New Year’s countdown worldwide

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The Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the first to see the new year, when it was still 5 a.m. on December 31 on the east coast of the United States and 11 a.m. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, the world standard)). New Zealand was next, an hour later.

American Samoa, just 101 miles from Samoa, but in a completely different time zone, has to wait a full day before seeing it in 2021.
There are 39 different local hours in use, including two that are more than 12 hours ahead of UTC, meaning the whole world takes 26 hours to enter the new year.
So if really, really, really i love to corner “Auld Lang Syne”, the list below will give you the spirit, over and over again.

This is when the world has been and will be which sounds like the new year, in relation to the time of the east coast.

Tuesday, December 31, 2020

5 h ET Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island / Kiribati

5:15 p.m. Chatham Islands / New Zealand

6 h New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and five more locations / islands

Fireworks explode from the SkyTower in Auckland, New Zealand, during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

7 h Small region of Russia and seven more locations

8 h Much of Australia and seven more (including Melbourne and Sydney)

A spectacular fireworks display frames the Sydney Opera House in Australia during the New Year celebrations.

8:30 p.m. Small region of Australia (including Adelaide)

9 h Queensland / Australia and six more (including Brisbane)

9:30 p.m. Northern Territory / Australia (including Alice Springs)

10 h Japan, South Korea and four more

Buddhists light candles to form letters that mean, "Best wishes for a happy new year," during New Year’s celebrations at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea.

10:15 h Western Australia / Australia

They are seen forming drones "2020" as fireworks, created by Star Island, Singapore opens the new year in Marina Bay.

11 h China, Philippines and 10 more

People are celebrating the New Year at a countdown event near the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Democracy supporters display flags during a countdown party in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui district.
The confetti rains on the partygoers during a countdown event at a mall in Manila, Philippines.
The sky over a crowd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is filled with fireworks on January 1, 2020.

Noon Much of Indonesia, Thailand and seven more

Partygoers arrive early to see the New Year’s countdown outside a mall in downtown Bangkok.

12:30 p.m.. Myanmar and the Cocos Islands

1 p.m. Bangladesh and six more

1:15 p.m. Nepal

13:30 h India and Sri Lanka

Indian school children in Ahmadabad have big figures for 2021 as part of the New Year celebration.

14.00 h Pakistan and eight more

2:30 p.m. Afghanistan

3 p.m. Azerbaijan and eight more

15:30 h Iran

4 p.m. Moscow / Russia and 22 more

Fireworks frame the Kremlin, including its Spasskaya tower, during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Moscow’s Red Square.

17.00 h Greece and 31 more (including Egypt, South Africa and Romania)

6 p.m. Germany and 45 others (including Algeria, Italy, Belgium and France)

7 p.m. United Kingdom and 24 more (including Portugal and Iceland)

A fireworks display explodes over the London Eye Ferris wheel, next to the River Thames in London, to kick off the new year.

8 p.m. Cape Verde and two more

9 p.m. Regions of Brazil and South Georgia / Sandwich Islands

10 p.m. Most from Brazil, Angetina and nine more

22:30 h Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada

23 h Some regions of Canada and 28 more

Wednesday, January 1, 2021

Midnight USA (east coast) and Cuba

The confetti falls on the crowd after the clock arrives at midnight during the New Year celebration, as seen from the Marquis Marriott of New York in Times Square in New York.
People celebrate the New Year in New York’s Times Square.

1 h USA (center), Mexico and nine more

2 h USA (mountain) and two more

3 h USA (Pacific) and four more

4 h USA (Alaska) and regions of French Polynesia

4:30 p.m. Marquesas Islands / French Polynesia

5 h. USA (Hawaii) and two more

6 h American Samoa and two more

7 h Much of the smaller peripheral islands of the USA (unincorporated American territories in the Pacific)

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