How long until New Year?
There are -- days until New Year's Day 2027, which falls on a Friday. The countdown above runs on your device's local time zone, so it reaches zero exactly at midnight where you are. During the final minute, a giant 60-second countdown takes over the screen, so you can count down out loud together.
Who celebrates New Year first and last?
Because of time zones, New Year arrives in different places over about 26 hours. The first inhabited place to welcome the new year is Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in Kiribati, at UTC+14. Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand follow soon after. American Samoa, at UTC−11, is among the last inhabited places to celebrate, and the uninhabited Baker and Howland Islands, at UTC−12, are the very last. Use the world list above to see midnight arrive city by city.
Ideas for your New Year's Eve countdown
- Parties: put this page in full screen on a TV for the final 60 seconds.
- Video calls: use the world list to celebrate with friends and family in other time zones.
- Kids and classrooms: hold a "Noon Year's Eve" at midday, or celebrate when midnight hits another country earlier in the evening.
- Reflection: use the "days left" counter as a nudge to finish this year's goals and plan next year's.
Hosting a countdown party across time zones
When friends or family are spread around the world, there's no single midnight, so plan a rolling celebration instead:
- List where everyone will be and find their cities in the world list above, which shows how long each has left.
- Pick the moments that matter: perhaps the first guest's midnight, then your own.
- Start the video call ten minutes before each one, so audio and cameras are sorted before the final minute.
- Share your screen with this page in full-screen mode, so everyone watches the same seconds tick down.
- For guests whose midnight falls in their afternoon, raise a cup of tea with them and save the fizz for later.
A five-minute year-end reflection
Before the countdown starts, take five quiet minutes with a pen and paper and answer four questions: What went better than you expected this year? What did you learn, about work, people or yourself? What will you stop doing? What is one small thing you'll start in the first week of January? Put the paper somewhere safe and read it again next New Year's Eve; it's a surprisingly good record of how much changes in twelve months.
Frequently asked questions
When is New Year's Day 2027?
January 1, 2027, a Friday. New Year's Eve is December 31.
Which time zone does the countdown use?
The main countdown uses your own device's time zone. The world list shows how long until midnight in other major cities.
What happens at midnight?
The page switches to a Happy New Year message with a bigger fireworks display for the whole of January 1. On January 2 it automatically starts counting down to the following New Year.
Can I show the countdown full screen?
Yes. Press Full screen and the clock fills the display, ideal on a TV for the final minute. If your phone's browser can't do this, the button is hidden; turn the phone sideways instead.