As 2022 is rolling into bank of history, another year is breathing into existence.
Which is the first country in the world to celebrate New Year?
The first country – or countries – in the world to mark New Year will actually be the small Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati/Christmas Island.
They’ll be ringing in the New Year at 10 a.m. GMT, sparking off a day’s worth of celebrations around the globe.
Next in line will be New Zealand, who’ll say hello to 2023 at around 10.15 a.m. GMT.
As it stands the UK will be one of the last countries to celebrate the New Year – and we’ll do so at the same time as Ireland, Iceland, Ghana and Portugal, and an hour later than most of Europe.
However that won’t be the end of New Year celebrations, as North and South America will be the final part of the world to see 2023.
The last place which will welcome the New Year will be Baker Island and Howland Island, two unoccupied US Islands in the Pacific – but the last occupied territory to celebrate January 1 will be American Samoa at 11am GMT tomorrow morning.
What time is it in Australia?
Australia is known for kicking off the New Year in spectacular fashion with a huge fireworks display over Sydney.
Meanwhile, is 10 and a half hours ahead of UK time, while Brisbane is 10 hours ahead and Perth is only eight hours ahead.
(Metro)
