Summer officially begins on 1 December, and by 27 December 2028 the country runs its hottest, longest-daylight stretch of the year. December closes 2028 in the fourth calendar quarter, the final quarter under the standard January-to-December system used on this page.
The Ekka public holiday in greater Brisbane is held on a Wednesday during the Royal Queensland Show each August, one of the few recurring public holidays fixed to this day of the week. Wednesday 27 December 2028 falls on the same weekday as this regional observance, which applies only within greater Brisbane and not to the rest of Queensland.
The countdown to 27 December 2028 is measured from today's date and updates once every day, since the number of days, hours and minutes remaining changes continuously as the current date moves closer to it. Each visit to this page recalculates the figure fresh from the current moment, rather than storing a fixed number that would go stale over time.