Interactive status map — July 31, 2026

Can you please create for me a best estimate of which temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be in operation by January 2028?

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Best estimate as of July 31, 2026

The Church’s official figures currently show:

• 209 temples in operation
• 6 closed for renovation on the Church’s count; the detailed construction tracker counts eight major renovation projects because Anchorage remains open during construction and San Diego is approaching rededication
• 61 new temples under construction
• 105 announced temples, including eight with scheduled groundbreakings and 53 with officially announced sites
• 385 temples altogether 

My central estimate is that about 265 temples will be operating on January 1, 2028, with a reasonable range of 258–272.

That estimate consists approximately of:

The Church cautions that construction and dedication schedules can be delayed. 

1. Temples currently in operation

The official Church list contains 209 operating temples as of July 27, 2026. On that list, an operating temple is identifiable by a dedication date rather than “Construction,” “Announced,” “Renovation,” or “Opening Soon.” 

Because reproducing all 209 names would obscure the more useful forward-looking portion of the report, the Church’s official Temple List is the definitive Category 1 list. It includes each temple’s location and dedication date. 

One wrinkle is Anchorage Alaska: it remains open while exterior renovation work continues, so I include it among operating temples rather than treating it as closed. 

2. Ground broken, groundbreaking announced, or renovation underway/planned

A. New temples under construction — 61

Virtually certain to operate before January 2028

These are already scheduled for dedication or are at the open-house/final-completion stage:

1. Belo Horizonte Brazil
2. Cleveland Ohio
3. Phnom Penh Cambodia
4. Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala
5. Ephraim Utah
6. Managua Nicaragua
7. Montpelier Idaho
8. Cody Wyoming
9. Wichita Kansas
10. San Luis Potosí Mexico
11. Modesto California
12. Torreón Mexico
13. Pago Pago American Samoa
14. Smithfield Utah
15. Fort Worth Texas
16. Knoxville Tennessee
17. Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
18. Neiafu Tonga

The first twelve are already preparing for dedication or public open houses in 2026; the following six are at or near major construction completion. 

Strong probability of operation before January 2028

19. Port Vila Vanuatu
20. Freetown Sierra Leone
21. Santa Cruz Bolivia
22. Querétaro Mexico
23. Ribeirão Preto Brazil
24. Londrina Brazil
25. Cagayan de Oro Philippines
26. Santiago West Chile
27. Austin Texas
28. Kaohsiung Taiwan
29. Grand Rapids Michigan
30. Cali Colombia
31. Natal Brazil
32. Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
33. Teton River Idaho
34. Lethbridge Alberta
35. Vancouver Washington
36. Tarawa Kiribati
37. Winchester Virginia

These generally have exterior cladding, windows, landscaping or interior finish work underway. 

Possible by January 2028, but schedule risk is material

38. Birmingham England
39. Budapest Hungary
40. Lone Mountain Nevada
41. Wellington New Zealand
42. Tampa Florida
43. Tacloban City Philippines
44. Antananarivo Madagascar
45. Jacksonville Florida
46. Fairbanks Alaska
47. João Pessoa Brazil
48. Cape Town South Africa
49. Missoula Montana
50. Fairview Texas
51. Kumasi Ghana
52. Benin City Nigeria
53. Heber Valley Utah
54. Singapore

Most are between foundation work and structural framing. Fairbanks and Tarawa use modular construction, which may allow faster completion than their present appearance suggests. 

Unlikely to operate by January 2028

55. Bengaluru India — construction temporarily halted
56. Lagos Nigeria — groundbreaking held May 10, 2025, but no substantial construction status reported
57. Brazzaville Republic of the Congo — groundbreaking held August 23, 2025
58. Brussels Belgium — groundbreaking held November 22, 2025
59. Huehuetenango Guatemala — groundbreaking held March 14, 2026
60. Teresina Brazil — groundbreaking held April 18, 2026
61. Springfield Missouri — groundbreaking held June 6, 2026

These could advance rapidly, but January 2028 would require relatively short construction periods. 

B. Groundbreakings already scheduled — 8

1. Santos Brazil — August 1, 2026
2. Naga Philippines — August 8, 2026; preliminary site work underway
3. Huntsville Alabama — August 15, 2026; zoning board recommended approval
4. Tulsa Oklahoma — August 22, 2026
5. Victoria British Columbia — August 22, 2026; zoning bylaw approved
6. Coeur d’Alene Idaho — August 29, 2026; site staked and preliminary work anticipated
7. Colorado Springs Colorado — September 12, 2026; heavy equipment already on site
8. Maceió Brazil — October 10, 2026 

January 2028 judgment: I would not count any as certain. Naga, Coeur d’Alene and Colorado Springs appear to have the best chance, especially should modular or standardized construction be used. One to four of this group may be dedicated before January 2028.

C. Temples under major renovation — 8

1. San Diego California — preparing for rededication; certain to reopen in 2026
2. Salt Lake — open house begins April 5, 2027; certain to operate during 2027
3. Kona Hawaii — advanced exterior and grounds work; likely by 2027
4. Anchorage Alaska — remains open during renovation
5. Manhattan New York — exterior and interior renovation progressing; likely by 2027
6. Stockholm Sweden — exterior work progressing; likely by 2027
7. Orlando Florida — interior and grounds renovation progressing; likely by 2027
8. Provo Utah Rock Canyon — exterior enclosure and landscaping underway; likely by 2027 

D. Renovation announced but not yet begun

9. Apia Samoa — scheduled to close December 23, 2026. Because that leaves only about twelve months before January 2028, I regard reopening by the target date as possible but less likely than not. 

