It’s New Year’s Eve in New Zealand; discover the countries celebrating the arrival of 2026

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The second turn occurred at 7:15 a.m., in the Chatham Islands, off the east coast of New Zealand. By 8 a.m., it was already party time in most of the country. In Auckland, the fireworks lasted five minutes, with more than 500 kilograms of pyrotechnics launched from the Sky Tower. Before midnight, images of special moments from 2025 — sent by citizens — were projected onto the building structure.

The country was followed by the island chain of Tokelau, Samoa and Tonga, who celebrated the new year at 8am.

There are 39 time zones on the planet, with differences ranging from 15 or 30 minutes to 12 hours. In practice, this means that New Year’s Eve parties will last more than 26 hours.

Find out when countries will celebrate the New Year, Brasilia time

7:00 a.m. – Kiritimati, an island that is part of the island nation of Kiribati, Oceania;

7:15 a.m. – Chatham Islands, off the east coast of New Zealand;

8:00 – Most of New Zealand and Tokelau, Samoa and Tonga;

9:00 – Fiji, a small part of eastern Russia and several other Pacific islands, including the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu;

10am – Much of Australia, including Melbourne and Sydney;

12:00 – Japan, South Korea, a small part of Russia, North Korea, a small part of Indonesia, East Timor and Palau;

1:00 p.m. – China, Philippines, Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, much of Mongolia, Taiwan, Brunei, Russia’s Irkutsk region, parts of Antarctica, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau;

2:00 p.m. – Much of Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, parts of Russia, parts of Mongolia, and a small region of Antarctica;

2:30 p.m. – Myanmar and the Cocos Islands, Australian territory.

3:00 p.m. – Bangladesh, parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, the city of Omsk in Russia and a small part of Antarctica.

3:30 p.m. – India and Sri Lanka;

4:00 p.m. – Pakistan, parts of Russia, much of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan, southern territories of France, the French Kerguelen Islands and a small region of Antarctica;

5:00 p.m. – Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, a small region of Russia, Oman, a large part of Georgia, the French island of Réunion, Mauritius and the Seychelles;

6:00 p.m. – Moscow, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, plus 17 other locations;

7 p.m. – Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania and 26 other locations;

8:00 p.m. – Germany, Nigeria, Algeria, Italy, Belgium, Morocco, Albania, France and 38 other locations;

9 p.m. – United Kingdom, Portugal, Iceland, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone and 18 other locations;

10 p.m. – 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;

11 p.m. – Most of Greenland, Pernambuco State, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands;

00h – Most of Brazil, Argentina, Chile with a few exceptions, Uruguay, parts of Antarctica, Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and the Falkland Islands;

12:30 a.m. – Province of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada;

1h – Parts of Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Guyana and 23 other locations;

2h – East Coast of the United States (including New York, Washington, DC and Detroit), parts of Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Acre in Brazil, Panama, a small part of Mexico, Haiti, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, a small area of ​​Chile and the Cayman Islands;

3h – Central United States (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;

4 a.m. – United States (Mountain Time Zone, including Denver and Phoenix), parts of Canada (including Edmonton and Calgary), and parts of Mexico;

5 a.m. – United States (Pacific Time Zone, including Los Angeles and San Francisco), British Columbia in Canada, Baja California in Mexico, Pitcairn Islands and Clipperton Island;

6 a.m. – Alaska in the USA and regions of French Polynesia;

6:30 a.m. – Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia;

7:00 a.m. – Hawaii in the USA, Tahiti in French Polynesia and the Cook Islands;

8:00 a.m. – American Samoa, parts of the United States Small Outlying Islands (including Midway Atoll), and Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean;