New Year's Day around the world

New Year's Day is a public holiday in 217 countries in our calendar. The date can differ: some countries follow other calendars or move the day off.

217 countries

Country	Local name	2026	2027
Albania	Festat e Vitit të Ri	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Algeria	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
American Samoa		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Andorra	Cap d'Any	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Angola	Dia do Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Anguilla		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Antarctica		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Antigua and Barbuda		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Argentina	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Armenia	Նոր տարվա օր	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Aruba	Aña Nobo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Australia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Austria	Neujahr	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Azerbaijan	Yeni il bayramı	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Bahrain	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Barbados		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Belarus	Новы год	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Belgium	Nieuwjaar	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Belize		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Benin	Fête du Nouvel An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Bermuda		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Bolivia	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nova godina	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Botswana		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
British Virgin Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Brunei	Awal Tahun Masihi	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Bulgaria	Нова година	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Burkina Faso		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Burundi	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cameroon		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Canada		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cape Verde	Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Caribbean Netherlands	Nieuwjaarsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cayman Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Central African Republic	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Chad	Jour de l'An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Chile	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Christmas Island		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cocos (Keeling) Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Colombia	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Comoros		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cook Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Costa Rica	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Croatia	Nova godina	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Curaçao	Aña Nobo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Cyprus	Πρωτοχρονιά	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Czech Republic	Nový rok	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Nouvel an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Denmark	Nytårsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Djibouti	Nouvel an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Dominica		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Dominican Republic	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Ecuador	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
El Salvador	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Equatorial Guinea	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Eritrea		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Estonia	uusaasta	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Eswatini		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Falkland Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Faroe Islands	Nýggjársdagur	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Federated States of Micronesia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Fiji		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Finland	Uudenvuodenpäivä	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
France	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
French Guiana	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
French Polynesia	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Gabon	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Georgia	ახალი წელი	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Germany	Neujahr	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Ghana		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Gibraltar		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Greece	Πρωτοχρονιά	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Greenland	Ukiortaaq	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Grenada		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guadeloupe	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guam		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guatemala	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guernsey		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guinea	Fête du Nouvel an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guinea-Bissau	Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Guyana		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Haiti	Nouvel An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Honduras	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Hong Kong	一月一日	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Hungary	Újév	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Iceland	Nýársdagur	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Indonesia	Tahun Baru Masehi	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Iraq	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Ireland		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Isle of Man		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Italy	Capodanno	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Ivory Coast	1er janvier	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Jamaica		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Japan	元日	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Jersey		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Jordan	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kazakhstan	Жаңа жыл	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kenya		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kingdom of the Netherlands	Nieuwjaarsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kiribati		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kosovo	Viti i Ri	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kuwait	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Kyrgyzstan	Жаңы жыл	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Laos	ວັນປີໃໝ່ສາກົນ	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Latvia	Jaungada diena	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Lebanon	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Lesotho		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Liberia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Liechtenstein	Neujahr	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Lithuania	Naujųjų metų diena	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Luxembourg	Neijoerschdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Macau	元旦	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Madagascar	Taom-baovao	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Malawi		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Maldives	މީލާދީ އާ އަހަރު ފެށޭ ދުވަސް	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mali	Jour de l'An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Malta	L-Ewwel tas-Sena	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Marshall Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Martinique	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mauritania	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mauritius		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mayotte	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mexico	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Moldova	Anul Nou	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Monaco	Le jour de l'An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Mongolia	Шинэ жил	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Montenegro	Nova godina	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Montserrat		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Morocco	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Myanmar	နိုင်ငံတကာနှစ်သစ်ကူးနေ့	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Namibia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Nauru		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
New Caledonia	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
New Zealand		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Nicaragua	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Niger	Jour de l'An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Nigeria		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Niue		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Norfolk Island		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
North Korea	양력설	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
North Macedonia	Нова Година	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Northern Mariana Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Norway	Første nyttårsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Palau		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Palestine	رأس السنة الميلادي	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Panama	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Papua New Guinea		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Paraguay	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
People's Republic of China	元旦	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Peru	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Philippines		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Pitcairn Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Poland	Nowy Rok	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Portugal	Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Puerto Rico		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Republic of the Congo	Jour de l'An	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Romania	Anul Nou	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Rwanda	Ubunani	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Réunion	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Saint Barthélemy	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Saint Lucia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Saint-Martin	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Samoa		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
San Marino	Capodanno	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Senegal	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Serbia	Нова година	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Seychelles		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Sierra Leone		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Singapore		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Sint Maarten	Nieuwjaarsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Slovenia	novo leto	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Solomon Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Somalia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
South Africa		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
South Korea	신정연휴	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
South Sudan		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Spain	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Suriname	Nieuwjaarsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Første nyttårsdag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Sweden	Nyårsdagen	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Switzerland	Neujahrstag	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Syria	عيد رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
São Tomé and Príncipe	Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tajikistan	Соли Нав	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tanzania	Mwaka Mpya	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Thailand	วันขึ้นปีใหม่	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
The Bahamas		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
The Gambia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Timor-Leste	Dia de Ano Novo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Togo	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tokelau		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tonga	ʻUluaki ʻAho ʻo e Taʻu Foʻou	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Trinidad and Tobago		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tunisia	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Turkey	Yılbaşı	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Turkmenistan	Täze ýyl	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Turks and Caicos Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Tuvalu	Tausaga Fou	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Uganda		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
United Arab Emirates	رأس السنة الميلادية	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
United Kingdom		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
United States		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
United States Minor Outlying Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
United States Virgin Islands		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Uruguay	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Uzbekistan	Yangi yil	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Vanuatu		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Venezuela	Año Nuevo	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Vietnam	Tết Dương lịch	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Wallis and Futuna	Jour de l'an	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Zambia		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Zimbabwe		Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Åland	Uudenvuodenpäivä	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan