When Is New Years 2025. Find out the date, plus how new year's became the official end of the current year and the start of the new one. From sydney to mumbai to nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Find out the date, plus how new year’s became the official end of the current year and the start of the new one. The pacific island nation of kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m.