Below is WorldTimeZone annual review of where the year 2016 starts first and where 2015 rings out last !
With an exception of North Korea, Uruguay, Norfolk Island (Australia), Antarctica Casey Station and Fort Nelson (Canada), the sequence of countries and territories across the globe celebrating the 2016 New Year remains unchanged from 2015.
01. First to observe New Year 2016
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| For example when Samoa(Apia) (UTC+14) enters the New Year at midnight Dec 31, 2015 (New Year 2016), the local time in New York is 05am (morning) Dec 31, 2015, local time in London is 10am and local time in Sydney is 09pm (21:00) Dec 31, 2015. | ||
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Belgium, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Vatican City, more ... UTC+01
25. United Kingdom-London, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Canary Isl., Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Western Sahara, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, more ... UTC
26. Cape Verde- Praia, Azores (Port.), Greenland- Ittoqqortoormiit UTC-01
27. Brazil- Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia; Fernando de Noronha; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands UTC-02
28. Chile-Santiago, Argentina- Buenos Aires, Ushuaia; Brazil- Recife; Salvador-Brazil; Paraguay, Uruguay , Suriname, French Guiana, Greenland- Nuuk, U.K.- Falkland Isl. UTC-03
29. Canada- Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's) UTC-03:30
30. Canada - Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island; Barbados, Bermuda (U.K.), Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Manaus- Brazil, Bolivia, more ... UTC-04
31. Venezuela - Caracas
UTC-04:30
32. USA- New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Virginia Beach; Canada- Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec; Cuba-Havana, Peru; Acre-Brazil ; Colombia, Bahamas, Jamaica, Ecuador, Panama, more ... UTC-05
33. USA- Chicago, New Orleans, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, Houston, Dallas, Milwaukee; Canada- Winnipeg, Regina; Mexico- Mexico City, Acapulco, Veracruz; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, more ... UTC-06
34. USA- Denver, Albuquerque, El Paso, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Tucson; Canada- Calgary, Edmonton, Aklavik, Yellowknife; Mexico- Chihuahua, Mazatlan; Fort Nelson- Canada UTC-07
35. USA- Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, San Jose, Las Vegas, Portland-OR; Canada- Vancouver, Whitehorse; Mexico- Tijuana, Mexicali; U.K. - Pitcairn UTC-08
36. USA- Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome, Unalaska, Juneau; French Polynesia- Gambier Islands UTC-09
37. French Polynesia- Marquesas Islands (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa) UTC-09:30 38. USA- Hawaii (Honolulu), Adak-Aleutian Isl.; Cook Islands (Rarotonga), French Polynesia-Tahiti (Papeete)
UTC-10
39. Last inhabited places to observe New Year 2016 American Samoa- Pago Pago, Niue (Alofi), Midway Islands, Jarvis Isl., Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll UTC-11
40. Last uninhabited places to observe New Year 2016 Baker Island (uninhabited atoll), Howland Island (uninhabited coral island) | ||
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