New Year’s Eve: When 2016 starts across the world

Who knew it will actually take 26 hours for the entire world to enter the year 2016?

Well, that’s what happens and there are actually 40 different local times, according to timeanddate.com.

Here’s the list in full.

Wherever you are, Happy New Year from all at Metro.
Time (GMT) Country Main cities
Thu 10:00 Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati Kiritimati, Apia, Salelologa (Savai’i)
Thu 10:15 Chatham Islands/New Zealand Chatham Islands
Thu 11:00 New Zealand with exceptions and 5 more Auckland, Suva, Wellington, Nukualofa
Thu 12:00 Small region of Russia and 6 more Anadyr, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa, Majuro
Thu 13:00 Much of Australia and 8 more Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
Thu 13:30 Small region of Australia Adelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
Thu 14:00 Queensland/Australia and 6 more Brisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
Thu 14:30 Northern Territory/Australia Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
Thu 15:00 Japan, South Korea and 4 more Tokyo, Seoul, Dili, Melekeok, Yakutsk
Thu 15:15 Western Australia/Australia Eucla
Thu 15:30 North Korea Pyongyang, Hamhung, Chongjin, Namp’o
Thu 16:00 China and 11 more Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Thu 17:00 Much of Indonesia, Thailand and 7 more Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Thu 17:30 Myanmar and Cocos Islands Yangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Mawlamyine
Thu 18:00 Bangladesh and 6 more Dhaka, Almaty, Bishkek, Thimphu, Astana
Thu 18:15 Nepal Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Pokhara
Thu 18:30 India and Sri Lanka New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
Thu 19:00 Pakistan and 8 more Tashkent, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi
Thu 19:30 Afghanistan Kabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat
Thu 20:00 Azerbaijan and 8 more Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis
Thu 20:30 Iran Tehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz
Thu 21:00 Moscow/Russia and 22 more Moscow, Baghdad, Khartoum, Nairobi
Thu 22:00 Greece and 30 more Cairo, Ankara, Athens, Bucharest
Thu 23:00 Germany and 43 more Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers
Fri 00:00 United Kingdom and 26 more London, Casablanca, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra
Fri 01:00 Cabo Verde and 2 more Praia, Ponta Delgada, Ittoqqortoormiit
Fri 02:00 Regions of Brazil and South Georgia/Sandwich Is. Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia
Fri 03:00 Argentina, regions of Brazil and 9 more Buenos Aires, Santiago, Asuncion
Fri 03:30 Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada St. John’s, Mary’s Harbour
Fri 04:00 Some regions of Canada and 28 more La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Halifax
Fri 04:30 Venezuela Caracas, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo
Fri 05:00 Regions of U.S.A. and 13 more New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Havana
Fri 06:00 Regions of U.S.A. and 9 more Mexico City, Chicago, Guatemala, Dallas
Fri 07:00 Some regions of U.S.A. and 2 more Calgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix
Fri 08:00 Regions of U.S.A. and 3 more Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas
Fri 09:00 Alaska/U.S.A. and regions of French Polynesia Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska
Fri 09:30 Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia Taiohae
Fri 10:00 Small region of U.S.A. and 2 more Honolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete, Hilo
Fri 11:00 American Samoa and 2 more Alofi, Midway, Pago Pago
Fri 12:00 Much of US Minor Outlying Islands Baker Island, Howland Island