New Year 2027 around the world: when is midnight?

The New Year does not arrive everywhere at once: it travels west across 26 hours, from Kiritimati (UTC+14) to Baker Island (UTC-12). This page works out the exact moment of midnight on January 1, 2027, in each time zone and converts it to Brasília time (UTC-3), so you can see what the clock reads in Brazil when each place celebrates. The countdown and the status lists use the server clock, not your device's time zone.

The 2027 midnight cascade

Places are listed in the order they enter 2027, grouped by the Brasília hour in which it happens. "Local midnight = 08:00 in Brasília" means that when the local clock hits 00:00 on January 1, the Brasília clock reads 08:00 on the date shown in the group heading. The offset shown is the one in force on January 1, which already includes daylight saving time where it applies.

New Year 2027 in every country: Brasília time

The table lists 252 countries and territories sorted by the moment of midnight (earliest first). For countries with several time zones, such as the United States, Canada, Russia, Mexico and Brazil, the row uses the reference city shown; Australia, New Zealand and Kiribati have one row per main zone, and the timeline above covers more cities. 192 places in the table are already in 2027 when Brazil celebrates, 9 turn at the same moment as Brasília and 51 turn afterwards.

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New Year 2027 in the Brazilian states

Brazil has four official time zones, and the New Year moves through them in a few hours: it reaches the ocean islands first, then the states on Brasília time, then the Amazon region and, last, Acre. Since Brazil has not observed daylight saving time since 2019, these gaps are the same all year. The Brasília clock below is what matters if you follow national broadcasts, which usually use Brasília time.

Notes: Amazonas straddles two zones, with most of the state on UTC-4 and a southwestern strip on UTC-5, the same as Acre. Pará and Tocantins are on Brasília time, and so are the Northeast states. The Brazilian ocean islands, such as Fernando de Noronha and Trindade, are the only Brazilian places an hour ahead of Brasília. See the time in each Brazilian state and the guide to Brazilian time zones.

Facts about the 2027 midnight (calculated)

• First place: Kiritimati (Kiribati), at UTC+14, enters 2027 at Dec 31 at 07:00 Brasília time, 17 hours before Brazil.
• Last place: Baker and Howland Islands (USA, uninhabited), at UTC-12, turns at Jan 1 at 09:00 Brasília time, 9 hours after Brazil. The last inhabited places are American Samoa and Niue, at 08:00 on January 1.
• A 26-hour journey: the New Year takes 26 hours to cross the globe, and in that time the planet has 36 different midnight moments in this list, because some zones are offset by 30 or 45 minutes.
• Before and after Brazil: when Brasília celebrates, 192 of the 252 places in the table are already in 2027 and 51 are still waiting.
• Inside Brazil: the gap from Fernando de Noronha (23:00 on Dec 31) to Acre (02:00 on Jan 1) is 3 hours on the Brasília clock.
• Odd offsets: the Chatham Islands (UTC+13:45, 07:15 in Brasília), Adelaide (UTC+10:30), India (UTC+5:30) and Nepal (UTC+5:45) do not turn on the hour in Brasília.
• The skipped day: in 2011 Samoa moved to the other side of the International Date Line and skipped December 30 entirely. Today Samoa and American Samoa are neighbors, yet they celebrate 24 hours apart.

How to follow the midnights around the world

The easiest way to follow the New Year around the world is to plan by the Brasília clock. Many cities and broadcasters publish live streams of their celebrations, but programming, events and transmission rights change from year to year, so check the official channels of each city or broadcaster close to the date; nothing here is a schedule of events. What this page gives you is the exact moment each place turns. A possible route through the day, using the cascade above:

1. Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand): Dec 31 at 08:00 (UTC+13)
2. Sydney and Melbourne (Australia): Dec 31 at 10:00 (UTC+11)
3. Tokyo (Japan): Dec 31 at 12:00 (UTC+9)
4. New Delhi and Mumbai (India): Dec 31 at 15:30 (UTC+5:30)
5. Moscow (Russia): Dec 31 at 18:00 (UTC+3)
6. Paris (France): Dec 31 at 20:00 (UTC+1)
7. London (United Kingdom): Dec 31 at 21:00 (UTC+0)
8. Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Dec 31 at 23:00 (UTC-2)
9. Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Jan 1 at 00:00 (UTC-3)
10. New York and Washington (USA): Jan 1 at 02:00 (UTC-5)
11. Los Angeles and San Francisco (USA): Jan 1 at 05:00 (UTC-8)
12. Honolulu (Hawaii, USA): Jan 1 at 07:00 (UTC-10)

Tips: set an alarm using Brasília time, remember that for early risers the Pacific celebrations happen in the morning and early afternoon of December 31, and use the time zone converter to see the same moment on your own clock if you are not in Brazil. If you are traveling, the meeting planner helps line up a video call with relatives in another zone before or after their midnight.

How long until New Year's Eve?

The countdown at the top of this page runs to the first midnight in the world and to the Brazilian one. To count the days, hours and minutes until New Year's Day on your own, open the New Year countdown, which follows Brasília time, or check the days between dates. These tools also help: