WRC Calendar 2027: 15 Rounds, Monte-Carlo Jan. 21 to Saudi Nov. 28

The 2027 World Rally Championship (WRC) has 15 rounds, opening with Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2027 and closing with Rally Saudi Arabia from Thursday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 28, according to the calendar on wrc.com. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) confirmed the 15-round calendar on Oct. 8, 2026 after approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The table gives each rally’s Thursday-to-Sunday dates and how far local time runs ahead of U.S. Eastern Time (ET). Start times are not yet announced, and a one-page printable with a winner line for each round is in the downloads box.

What is the full WRC 2027 rally calendar?

Dates come from the WRC calendar page’s 2027 tab, read on Nov. 9, 2026. The weekdays and the last column are computed: every rally starts on a Thursday and ends on a Sunday, and the time gap is measured on the first day of the rally.

Round	Rally	Dates	Host country	Local time vs ET
1	Rallye Monte-Carlo	Thu., Jan. 21 to Sun., Jan. 24	Monaco	6 hours ahead
2	Rally Sweden	Thu., Feb. 18 to Sun., Feb. 21	Sweden	6 hours ahead
3	Safari Rally Kenya	Thu., Mar. 18 to Sun., Mar. 21	Kenya	7 hours ahead
4	Croatia Rally	Thu., Apr. 8 to Sun., Apr. 11	Croatia	6 hours ahead
5	Rally Islas Canarias	Thu., May 6 to Sun., May 9	Spain	5 hours ahead
6	FORUM8 Rally Japan	Thu., June 3 to Sun., June 6	Japan	13 hours ahead
7	Acropolis Rally Greece	Thu., June 24 to Sun., June 27	Greece	7 hours ahead
8	Rally d’Italia	Thu., July 8 to Sun., July 11	Italy	6 hours ahead
9	Delfi Rally Estonia	Thu., July 22 to Sun., July 25	Estonia	7 hours ahead
10	secto Rally Finland	Thu., July 29 to Sun., Aug. 1	Finland	7 hours ahead
11	Rally US	Thu., Aug. 26 to Sun., Aug. 29	United States	Same as ET
12	Rally Scotland	Thu., Sept. 30 to Sun., Oct. 3	United Kingdom	5 hours ahead
13	ueno Rally del Paraguay	Thu., Oct. 21 to Sun., Oct. 24	Paraguay	1 hour ahead
14	Rally Chile Biobío	Thu., Nov. 4 to Sun., Nov. 7	Chile	1 hour ahead (2 on Sun., Nov. 7)
15	Rally Saudi Arabia	Thu., Nov. 25 to Sun., Nov. 28	Saudi Arabia	8 hours ahead
The gaps follow clock changes. U.S. clocks go forward on Mar. 14, 2027 and back on Nov. 7, 2027, and Europe’s summer time runs from Mar. 28 to Oct. 31. Monte-Carlo, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are measured against Eastern Standard Time and the rounds from Kenya to Rally Chile Biobío against Eastern Daylight Time. Kenya and Saudi Arabia keep UTC+3 and Japan UTC+9 all year, and Paraguay and Chile sit at UTC-3 on their dates. Rally Chile Biobío finishes on the day U.S. clocks go back, so its Sunday gap is 2 hours instead of 1. Rally US is shown as the same as ET, and Scotland follows British Summer Time until Oct. 31.

What is new on the 2027 WRC calendar?

The FIA lists the United States and the United Kingdom as returning to the calendar. Rally US, scheduled for Aug. 26-29, brings the championship back to the United States for the first time since 1988, the FIA said. Rally d’Italia steps up from the European Rally Championship to join the WRC from July 8-11, and the FIA says it will be held in Rome, “bringing an exciting new tarmac round to the streets and roads around the Italian capital.”

Rally Scotland runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, based in Aberdeen and developed by FIA Member Club Motorsport UK. Rally Scotland starts 35 days after Rally US starts, the longest gap of the season. Mexico is not among the 15 rounds.

When is Rally US 2027?

Rally US is Round 11, from Thu., Aug. 26 to Sun., Aug. 29, 2027, on the WRC event page, which names Tennessee and Kentucky. The round follows Rally Finland, which starts Thu., July 29, by four weeks. Use the August printable calendar to mark the four days against the rest of the month.

When does the 2027 WRC season start?

Rallye Monte-Carlo, Round 1, starts Thu., Jan. 21, 2027. The Automobile Club de Monaco says the 95th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo will take place “from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 January 2027.” The January printable calendar and the 2027 printable yearly calendar fit the season around other plans. For another 2027 season, see the MotoGP calendar for 2027, and for a January event the Dakar Rally 2027 dates.

How many days separate the 2027 WRC rallies?

These gaps are computed from the rally start dates; the WRC does not publish them. The 14 gaps between 15 rallies add up to 308 days, from Jan. 21 to Nov. 25.

Days between starts	Number of gaps	Between
7	1	Estonia (July 22) and Finland (July 29)
14	3	Italy and Estonia, Chile and Paraguay, and Greece and Italy
21	4	Kenya and Croatia, Japan and Greece, Scotland and Paraguay, Chile and Saudi Arabia
28	5	Monte-Carlo and Sweden, Sweden and Kenya, Croatia and Canarias, Canarias and Japan, Finland and Rally US
35	1	Rally US (Aug. 26) and Scotland (Sept. 30)

The F1 season has its own list in the F1 calendar for 2027.

What WRC start times and broadcasters are not yet announced?

No 2027 itineraries, start times or Power Stage times are published on the WRC calendar or the FIA’s announcement. The 2027 U.S. and UK broadcasters are also not yet announced.