3. Announced temples with an officially identified site

The detailed tracker reports 53 temples with officially announced sites, in addition to the eight scheduled groundbreakings above. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CBONc_VrGv-SH2sMk2dNc7TN3DAnNPQy/view?usp=drive_link

1. São Paulo East Brazil — site announced; planning and approvals; official name not finalized
2. Mexico City Benemérito Mexico — site and rendering released
3. Barcelona Spain — site cleared; seeking government approvals
4. Vitória Brazil — former buildings demolished and site cleared
5. Oslo Norway — site and rendering released
6. Charlotte North Carolina — replacement site announced March 23, 2026
7. Bakersfield California — seeking height-related zoning modification; environmental study conducted
8. La Paz Bolivia — site and rendering released
9. Sunnyvale California — site and rendering released
10. Vienna Austria — site and rendering released; groundwater investigation performed
11. Harrisburg Pennsylvania — site and rendering released
12. Viña del Mar Chile — existing meetinghouse closed for demolition
13. Toluca Mexico — site and rendering released
14. Cuernavaca Mexico — site cleared; rendering released
15. Cusco Peru — site announced
16. Iquitos Peru — site announced
17. Jakarta Indonesia — site and rendering released
18. Osaka Japan — earthwork underway; rendering released
19. Savai’i Samoa — site and rendering released
20. Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo — site announced
21. West Jordan Utah — preliminary site-plan approval being sought
22. Lehi Utah — retaining walls, storm drains and excavation underway
23. Cincinnati Ohio — preliminary site preparation underway
24. Des Moines Iowa — seeking local approvals
25. Tacoma Washington — traffic-impact analysis published
26. Buenos Aires City Center Argentina — injunction overturned; preparing building-permit application
27. Florianópolis Brazil — fencing and ground preparation underway
28. Culiacán Mexico — site and rendering released
29. Tuguegarao City Philippines — site and rendering released
30. Retalhuleu Guatemala — site and rendering released
31. Eket Nigeria — site announced
32. Chihuahua Mexico — site and rendering released
33. Ulaanbaatar Mongolia — site and rendering released
34. Fort Bend Texas — access-road extension underway
35. Piura Peru — site and rendering released
36. Calabar Nigeria — site and rendering released
37. Yuma Arizona — site and rendering released
38. Beira Mozambique — site announced
39. Spanish Fork Utah — design well underway; soil and groundwater testing completed
40. Kahului Hawaii — site announced
41. Flagstaff Arizona — site announced
42. Puerto Montt Chile — site announced
43. Norfolk Virginia — site and rendering released
44. Santiago Philippines — site and rendering released
45. Iloilo Philippines — site and rendering released
46. Rapid City South Dakota — site and rendering released
47. Rosario Argentina — site announced
48. Caldwell Idaho — site announced
49. Greenville South Carolina — site and rendering released
50. Hamburg Germany — site announced
51. Goiânia Brazil — site announced
52. Medellín Colombia — site announced
53. Campo Grande Brazil — site announced 

Chances of operating by January 2028

I would place only a few of these in the plausible category:

• Lehi Utah — best prospect because excavation and infrastructure work are already underway.
• Osaka Japan
• Florianópolis Brazil
• Cincinnati Ohio
• Spanish Fork Utah
• Fort Bend Texas

Even these would need groundbreakings soon and comparatively rapid construction. I have included zero to two from this entire site-announced group in my central January 2028 estimate.

4. Announced temples without an officially located site

I count 44 in this category:

1. Russia
2. Shanghai People’s Republic of China
3. Dubai United Arab Emirates
4. Monrovia Liberia
5. Busan Korea
6. Chiclayo Peru
7. Pachuca Mexico
8. Tula Mexico
9. Laoag Philippines
10. Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Luanda Angola
12. Cape Coast Ghana
13. Huancayo Peru
14. Roanoke Virginia
15. Cancún Mexico
16. Brisbane Australia South
17. Edinburgh Scotland
18. Maracaibo Venezuela
19. Uturoa French Polynesia
20. Honolulu Hawaii
21. Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico
22. Santa Ana El Salvador
23. Santiago Dominican Republic
24. Dublin Ireland
25. Milan Italy
26. Abuja Nigeria
27. Kampala Uganda
28. Maputo Mozambique
29. Queen Creek Arizona
30. El Paso Texas
31. Milwaukee Wisconsin
32. Summit New Jersey
33. Price Utah
34. Reynosa Mexico
35. Chorrillos Peru
36. Rivera Uruguay
37. Porto Portugal
38. Uyo Nigeria
39. San Jose del Monte Philippines
40. Nouméa New Caledonia
41. Liverpool Australia
42. Portland Maine
43. Marysville Washington
44. Otavalo Ecuador 

I would expect none of these to be operating by January 1, 2028. Even if a site were announced during late 2026, the normal sequence of design, approvals, groundbreaking, construction, open house and dedication makes that target very unlikely.

Bottom line

My best single-number estimate is:

Approximately 265 operating temples on January 1, 2028.

The most conservative defensible figure is about 258; an unusually rapid construction and dedication schedule might produce 270–272. The largest uncertainty is not the temples already near completion—it is how many of the middle-stage construction projects, particularly in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, can be completed and dedicated during 2027.