Which country celebrates New Year first and who’s last? – The Sun | The Sun

2022-12-30

PARTYGOERS around the world will be celebrating as they look to bring the New Year in with style.

Every year, parties erupt around the globe as different time zones celebrate, but just who will be the first and last people to see the New Year in?

Which country celebrates New Year first?

Most Brits look to Australia as the first country to see in the New Year but this is not the case.

Kiritimati Island – also known as Christmas Island – and a string of 10 other mostly uninhabited islands in the central Pacific Ocean will be the first to ring in 2023.

Despite lying directly south of Hawaii, Kiritimati Island will celebrate the New Year nearly a full day earlier.

They see in the New Year while Brits are still sipping their morning coffee at 10am GMT on December 31.

At 11am GMT the tiny Pacific island of Tonga head into a fresh year along with New Zealand and Samoa.

Where will the New Year arrive last?

As the chain reaction of time zones celebrating causes somewhat of a ripple effect across the Earth, there always has to be someone who has to wait the longest.

The last place to ring in 2023 will be Baker Island and Howland Island, who will see the New Year at 12pm GMT on January 1.

Albeit uninhabited islands, there may not be many party poppers or champagne corks seeing the New Year in, but the day technically ends an hour later in the US territories.

What time does New Year arrive around the world?

As countries all over the world usher in 2023, traditions and celebrations will take place to welcome the New Year over a 25 hour period.

Brits typically will countdown the New Year to the chimes of Big Ben as they count from ten to one before the explosion of fireworks, celebrations and drinks spilling everywhere.

Using London time (GMT), this is when the world will welcome 2023:

December 31

10am – Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati
10.15am – New Zealand
12pm – Fiji and Eastern Russia
1pm – Eastern Australia (Melbourne and Sydney)
2pm – Central Australia (Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide)
3pm – Japan, South Korea and North Korea
3.15pm – Western Australia (Perth and Eucla)
4pm – China, Philippines, Singapore
5pm – Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia
5.30pm – Myanmar and Cocos Islands
6pm – Bangladesh
6.15pm – Nepal
6.30pm – India and Sri Lanka
7pm – Pakistan
8pm – Azerbaijan
8.30pm – Iran
9pm – Turkey, Iraq, Kenya and Western Russia
10pm – Greece, Romania, South Africa, Hungary, and eastern European cities
11pm – Germany, France, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, Spain
Midnight – UK, Ireland, Ghana, Iceland, Portugal

January 1

1am – Cape Verde and the Spanish Isles
2am – Eastern Brazil, South Georgia and Sandwich Islands
3am – Argentina, remaining regions in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay
3.30am – Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada
4am – Eastern Canada, Bolivia, Puerto Rico
5am – Eastern Standard Time in the US – New York, Washington, Detroit and Cuba
6am – Central Standard Time in the US – Chicago
7am – Mountain Standard Time in the US – Colorado, Arizona
8am – Pacific Standard Time in the US – LA, Nevada
9am – Alaska and French Polynesia
10am – Hawaii, Tahiti and Cook Island
11am – American Samoa
12pm – Baker Island, Howland Island

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