New Year Countdown 2028 (CAT)
What is the CAT countdown to 2028?
This tool provides an exact, synchronized countdown to the moment the clock strikes midnight in CAT. You can also check the current local time in CAT or view our full list of countries.
Unlike generic timers, this page is hard-locked to this specific region, making it perfect for coordinating New Year's celebrations specifically for this location. Need to coordinate across borders? Use our Meeting Planner to find the best time.
How many hours ahead or behind UTC is CAT?
Time Zone: CAT — Central Africa Time. UTC Offset: UTC+02:00. Local Time: 2028-01-01 00:00 → UTC: 2027-12-31 22:00.
Major Cities
Khartoum, Lusaka, Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Harare, Kananga, Bulawayo, Omdurman, Matola, Kisangani, Kigali, Maputo.
Countries
Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
IANA Time Zones
Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Juba, Africa/Khartoum, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Maputo, Africa/Windhoek.
Common Use Cases
- New Year's Eve Parties: Connect your laptop to a TV or projector and click Fullscreen. The large, high-contrast digits create the perfect centerpiece for your countdown party in the CAT zone.
- Live Streaming: Streamers can use this distraction-free timer as an overlay. The "Black Theme" is easily keyed out or used as a background source. Check out our Free Clock Widgets if you want to embed a clock directly on your own site.
- Global Coordination: Coordinate simultaneous events. Since our clock syncs with a central server, everyone sees the exact same second tick down. Verify your synchronization against Unix Time.
About Time Precision
This countdown runs in sync with atomic clocks. To learn more about how time is calculated globally, read our guide on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or explore IANA Time Zones.
New Year Countdown 2028: Questions
How many days until New Year 2028?
The counter at the top of this page answers that live, to the second. It runs down to midnight on 31 December 2027 in your own time zone, so the number you see is the time left where you actually are rather than in some fixed location.
When exactly does the countdown to 2028 end?
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Can I see the New Year 2028 countdown for another time zone?
Yes. Pick any zone from the list further down this page and you get a countdown hard-locked to midnight there, which is what you want when you are counting down with family or colleagues somewhere else.
Is this New Year countdown clock accurate?
It is. The clock synchronises its seconds against our time servers instead of trusting the device clock, so it does not drift even if your computer or phone is running slightly fast or slow.
Can I use this countdown at a party or on a live stream?
That is what the fullscreen button is for. The digits scale to fill a TV or projector, and the dark theme keys out cleanly if you are compositing it into a stream as an overlay.
Popular Countdowns
Countdown to 2028 in other time zones
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Countdown Location
Select a location below to view the specific countdown to midnight in that region:
Broken Hill, South, Yancowinna 05:09 AdelaideACST — Australian Central Standard Time · Australia/Adelaide
Broken Hill, Darwin, North, South 05:09 Glace BayADT — Atlantic Daylight Time · America/Glace_Bay
Goose Bay, Halifax, Moncton, Thule 14:39 MacquarieAEDT — Australian Eastern Daylight Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Canberra, Currie, Hobart 05:39 MacquarieAEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Brisbane, Canberra, Currie 05:39 AnchorageAKDT — Alaska Daylight Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 09:39 AnchorageAKST — Alaska Standard Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 09:39 AnguillaAST — Atlantic Standard Time · America/Anguilla
Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Blanc-Sablon 14:39 PerthAWST — Australian Western Standard Time · Australia/Perth
West 02:39 BelfastBST — British Summer Time · Europe/Belfast
Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, London 18:39 BlantyreCAT — Central Africa Time · Africa/Blantyre
Bujumbura, Gaborone, Harare, Juba 20:39 ChicagoCDT — Central Daylight Time · America/Chicago
Knox, Tell City, Knox IN, Matamoros 12:39 HavanaCDT — Cuba Daylight Time · America/Havana
Cuba 13:39 CeutaCEST — Central European Summer Time · Africa/Ceuta
Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen, CET, Amsterdam 19:39 AlgiersCET — Central European Time · Africa/Algiers
Ceuta, Tunis, Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen 19:39 GuamChST — Chamorro Standard Time · Pacific/Guam
Saipan 04:39 ChongqingCST — China Standard Time · Asia/Chongqing
Chungking, Harbin, Macao, Macau 02:39 HavanaCST — Cuba Standard Time · America/Havana
Cuba 13:39 Bahia BanderasCST — Central Standard Time · America/Bahia_Banderas
Belize, Chicago, Chihuahua, Costa Rica 12:39 Addis AbabaEAT — East Africa Time · Africa/Addis_Ababa
Asmara, Asmera, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti 21:39 DetroitEDT — Eastern Daylight Time · America/Detroit
Fort Wayne, Grand Turk, Indianapolis, Marengo 13:39 BeirutEEST — Eastern European Summer Time · Asia/Beirut
Famagusta, Gaza, Hebron, Nicosia 20:39 CairoEET — Eastern European Time · Africa/Cairo
Tripoli, Beirut, Famagusta, Gaza 20:39 AtikokanEST — Eastern Standard Time · America/Atikokan
Cancun, Cayman, Coral Harbour, Detroit 13:39 AbidjanGMT — Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Abidjan
Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau 18:39 AdakHDT — Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time · America/Adak
Atka, Aleutian 08:39 Hong KongHKT — Hong Kong Time · Asia/Hong_Kong
Hongkong 02:39 AdakHST — Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time · America/Adak
Atka, HST, Honolulu, Johnston 08:39 JerusalemIDT — Israel Daylight Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 20:39 EireIST — Irish Standard Time · Eire
Dublin 18:39 JerusalemIST — Israel Standard Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 20:39 CalcuttaIST — Indian Standard Time · Asia/Calcutta
Kolkata 00:09 TokyoJST — Japan Standard Time · Asia/Tokyo
Japan 03:39 PyongyangKST — Korea Standard Time · Asia/Pyongyang
Seoul, ROK 03:39 BoiseMDT — Mountain Daylight Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Denver, Edmonton 11:39 METMEST — Middle European Summer Time · MET 19:39 METMET — Middle European Time · MET 19:39 MoscowMSK — Moscow Standard Time · Europe/Moscow
Simferopol, W-SU 21:39 BoiseMST — Mountain Standard Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Creston, Dawson 11:39 St JohnsNDT — Newfoundland Daylight Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 15:09 St JohnsNST — Newfoundland Standard Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 15:09 McMurdoNZDT — New Zealand Daylight Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 07:39 McMurdoNZST — New Zealand Standard Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 07:39 VancouverPCT — Pacific Time · America/Vancouver
Pacific 11:39 EnsenadaPDT — Pacific Daylight Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 10:39 KarachiPKT — Pakistan Standard Time · Asia/Karachi 23:39 ManilaPST — Philippine Standard Time · Asia/Manila 02:39 EnsenadaPST — Pacific Standard Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 10:39 JohannesburgSAST — South African Standard Time · Africa/Johannesburg
Maseru, Mbabane 20:39 MidwaySST — Samoa Standard Time · Pacific/Midway
Pago Pago, Samoa 07:39 UCTUTC — Coordinated Universal Time · Etc/UCT
UTC, Universal, Zulu 18:39 BanguiWAT — West Africa Time · Africa/Bangui
Brazzaville, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos 19:39 CanaryWEST — Western European Summer Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 18:39 CanaryWET — Western European Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 18:39 JakartaWIB — Waktu Indonesia Barat (Western Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jakarta
Pontianak 01:39 JayapuraWIT — Waktu Indonesia Timur (Eastern Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jayapura 03:39 MakassarWITA — Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Central Indonesian Time) · Asia/Makassar
Ujung Pandang 02:39