When the ball drops in New York City\u2019s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it\u2019ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new year. <\/p>\n
Kiribati is an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, and its largest island, Kiritimati, will be the first place to kick off 2025 when it is just 5 a.m. on December 31 on the East Coast of the United States and 11 a.m. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, the global standard). <\/p>\n
The Pacific Island nation will be followed by Chatham Islands in New Zealand at 5:15 a.m. ET and then most of New Zealand at 6 a.m., along with Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati\u2019s Phoenix Islands and some regions of Antarctica. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on the other side of the international date line, Hawaii, American Samoa, and many of the US outlying islands will be among the last places to pop Champagne corks. They\u2019ll have to wait until Wednesday morning (Eastern Time) to toast 2025. <\/p>\n
In all, there are 39 different local time zones in use across the globe \u2013 some differing by 15 or 30 minutes compared to nearby zones \u2013 including two which are more than 12 hours ahead of UTC, which means it takes 26 hours for the entire world to welcome the New Year. <\/p>\n
So, if you really, really, really love to hum \u201cAuld Lang Syne,\u201d the list below will get you in the spirit over and over and over again as the day rolls around. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s when places around the world will be ringing in the New Year, relative to East Coast time. <\/p>\n
5 a.m. ET <\/strong>Kiritimati, which is also known as Christmas Island and forms part of the Micronesian island nation of Kiribati <\/p>\n 5:15 a.m. ET<\/strong> Chatham Islands, off the eastern coast of New Zealand <\/p>\n 6 a.m. ET<\/strong> Most of New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati\u2019s Phoenix Islands and some regions of Antarctica <\/p>\n 7 a.m. ET<\/strong> Fiji, a small part of eastern Russia, and several more Pacific islands, including the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu <\/p>\n 8 a.m. ET<\/strong> Much of Australia including Melbourne and Sydney and seven more locations, including Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia <\/p>\n 8:30 a.m. ET <\/strong>A small region of Australia including Adelaide <\/p>\n 9 a.m. ET<\/strong> Australia\u2019s state of Queensland and six more locations, including parts of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, a small part of Antarctica, and Guam <\/p>\n 9:30 a.m. ET <\/strong>Australia\u2019s Northern Territory <\/p>\n 10 a.m. ET <\/strong>Japan, South Korea, a small part of Russia, North Korea, a small part of Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Palau <\/p>\n 10:15 a.m. ET<\/strong> Western Australia <\/p>\n 11 a.m. ET <\/strong>China, Philippines, Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, most of Mongolia, Taiwan, Brunei, Russia\u2019s Irkutsk region, some parts of Antarctica, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macao <\/p>\n Noon ET<\/strong> Much of Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, some parts of Russia, some parts of Mongolia, a small region of Antarctica, and Australia\u2019s Christmas Island <\/p>\n 12:30 p.m. ET<\/strong> Myanmar and the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory <\/p>\n 1 p.m. ET<\/strong> Bangladesh, parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the city of Omsk in Russia, and a small part of Antarctica <\/p>\n 1:15 p.m. ET<\/strong> Nepal <\/p>\n 1:30 p.m. ET<\/strong> India and Sri Lanka <\/p>\n 2 p.m. ET<\/strong> Pakistan, some parts of Russia, much of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the Maldives, Tajikistan, French Southern territories, France\u2019s Kerguelen islands, and a small region of Antarctica <\/p>\n 2:30 p.m. ET<\/strong> Afghanistan <\/p>\n 3 p.m. ET<\/strong> Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, a small region of Russia, Oman, much of Georgia, Frances\u2019 R\u00e9union Island, Mauritius, and the Seychelles <\/p>\n 3:30 p.m. ET<\/strong> Iran <\/p>\n 4 p.m. ET<\/strong> Moscow in Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, in addition to 17 other locations <\/p>\n 5 p.m. ET<\/strong> Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania, and 26 other locations <\/p>\n 6 p.m. ET<\/strong> Germany, Nigeria, Algeria, Italy, Belgium, Morocco, Albania, France and 38 other locations <\/p>\n 7 p.m. ET<\/strong> United Kingdom, Portugal, Iceland, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and 18 other locations <\/p>\n 8 p.m. ET<\/strong> Cabo Verde, the Azores – which are made up of nine enchanting islands in the Atlantic but are part of Portugal – and a small region of Greenland <\/p>\n 9 p.m. ET<\/strong> Most of Greenland, the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands <\/p>\n 10 p.m. ET <\/strong>Most of Brazil, Argentina, Chile with exceptions, Uruguay, parts of Antarctica, Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the Falkland Islands <\/p>\n 10:30 p.m. ET<\/strong> Canada\u2019s Newfoundland and Labrador province <\/p>\n 11 p.m. ET<\/strong> Some regions of Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Aruba, Guyana, and 23 other locations <\/p>\n Midnight<\/strong> The East Coast of the USA (including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Detroit), parts of Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Acre in Brazil, Panama, a small part of Mexico, Haiti, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, a small region of Chile, and the Cayman Islands <\/p>\n 1 a.m. ET<\/strong> Central USA (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 <\/p>\n 2 a.m. ET<\/strong> US (Mountain time zone, including Denver and Phoenix), parts of Canada (including Edmonton and Calgary), and parts of Mexico <\/p>\n 3 a.m. ET<\/strong> US (Pacific time zone, including Los Angeles and San Francisco), British Columbia in Canada, Baja California in Mexico, Pitcairn Islands, and Clipperton Island <\/p>\n 4 a.m. ET<\/strong> Alaska in the US and regions of French Polynesia <\/p>\n 4:30 a.m. ET<\/strong> Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia <\/p>\n 5 a.m. ET<\/strong> Hawaii in the US, Tahiti in French Polynesia, and the Cook Islands <\/p>\n 6 a.m. ET<\/strong> American Samoa, parts of the US minor outlying islands (including the Midway Atoll), and Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean <\/p>\n 7 a.m. ET<\/strong> Much of US 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