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When is New Year's Eve 2026?

New Year's Eve 2026 is on Thursday, December 31, 2026. It's marked in 88 countries, including Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia and Australia.

New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, December 31, in the Gregorian calendar.

Also listed as New Year's Eve (from 2pm).

See December 31 on the world map

New Year's Eve 2026 by country

CountryDateType
🇦🇱 AlbaniaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇦🇩 AndorraDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇦🇷 ArgentinaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇦🇲 ArmeniaԱմանորDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇦🇺 AustraliaDecember 31ThursdayHoliday
🇦🇹 AustriaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇧🇸 BahamasDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇧🇩 BangladeshDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇧🇾 BelarusDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇧🇪 BelgiumDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇧🇦 Bosnia & HerzegovinaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇧🇷 BrazilNew Year's Eve (from 2pm)December 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇨🇦 CanadaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇨🇱 ChileDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇨🇴 ColombiaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇨🇷 Costa RicaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇨🇺 CubaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇨🇼 CuraçaoOudejaarsavondDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇨🇾 CyprusDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇩🇰 DenmarkNytårsaftensdagDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇪🇨 EcuadorDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇸🇻 El SalvadorFin de añoDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsNýggjársaftanDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇫🇮 FinlandDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇫🇷 FranceDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇬🇪 GeorgiaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇩🇪 GermanyDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇬🇭 GhanaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇬🇮 GibraltarDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇬🇱 GreenlandUkiutoqaqDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇬🇹 GuatemalaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇭🇹 HaitiDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇭🇳 HondurasDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇭🇺 HungaryDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇮🇸 IcelandGamlársdagurDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇮🇳 IndiaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇮🇩 IndonesiaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇮🇶 IraqDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇮🇪 IrelandDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇮🇱 IsraelDecember 31ThursdayOptional holiday
🇮🇹 ItalyDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇯🇲 JamaicaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇰🇿 KazakhstanDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇰🇪 KenyaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇰🇼 KuwaitDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇱🇻 LatviaVecgada dienaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇱🇮 LiechtensteinSilvesterDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇱🇹 LithuaniaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇱🇺 LuxembourgDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇬 MadagascarDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇾 MalaysiaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇹 MaltaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇭 Marshall IslandsDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇲🇽 MexicoDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇩 MoldovaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇨 MonacoDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇪 MontenegroDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇳🇱 NetherlandsDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇳🇨 New CaledoniaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇳🇿 New ZealandDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇳🇮 NicaraguaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇳🇬 NigeriaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇲🇰 North MacedoniaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇳🇴 NorwayDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇵🇰 PakistanDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇵🇦 PanamaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇵🇾 ParaguayDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇵🇪 PeruDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇵🇭 PhilippinesDecember 31ThursdayHoliday
🇵🇱 PolandDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇵🇹 PortugalDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇶🇦 QatarDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇷🇴 RomaniaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇸🇲 San MarinoDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇸🇬 SingaporeDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇿🇦 South AfricaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇰🇷 South KoreaDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇪🇸 SpainDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇸🇪 SwedenNyårsaftonDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇹🇭 ThailandDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday
🇹🇷 TürkiyeDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇬🇧 United KingdomDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇺🇸 United StatesDecember 31ThursdayRegional holiday
🇺🇾 UruguayDecember 31ThursdayObservance
🇻🇪 VenezuelaNocheviejaDecember 31ThursdayPublic holiday

Questions about New Year's Eve

When is New Year's Eve in 2026?
New Year's Eve is on Thursday, December 31, 2026.
Which countries celebrate New Year's Eve?
New Year's Eve is marked in 88 countries: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Brazil, and 76 more.
Is New Year's Eve a public holiday?
Yes, it's a public holiday in Andorra, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Curaçao, Denmark, El Salvador and Faroe Islands and 15 other countries. Elsewhere it may be an observance or a regional holiday, so check the table for each country.

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