What is the first country to welcome the new year 2023?

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/12/31

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab weather</strong> - a few hours and the countdown begins for the end of the year 2022, so that a new year 2023 begins with midnight directly, but due to the different time periods, the new year does not start at the same time all over the world. The following is a list of countries that receive the New Year first and the last countries that celebrate the New Year.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>What is the first country in which the new year begins?</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Small island nations in the Pacific Ocean &quot;Tonga&quot;, &quot;Samoa&quot; and &quot;Kiribati&quot; are the first countries to welcome the new year, at 10 am GMT on December 31.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></ul><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Ranking of the countries of the world in the reception of the new year 2023</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Saturday 12-31-2022 (GMT)</strong></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati: 10:00 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New Zealand: 10:15 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Australia: 1 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Japan, South Korea and North Korea: 3 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> China, the Philippines and Singapore: 4 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Bangladesh: 6 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Nepal: 6:15 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> India and Sri Lanka: 6:30 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pakistan: 7 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Spain: 11pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland and Portugal: 12 am GMT</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Sunday 1-1-2023 (GMT)</strong></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Brazil (some regions): 2 am GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Argentina, Brazil (some regions), Chile, and Paraguay: 3 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New York, Washington, Detroit: 5 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Chicago: 6 am GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Colorado and Arizona: 7 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Nevada: 8 am GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Alaska: 9 am GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Hawaii: 10 am GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> American Samoa: 11 a.m. GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Howland and Baker Islands: 12 pm GMT (the last place where the new year begins).</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>As for the Arab world, this is the arrangement of time zones in the Arab countries in terms of welcoming the new year:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Saturday 12-31-2022 (GMT)</strong></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></ul><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> UAE: 8:00 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saudi Arabia: 9:00 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Egypt: 10:00 pm GMT</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Morocco: 11:00 pm GMT</li></ul>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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