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How Many Days Until New Year?
There are – days until New Year. The next New Year’s Day is Friday, January 1, 2027, and the countdown below runs on your own device so it flips at your local midnight.
Quick facts
- New Year’s Day 2027 is on Friday, January 1, 2027
- New Year’s Eve is Thursday, December 31, 2026
- There are – days left in this year
- Today is day – of the year
Pick your dates to see the count.
- –weeks
- –months
- –years
- –business days
New Year: Friday, January 1, 2027
New Year countdown at a glance
All four numbers update by themselves. Open the page on December 31 and the first card reads 1.
- Jan 1–days until New Year's Day
- Dec 31–days until New Year's Eve
- This year–today's day of the year
- Dec 25–days until Christmas
Days until New Year vs days left in the year
These two numbers are one apart, and it trips people up. “Days left in the year” counts the days after today up to December 31. “Days until New Year” counts to January 1, which is one day later. So on December 30 there is 1 day left in the year but 2 days until New Year.
Both are correct. They just measure to different finish lines. If you want to count both today and the last day, tick “Include end date” in the calculator. For the full picture of where we are in the year, see what day of the year it is.
What day of the week is New Year?
New Year’s Day moves forward one weekday each year, or two after a leap year. That decides whether the holiday turns into a long weekend.
| Year | New Year’s Day | New Year’s Eve (Dec 31) |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Friday | Friday |
| 2028 | Saturday | Sunday |
| 2029 | Monday | Monday |
| 2030 | Tuesday | Tuesday |
| 2031 | Wednesday | Wednesday |
2028 is a leap year, which is why New Year’s Eve 2028 lands on a Sunday even though the year started on a Saturday. A leap year has 366 days, so its last day is two weekdays after its first.
New Year does not arrive everywhere at once. Kiribati’s Line Islands, at UTC+14, see midnight first. American Samoa, at UTC-11, is among the last inhabited places to get there, about a day later. That is why this countdown uses your own device’s date: the number you see matches midnight where you actually are, not in some other time zone.
Make the countdown useful
- Goals: pick one thing to finish before the year ends and divide the days left by the steps it takes.
- Money: the weeks left tell you how many paychecks you have to hit a savings target.
- Work: many offices close between Christmas and New Year, so check the business days left, not just calendar days.
- Travel: flights around December 31 fill early. Booking when the countdown passes 60 days is a sensible rule.
Once the clock strikes midnight, the countdown resets for the following year. If you would rather track how far into the new year you are, switch the calculator to “Days Since” and start from January 1. That day since count is the same as the day of the year minus one.
New Year countdown FAQ
How many days until New Year?
The live number is at the top of this page. It counts the days between today and January 1, based on the date on your own device.
How many days are left in the year?
Count from today to December 31. That number is always one less than the days until New Year’s Day, because January 1 is one day after December 31.
When does the countdown reset?
At midnight on January 1 in your time zone. From then on it counts down to the following New Year.
Is next year a leap year?
2028 is the next leap year, with 366 days. Leap years come every four years, except century years that are not divisible by 400.
How many weeks until New Year?
Divide the days by 7. The calculator shows full weeks plus the leftover days in the weeks tile.
What is the difference between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?
New Year’s Eve is December 31, the last day of the year. New Year’s Day is January 1, the first day of the new year.
Count any other date
Use the day since calculator to count the days since, until or between any two dates.