When Is New Year 2027?

New Year 2027 at a glance

• New Year's Eve: Thursday, December 31, 2026
• New Year's Day: Friday, January 1, 2027
• Long weekend: Friday, January 1 to Sunday, January 3, 2027
• Days in 2027: 365 (2027 is not a leap year)
• Lunar New Year 2027: Saturday, February 6, 2027 (Year of the Goat)
• Orthodox New Year (Julian calendar): Thursday, January 14, 2027

Is New Year's Day 2027 a public holiday?

Yes. January 1 is a federal holiday in the United States and a public holiday in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, most of Europe, Latin America and much of Asia. In 2027 it falls on a Friday, so there's no need for a substitute weekday off.

In the US, federal offices, banks and the US Postal Service are closed on New Year's Day, and there's normally no regular mail delivery. Stock markets are closed too. Many stores and restaurants open, often with shorter hours, while some close completely, so check before you head out. In Scotland, January 2 is also a bank holiday, which in 2027 is a Saturday, so the extra day off moves to a weekday under the usual substitute rules.

New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2026, is not a federal holiday in the US. Most businesses are open, though many close early.

The first places to celebrate New Year 2027

The world's time zones span 26 hours, which is why New Year rolls across the planet over more than a day. The very first inhabited places to reach midnight are in Kiribati's Line Islands, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), which sit at UTC+14. Midnight there arrives at 10:00 UTC on December 31, which is 5 a.m. Eastern Time in New York.

Next come New Zealand's Chatham Islands, then Tonga, Samoa and mainland New Zealand, where Auckland usually puts on one of the first big fireworks shows. Shortly after that it's Fiji, then eastern Australia, where Sydney's Harbour Bridge fireworks hit midnight at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on December 31.

From there, midnight sweeps west across Asia (Tokyo at 10 a.m. Eastern, Hong Kong and Singapore at 11 a.m. Eastern, Dubai at 3 p.m. Eastern), through Europe (London at 7 p.m. Eastern), and finally to the Americas.

The last places to celebrate

The last places on Earth to reach January 1 are Baker Island and Howland Island, two uninhabited US territories in the Pacific at UTC-12. Midnight reaches them at 12:00 UTC on January 1, which is 7 a.m. Eastern Time on New Year's Day.

The last inhabited places to celebrate are American Samoa and Niue, at UTC-11. They reach midnight about 25 hours after Kiritimati, even though Samoa and American Samoa are only a short flight apart. Hawaii, at UTC-10, is the last US state to celebrate, at 5 a.m. Eastern Time on January 1.

New Year midnight in major US time zones

• Eastern (New York, Miami): Midnight ET, when the Times Square ball finishes its drop.
• Central (Chicago, Dallas): Midnight CT, one hour after New York.
• Mountain (Denver, Phoenix): Midnight MT, two hours after New York.
• Pacific (Los Angeles, Seattle): Midnight PT, three hours after New York. The ball drop airs live at 9 p.m. PT.
• Alaska: Four hours after New York.
• Hawaii: Five hours after New York.

Families with young kids often celebrate with the East Coast countdown, or with another time zone's midnight, so everyone gets a proper cheer before bedtime.

Other New Years in 2027

January 1 isn't the only New Year on the calendar. In 2027:

• Lunar New Year falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027, starting the Year of the Goat. It's the biggest holiday in China and is also celebrated in Vietnam, Korea, Singapore and communities worldwide.
• Orthodox New Year, based on the Julian calendar, is on January 14, 2027 and is marked in Russia, Serbia and other countries with Orthodox traditions.
• Nowruz, the Persian New Year, begins at the spring equinox around March 20 or 21.
• Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls in September or October, following the Hebrew calendar.

How to make the most of the 2027 long weekend

With New Year's Eve on a Thursday, plenty of people can take Thursday afternoon off and enjoy a four-day stretch. It's a good year to plan a short trip, host a New Year's Day brunch on Friday, or save Saturday for the classic "reset" day: cleaning, planning the year and taking down decorations. If you're traveling, book early, because flights around December 31 and January 3 tend to be busy.