Dry January 2027 Begins
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidenceEstimated: Alcohol Change[1][2] UK runs the challenge every January from 1 January ('people starting the challenge on 1 January 2026'), and 'The Dry January challenge started in 2013'; the 2027 edition is not yet announced.
Alcohol Change UK's month-long Dry January challenge asks people to go alcohol-free for all of January, a campaign that began with 4,000 people in 2013 and drew over 200,000 sign-ups in 2025.
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