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What time is New Year 2020 around the world, and which country is first and last? The full schedule, hour-by-hour

On 31 December people around the world unite in their New Year's Eve celebrations, with fireworks, partyingand (most-importantly of all)inspirational posts on social media.

However, instead of one shared moment of rejoicing, the nature of our rotating planet means that the actual moment the new year begins is different for countries across the globe.

So while some of the most easterly places mark New Year on the morning of the 31 December in UK time, others far to the west are still waiting for the big moment more than 24 hours later, when many Brits will be starting 2020 by sleeping off a hangover.


To help you follow the action through the day (and as a handy guide in case you have relatives to call in far-flung spots) here is a full hour-by-hour guide of the timings of New Year's Eve around the world.


9am - Kiribati (Line Islands)

10am - Christmas Islands, Kiribati (Phoenix Island), Samoa, Tonga

10.15am - Chatham Islands

11am - New Zealand (Auckland and Wellington), Micronesia (East)

12pm - Marshall Islands, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Nauru, Tuvalu, Wake Island, Russia (Far East), Micronesia (West)

12.30pm - Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales)

1pm - Australia (Tasmania, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne), Papua New Guinea, Guam

5.30pm - Myanmar, Cocos Islands

6pm - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan (East), Kygryzstan, Russia (Omsk Oblast), British Indian Ocean Territory

6.15pm - Nepal

6.30pm - India, Sri Lanka

7pm -  Kazakhstan (West), Maldives, Pakistan, Russia (Ekaterinburg), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

7.30pm - Afghanistan

8pm - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mauritius, Oman, Reunion, Russia (Volgograd, Samara), Seychelles, UAE


8.30pm - Iran

9pm - Bahrain, Belarus, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia), Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Madagascar, Qatar, Russia (Moscow), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen

10pm -  Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Libya, Malawi, Moldova (Transnistria), Mozambique, Namibia, Palestine, Romania, Russia (Kaliningrad), Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe

11pm - Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Équateur and Kinshasa), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (excluding Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom (Gibraltar), Vatican City, Western Sahara

12pm -  Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark (Faroe Islands, Parts of Greenland), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Portugal (excluding Azores), São Tomé and Príncipe, Spain (Canary Islands), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom


New Year's Day

1am - Cape Verde, Denmark (Ittoqqortoormiit and surrounding area), Portugal (Azores)


2am - Brazil (Fernando de Noronha), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

3am -  Argentina, Brazil (except Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima), Denmark (Parts of Greenland), French Guiana, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, United Kingdom (Falkland Islands), Uruguay

3.30am - Canada (Labrador and Newfoundland)

4am -  Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas (except westernmost municipalities), Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima), Canada (Atlantic Time Zone), Chile (except Easter Island), Denmark (Pituffik (Thule)), Dominica, Dominican Republic, France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin), Grenada, Guyana, Netherlands (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten), Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands), United States (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands), Venezuela

5am -  Bahamas, Brazil, (Acre, Amazonas), Canada (Eastern Time Zone), Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (Quintana Roo), Panama, Peru, United Kingdom (Cayman Islands), United States (Eastern Time Zone)

6am -  Belize, Canada (Central Time Zone), Chile (Easter Island), Costa Rica, Ecuador (Galápagos Islands), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (except Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa and Sonora), Nicaragua, United States (Central Time Zone)

7am -  Canada (Mountain Time Zone), Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora states), United States (Mountain Time Zone)