Free New Year Countdown (+ Guide)
A free New Year countdown to midnight in your time zone or any city, with midnight around the world.
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This free New Year countdown shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight on New Year's Eve, in your own time zone or any city you pick.
It also lists when midnight comes around the world, from the first time zone to the last, each in your own time.
I built it with fireworks over a harbor at the top. Tap the sky and you launch one yourself.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What is a New Year countdown?
A New Year countdown shows how long is left until midnight on December 31, in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
This one counts to your own midnight, or to midnight in another city, like New York for the ball drop.
How it works
The countdown runs on your device, on your clock, with the time zones your browser knows.
When midnight comes around the world
The new year arrives over 25 hours. Here's when it reaches each place in UTC, from the IANA time zone database that browsers use.
| Place | Midnight in UTC |
|---|---|
| Kiritimati, Kiribati | 10:00, December 31 |
| Auckland | 11:00, December 31 |
| Sydney | 13:00, December 31 |
| Tokyo | 15:00, December 31 |
| India | 18:30, December 31 |
| Dubai | 20:00, December 31 |
| Paris and Berlin | 23:00, December 31 |
| London | 00:00, January 1 |
| New York | 05:00, January 1 |
| Los Angeles | 08:00, January 1 |
| Honolulu | 10:00, January 1 |
| Pago Pago, American Samoa | 11:00, January 1 |
The calculator shows the same list in your own time, and marks each place once it's in the new year.
What day is New Year's Day?
New Year's Day is always January 1, but the weekday moves. Here's the day it falls on for the next five years.
| Year | New Year's Day |
|---|---|
| 2027 | Friday |
| 2028 | Saturday |
| 2029 | Monday |
| 2030 | Tuesday |
| 2031 | Wednesday |
Mistakes to avoid
These are the slips that come up most.
- Counting to your midnight when you're watching another city's
- Forgetting that cities in summer time, like Sydney and Auckland, move an hour
- Missing a friend's midnight abroad by a day
Who is the New Year countdown for?
It's for party hosts, families with friends abroad and anyone setting goals for the year ahead, and these tools help around it.
- Vision board maker – for the year you want next
- Time zone converter – for a friend's time abroad
- Morning routine generator – for a new routine on January 1
- Christmas countdown – for the holiday a week before
Keep the page open on the night, and tap the sky at midnight.
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New Year Countdown FAQs
Questions about the New Year countdown? Here's what to know.
It shows how long is left until midnight on New Year's Eve, in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
On October 3, 2026, there are 90 sleeps until New Year's Day 2027.
New Year's Day 2027 is on Friday, January 1.
Kiritimati in Kiribati, at UTC+14, reaches midnight first, at 10:00 UTC on December 31.
American Samoa, Niue and Midway, at UTC−11, are among the last places, at 11:00 UTC on January 1.
Yes, pick New York, and it counts to midnight there, whatever your own time zone.
About 25 hours, from UTC+14 to UTC−11.
Yes, unless you pick a city, it counts to midnight in the time zone your device is set to.
Yes, it's free with no sign-up.
It runs in your browser on your own clock.
I did.
I'm Navid Moazzez, and I made the New Year countdown as one of my free tools on navid.me.
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Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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