | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Chicago | 04:00CST | Thu, 31 Dec |
| São Paulo | 07:00UTC−3 | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Paris | 11:00CET | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Dubai | 14:00GST | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Mumbai | 15:30UTC+5:30 | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Singapore | 18:00UTC+8 | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Tokyo | 19:00UTC+9 | Thu, 31 Dec |
| Sydney | 21:00UTC+11 | Thu, 31 Dec |