When is…
When is New Year's Day 2026?
New Year's Day 2026 falls on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
1 January — the start of the Gregorian calendar year, observed in nearly every country. Observed in 179 of the countries The Online Calendar covers.
See live countdown to New Year's Day 2026
Other years:2027
New Year's Day dates by country
179 countriesJan 1
Thursday
174 countries
- United States
- Canada
- MexicoAño Nuevo
- United Kingdom
- GermanyNeujahr
- FranceJour de l'an
- ItalyCapodanno
- SpainAño Nuevo
- NetherlandsNieuwjaarsdag
- PortugalAno Novo
- BelgiumNieuwjaar
- SwitzerlandNeujahr
- AustriaNeujahr
- SwedenNyårsdagen
- NorwayFørste nyttårsdag
- DenmarkNytårsdag
- FinlandUudenvuodenpäivä
- PolandNowy Rok
- CzechiaDen obnovy samostatného českého státu; Nový rok
- HungaryÚjév
- RomaniaAnul Nou
- BulgariaНова година
- CroatiaNova Godina
- Slovenianovo leto
- GreeceΠρωτοχρονιά
- IrelandLá Caille
- LuxembourgNeijoerschdag
- LithuaniaNaujieji metai
- LatviaJaungada diena
- Estoniauusaasta
- SerbiaNova Godina
- UkraineНовий Рік
- TürkiyeYılbaşı
- RussiaНовый год
- IcelandNýársdagur
- MaltaL-Ewwel tas-Sena
- CyprusΠρωτοχρονιά
- AndorraAny nou
- AlbaniaViti i Ri
- ArmeniaԱմանոր
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaNova Godina
- BelarusНовы год
- Georgiaახალი წელი
- KazakhstanЖаңа жыл
- LiechtensteinNeujahr
- MonacoLe jour de l’An
- Moldova
- MontenegroNova godina
- North MacedoniaНова Година, Nova Godina
- San Marino
- Kosovo
- BrazilConfraternização Universal
- ArgentinaAño Nuevo
- ChileAño Nuevo
- ColombiaAño Nuevo
- PeruAño Nuevo
- VenezuelaDía de Año Nuevo
- EcuadorAño Nuevo
- BoliviaAño Nuevo
- Paraguay
- UruguayAño Nuevo
- Guatemala
- Dominican RepublicDía de Año Nuevo
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa RicaAño Nuevo
- Panama
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Barbados
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- HaitiJour de l'an
- Jamaica
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- Suriname
- Trinidad & Tobago
- St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan元日
- China元旦
- South Korea새해
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- IndonesiaTahun Baru Masehi
- PhilippinesBagong Taon
- VietnamTết dương lịch
- Hong Kong SAR China元旦新年
- Brunei
- Fiji
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Myanmar (Burma)
- MongoliaШинэ жил (Shine jil)
- Macao SAR China
- Maldives
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- Tonga
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Samoa
- United Arab Emiratesرأس السنة الميلادية
- Qatarرأس السنة
- Kuwaitرأس السنة
- Bahrainرأس السنة
- Omanرأس السنة
- Jordan
- Lebanonرأس السنة
- Iraqرأس السنة
- MoroccoRas l' âm
- Tunisiaرأس السنة
- Algeria
- Libyaرأس السنة
- Yemenرأس السنة
- Syriaرأس السنة
- Palestinian Territoriesرأس السنة
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- Ghana
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Benin
- Botswana
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Central African Republic
- Congo - BrazzavilleJour de l'An
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Comoros
- Liberia
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Malawi
- MozambiqueDia de Ano Novo
- Namibia
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Eswatini
- Chad
- Togo
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Feb 14
Saturday
1 country
Apr 14
Tuesday
3 countries
Sep 11
Friday
1 country
When does New Year's Day fall?
New Year's Day falls on 1 January every year.
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Frequently asked
- When is New Year's Day 2026?
- New Year's Day 2026 falls on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
- Which countries observe New Year's Day 2026 as a public holiday?
- New Year's Day is observed as a public holiday in 179 of the countries we cover, including United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany.