How Many Days Until Blue Monday 2027?
Blue Monday, the third Monday of January, is called the most depressing day of the year by the UK press.
- Weeks
- 17
- Days
- 119
- Hours
- 2,859
- Minutes
- 171,582
- Seconds
- 10,294,957
Blue Monday 2027 falls on .
Blue Monday is a media label, not a scientific finding. It falls on the third Monday of January.
About Blue Monday 2027
Blue Monday is the label the media puts on the third Monday of January. The idea was published in 2005 in a travel company’s press release, which combined the debt left by Christmas, the gap between January pay and January bills, failed New Year resolutions, short days and the cold into a single formula. No peer-reviewed study supports it.
The formula has been criticised by researchers and the campaign was widely described as pseudoscience, yet it survives because the timing is genuinely difficult: January bills land, the festive period is over, daylight is still scarce and the year’s goals are already slipping.
Weather does have a measurable effect on mood — seasonal affective disorder is a real diagnosis and light therapy is an accepted treatment — but it is a matter of weeks of low light, not one calendar Monday. Treat the day as a prompt to book something to look forward to rather than a forecast.
- The concept was invented in a 2005 travel-industry press release.
- It usually lands on the third Monday of January, between 15 and 21 January.
- UK daylight at this point is roughly 8 hours, rising by about 3 minutes a day.
- Seasonal affective disorder is a real condition; a single calendar Monday is not.
Blue Monday dates by year
| Year | Date | Day | Time until |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Jan 18, 2027 | Monday | in 120 days |
| 2028 | Jan 17, 2028 | Monday | in 484 days |
| 2029 | Jan 15, 2029 | Monday | in 848 days |
| 2030 | Jan 21, 2030 | Monday | in 1,219 days |
| 2031 | Jan 20, 2031 | Monday | in 1,583 days |
| 2032 | Jan 19, 2032 | Monday | in 1,947 days |
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Frequently asked questions
How many days until Blue Monday 2027?
There are 120 days until Blue Monday 2027, which falls on Monday, January 18, 2027. The live countdown at the top of this page shows the exact time remaining in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Blue Monday 2027?
Blue Monday 2027 falls on a Monday.
How many weeks, hours and minutes until Blue Monday 2027?
That is roughly 17 weeks, 2,859 hours or 171,582 minutes from now. The table on this page updates every second.
Is Blue Monday on the same date every year?
No. Blue Monday falls on the third Monday of January, so the calendar date changes from year to year.
When is Blue Monday in 2027, 2028, 2029?
Blue Monday falls on Jan 18, 2027 (Monday), Jan 17, 2028 (Monday), Jan 15, 2029 (Monday).
Is Blue Monday real?
Not as a scientific claim. It came from a marketing press release in 2005, and psychologists have repeatedly pointed out that mood does not follow a date formula.
What day is Blue Monday?
The third Monday of January, which is why our countdown uses that rule rather than a fixed date.
Why does January feel hard?
Real reasons: post-holiday bills, dark evenings, colder weather and the gap between resolutions and routine. None of them need a formula to be true.