How many days until spring?
Spring begins at the March equinox, the instant the Sun crosses the celestial equator going north. The count below names the time zone it used and whether today is included.
There are 225 days until the first day of spring, Saturday 20 March 2027.
Days until spring
225 days remaining. Updating once a second.
- Date
- Weeks
- 32
- Hours
- 5,400
- Sleeps
- 225
Counting to midnight at the start of Saturday 20 March 2027 in UTC (UTC, UTC+00:00). Today is not counted.
| Place | Offset now | Days until spring |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney, Australia | UTC+10:00 | 224 |
| Auckland, New Zealand | UTC+12:00 | 224 |
| Delhi, India | UTC+05:30 | 225 |
| London, United Kingdom | UTC+01:00 | 225 |
| New York, United States | UTC-04:00 | 225 |
| Los Angeles, United States | UTC-07:00 | 225 |
Counted in UTC (GMT), not counting today.
Change either and every figure above updates. Most date tools pick a zone and a counting rule silently, which is why two sites can answer the same question with different numbers.
Spring 2027 at a glance
| Date | Saturday 20 March 2027 |
|---|---|
| Days to go | 225 |
| Weeks | 32 |
| Hours | 5,400 |
| Exact instant | 20:24 UTC |
| Meteorological start | Monday 1 March 2027 |
Show the working
Today is Friday 7 August 2026 and the first day of spring is Saturday 20 March 2027. Subtracting one calendar date from the other gives 225 days.
That count treats both as calendar dates and does not count today, which is what almost everyone means by "days until". Counting today as well gives 226. Measuring the clock time still to run gives 224 days plus the hours on the readout, because part of today has already gone.
All three are correct answers to slightly different questions, and it is exactly why pages ranking for this search return numbers that differ by one or two. The readout names the basis it used and the control under it changes both.
Spring begins at the March equinox, the instant the Sun crosses the celestial equator going north.
Astronomical or meteorological
Astronomical spring begins at the March equinox, which this year falls at 20:24 UTC on 20 March 2027. Meteorologists instead cut the year into four fixed three-month blocks, which puts the start at 1 March 2027 every year.
Both answers are defensible and they disagree by about three weeks. The equinox and the solstice are real events in the sky; the meteorological dates exist so that climate records can compare whole months. This page counts to the astronomical one and gives the other beside it.
South of the equator the same instant begins the opposite season. The Sun standing furthest north is furthest from Sydney and Cape Town, not closest.
It is an instant, so the date depends on where you are
Because it is a moment rather than a day, two people in different time zones can correctly give different dates for it. 20:24 UTC is a different calendar date once you are far enough east or west, and this page states the zone it used.
The instant comes from astronomy-engine, precomputed for every year from 1900 to 2100, and is accurate to well under a minute. Even so the date can differ by zone when the crossing falls close to local midnight, which is why the September equinox lands on the 22nd in the Americas and the 23rd in Europe in some years.
How this date is set
Astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere begins at the March equinox, the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading north. Because a year is not a whole number of days, the instant drifts by about six hours each year and is pulled back by a leap day, so the equinox lands on 19, 20 or 21 March depending on the year and on where you are.
the first day of spring in the next ten years
| Year | Date | Weekday | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 20 March | Saturday | 225 |
| 2028 | 20 March | Monday | 591 |
| 2029 | 20 March | Tuesday | 956 |
| 2030 | 20 March | Wednesday | 1,321 |
| 2031 | 20 March | Thursday | 1,686 |
| 2032 | 20 March | Saturday | 2,052 |
| 2033 | 20 March | Sunday | 2,417 |
| 2034 | 20 March | Monday | 2,782 |
| 2035 | 20 March | Tuesday | 3,147 |
| 2036 | 20 March | Thursday | 3,513 |
Dates around spring
| Occasion | Falls on | Days away |
|---|---|---|
| Meteorological spring begins | Monday 1 March 2027 | 206 |
| March equinox | Saturday 20 March 2027 | 225 |
| June solstice | Monday 21 June 2027 | 318 |
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Questions
How many days until spring?
225 days, counting to midnight at the start of Saturday 20 March 2027 in the time zone shown on the readout.
When does spring start?
Astronomically at 20:24 UTC on 20 March 2027. By the meteorological definition, on 1 March 2027.