When Year 2025 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 2025 and which countries are first and last.

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Tue 18:00Christmas Island/KiribatiKiritimati
Tue 18:15Chatham Islands/New ZealandChatham Islands
Tue 19:00New Zealand with exceptions and 5 moreAuckland, Wellington, Nuku'alofa, Apia
Tue 20:00Fiji, small region of Russia and 7 moreAnadyr, Suva, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa
Tue 21:00Much of Australia and 6 moreMelbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
Tue 21:30Small region of AustraliaAdelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
Tue 22:00Queensland/Australia and 6 moreBrisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
Tue 22:30Northern Territory/AustraliaDarwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
Tue 23:00Japan, South Korea and 5 moreTokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud
Tue 23:15Western Australia/AustraliaEucla
Wed 00:00China, Philippines and 11 moreBeijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Wed 01:00Much of Indonesia, Thailand and 7 moreJakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Wed 01:30Myanmar and Cocos IslandsYangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam
Wed 02:00Bangladesh and 5 moreDhaka, Bishkek, Thimphu, Omsk
Wed 02:15NepalKathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan
Wed 02:30India and Sri LankaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
Wed 03:00Pakistan and 9 moreTashkent, Islamabad, Almaty, Lahore
Wed 03:30AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat
Wed 04:00Azerbaijan and 8 moreDubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis
Wed 04:30IranTehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz
Wed 05:00Moscow/Russia and 23 moreMoscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Nairobi
Wed 06:00Greece and 30 moreCairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg
Wed 07:00Germany and 45 moreBrussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers
Wed 08:00United Kingdom and 24 moreLondon, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra, Reykjavik
Wed 09:00Azores/Portugal and Cabo VerdePraia, Ponta Delgada, Mindelo
Wed 10:00Most of Greenland and 2 moreNuuk, Ittoqqortoormiit, King Edward Point
Wed 11:00Most of Brazil, Argentina and 8 moreBuenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago
Wed 11:30Newfoundland and Labrador/CanadaSt. John's, Mary's Harbour
Wed 12:00Some regions of Canada and 29 moreCaracas, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo
Wed 13:00Regions of USA and 14 moreNew York, Washington DC, Detroit, Havana
Wed 14:00Regions of USA and 9 moreMexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City
Wed 15:00Some regions of USA and 2 moreCalgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix
Wed 16:00Regions of USA and 4 moreLos Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas
Wed 17:00Alaska/USA and regions of French PolynesiaAnchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska
Wed 17:30Marquesas Islands/French PolynesiaTaiohae
Wed 18:00Small region of USA and 2 moreHonolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete
Wed 19:00American Samoa and 2 moreAlofi, Midway, Pago Pago
Wed 20:00Much 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 1 January 2025

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