2031

This article is about the year 2031.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2000s  2010s  2020s  – 2030s –  2040s  2050s  2060s
Years:	2028 2029 2030 – 2031 – 2032 2033 2034

2031 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2031 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2031 MMXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2784
Armenian calendar	1480 ԹՎ ՌՆՁ
Assyrian calendar	6781
Bahá'í calendar	187–188
Bengali calendar	1438
Berber calendar	2981
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2575
Burmese calendar	1393
Byzantine calendar	7539–7540
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4727 or 4667     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4728 or 4668
Coptic calendar	1747–1748
Discordian calendar	3197
Ethiopian calendar	2023–2024
Hebrew calendar	5791–5792
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2087–2088
- Shaka Samvat	1953–1954
- Kali Yuga	5132–5133
Holocene calendar	12031
Igbo calendar	1031–1032
Iranian calendar	1409–1410
Islamic calendar	1452–1453
Japanese calendar	Heisei 43 (平成４３年)
Juche calendar	120
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4364
Minguo calendar	ROC 120 民國120年
Thai solar calendar	2574
Unix time	1924992000–1956527999

2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2031st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 31st year of the 3rd millennium, the 31st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2030s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

March

• March 17 – Transit of Venus from Uranus

October

• October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.

December

• December 17 – Transit of Earth from Uranus

In fiction

Books

• In Magic Tree House, Jack and Annie travel to the moon in the year 2031.

Comics

• In Judge Dredd, the sprawling Mega-City One is founded.

Computer and video games

• In Deus Ex, Utah announces its intent to secede from the U.S. in this year.
• The events of MindJack take place in this year.
• The events of Shadowrun take place in this year.
• The Roblox game, Barren: The Fallout, takes place in this year

Film

• Heavy Metal, The Harry Canyon segment is set in 2031, beginning on July 3.
• Snowpiercer is set in 2031.
• "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" is set in 2031, beginning on December 13.

Music

• In the song by Warrant, "April 2031" the band makes reference that nuclear war will have greatly altered the Earth.

Television

• Blue Gender (1999–2000)
• Time Trumpet (2006–2008)
• In Race to Mars, a 2007 miniseries on the first manned mission on Mars, the first humans arrive on the red planet in this year.