Several hours before Brazilians celebrated the arrival of 2026many people around the world will have already celebrated the New Year.
It is the case that Kiribati, a paradisiacal country in Oceania, made up of 33 islands in the Pacific. The first turning point takes place exactly on the island of Kiritimati, the largest in the archipelago that forms the country, at 7am this Wednesday (31st), Brasília time.
Then it’s the turn of much of New Zealand, in Oceania, at 8 am. Then appear the islands of Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, as well as some regions of Antarctica.
Already among the last to turn the year are Hawaii, American Samoa and many of the outlying islands of the United States. They will have to wait until Thursday morning (Brasília time) to toast 2026.
In total, there are 39 different time zones in use around the world – some that are 15 or 30 minutes apart, others that are more than 12 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. This means that New Year celebrations will last more than 26 hours around the world.
See when countries will celebrate New Year, Brasília time
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
- 7h00 – Kiritimati, an island that is part of the island nation of Kiribati, in Oceania;
- 7h15 – Chatham Islands, off the east coast of New Zealand;
- 8:00 a.m – Most of New Zealand (with some exceptions) and Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, as well as some regions of Antarctica;
- 9h00 – Fiji, a small part of eastern Russia and several other Pacific islands, including the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu;
- 10:00 a.m – Much of Australia, including Melbourne and Sydney and seven additional locations, including Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia;
- 10h30 – A small region of Australia, including Adelaide;
- 11:00 a.m. – Queensland, Australia, and six other locations, including parts of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, a small part of Antarctica and Guam;
- 11:30 a.m. – Northern Territory of Australia;
- 12h00 – Japan, South Korea, a small part of Russia, North Korea, a small part of Indonesia, East Timor and Palau;
- 1 p.m – China, Philippines, Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, much of Mongolia, Taiwan, Brunei, Russia’s Irkutsk region, some parts of Antarctica, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau;
- 14h00 – Much of Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, some parts of Russia, some parts of Mongolia and a small region of Antarctica;
- 14h30 – Myanmar and the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory.
- 15h00 – Bangladesh, parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, the city of Omsk in Russia and a small part of Antarctica.
- 3:15 p.m. – Nepal;
- 3:30 p.m. – India and Sri Lanka;
- 16h00 – Pakistan, some parts of Russia, much of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan, southern French territories, French Kerguelen Islands and a small region of Antarctica;
- 16h30 – Afghanistan;
- 17:00 – Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, a small region of Russia, Oman, much of Georgia, French Reunion Island, Mauritius and Seychelle;
- 17h30 – Iran;
- 18:00 – Moscow, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, in addition to 17 other locations;
- 19h00 – Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania and 26 other locations;
- 20:00 – Germany, Nigeria, Algeria, Italy, Belgium, Morocco, Albania, France and 38 other locations;
- 21h00 – United Kingdom, Portugal, Iceland, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone and 18 other locations;
- 22h00 – Cape Verde, the Azores – which are made up of nine islands in the Atlantic, but which are part of Portugal – and a small region of Greenland;
- 23h00 – Most of Greenland, the state of Pernambuco, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands;
Thursday, January 1, 2025
- 00h00 – Most of Brazil, Argentina, Chile with some exceptions, Uruguay, parts of Antarctica, Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and the Falkland Islands;
- 00h30 – Province of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada;
- 1h00 – Some regions of Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Guyana and 23 other locations;
- 2:00 a.m – US East Coast (including New York, Washington, DC and Detroit), parts of Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Acre in Brazil, Panama, a small part of Mexico, Haiti, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, a small region of Chile and the Cayman Islands;
- 3h00 – Central US (including Chicago), much of Mexico (including Mexico City), parts of Canada, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and a small part of Ecuador;
- 4h00 – USA (Mountain Time Zone, including Denver and Phoenix), parts of Canada (including Edmonton and Calgary), and parts of Mexico;
- 5h00 – USA (Pacific time zone, including Los Angeles and San Francisco), British Columbia in Canada, Baja California in Mexico, Pitcairn Islands and Clipperton Island;
- 6h00 – Alaska in the USA and regions of French Polynesia;
- 6h30 – Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia;
- 7h00 – Hawaii in the USA, Tahiti in French Polynesia and the Cook Islands;
- 8:00 a.m – American Samoa, parts of the smaller outlying US islands (including Midway Atoll) and Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean;
- 9h00 – Much of the smaller outlying US islands (unincorporated US territories in the Pacific), including Baker Island and Howland Island;
