All Public Holidays 2026

Discover 791 unique holidays celebrated across 246 countries worldwide.

791

Unique Holidays

2,426

Total Occurrences

246

Countries

Today's Holidays

New Year's Day (Day 2)

Day off for New Year

New Year's Day (Day 2)

New Year's Holiday

New Year Holiday

New Year's (Day 2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

New Year Holiday

Day After New Year's Day

New Year's (Day 2)

Heroes’ Day/Ancestors’ Day

January 2 Bank Holiday

New Year Holiday

New Year (Day 2)

New Year's Day Holiday

Day after New Year's Day

Day after New Year's Day

New Year Holiday

Day After New Year's Day

Saint Kitts and Nevis

New Year holiday

Day After New Year's Day

Second Day of Western New Year's Day

New Year holiday

New Year holiday

Tweede Nuwe Jaar

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New Year's Day (Day 2)

Day off for New Year

New Year's Day (Day 2)

New Year's Holiday

New Year Holiday

New Year's (Day 2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

New Year Holiday

Day After New Year's Day

Victory Day

New Year's (Day 2)

Heroes’ Day/Ancestors’ Day

January 2 Bank Holiday

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3 holidays

17 May Constitution Day (1814)

1848 Revolution Memorial Day

A

40 holidays

ANZAC Day Observed

Abolition of Slavery

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People

Administrative Professionals Day

Adwa Victory Day

African-American Scientist and Inventor Day

Al Isra' wal Miraj

Alevitic New Year

Amazigh New Year

Ambedkar Jayanti

American Citizenship Day

Anniversary of President Laurent Kabila’s Assassination

Anniversary of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba’s Assassination

Anniversary of Signing of the March 11, 1970 Agreement

Anniversary of Tartu Peace Treaty

Anniversary of the Arengo

Anniversary of the Coronation of the Sultan of Terengganu

Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto

Anniversary of the March Revolution

Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis

Anniversary of the foundation of Vatican City

Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

April Fool's Day

April People's Revolution Day

Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces' Day

Armenian Cinema Day

Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad

Auckland Anniversary Day

B

28 holidays

Baghdad Liberation Day

Bak Full Moon Poya Day

Bangabandhu Homecoming Day

Basant Panchami

Battle of New Orleans

Battle of Rivas

Bengali New Year

Benito Juárez's Birthday Memorial

Berber New Year

Betico Croes' Birthday

Birth Anniversary of the Immortal Barzani

Birth Date of Kim Il Sung

Birth date of Kim Jong Il

Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos

Birthday of Imam Ali and Father's Day

Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)

Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Besar

Birthday of the Sultan of Johor

Birthday of the Sultan of Terengganu

Boston Marathon

Brčko District Establishment Day

Burkina Faso Popular Uprising Day

C

59 holidays

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Carnival / Shrove Monday

Carnival / Shrove Tuesday

Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day

Carnival Friday

Carnival Holiday

Carnival Monday

Carnival Saturday

Carnival Sunday

Carnival Thursday

Carnival Tuesday

Carnival end (until 2pm)

Carnival/Shrove Tuesday

Casimir Pulaski Day

Castile and León Day

Catholic Easter Sunday

Chaitra Sankranti

Cheikh Al Maarouf Day

Cheng Ming Festival

Children's Day observed

Chinese Language Day

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Holiday

Chinese New Year's Day

Chinese Spring Festival

Choiseul Province Day

Chosun People's Army Foundation Day

Christmas Remembrance Day

Civil Rights Day

Coming of Age Day

Commemoration of Boganda

Commemoration of the Assasination of PM Rafic Hariri

Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre

Commonwealth Covenant Day

Commonwealth Day

Confederate Heroes' Day

Confederate Memorial Day

Constantin Brancusi Day

Constitution Day

Coptic Christmas

Coptic Christmas Day

Coptic Easter Sunday

Coptic Good Friday

Coptic Holy Saturday

Custom Chiefs' Day

Cyprus National Holiday

César Chávez Day

D

64 holidays

Daisy Gatson Bates Day

Day After Good Friday

Day After Laila tou-Kadr

Day After New Year's Day

Day Off for Vodoun Festival

Day after New Year's Day

Day in Commemoration of the Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz-Marín

Day of Andalucía

Day of Chemical Industry Workers

Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Afghanistan War

Day of Diplomatic Staff of Turkmenistan

Day of Fatherland Defenders

Day of King Amador

Day of Love and Friendship

Day of Peaceful Reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region

Day of Remembrance

Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime

Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl Tragedy

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide

Day of Transport and Communication Workers

Day of Uprising Against Occupation

Day of Victims of Nuclear Accidents

Day of Victims of Organized Famine of 1946-1947

Day of the Balearic Islands

Day of the Establishment of the National Protection in the Republic of Croatia

Day of the Holy Kings

Day of the International Recognition of the Republic of Croatia

Day of the Republika Srpska

Day of the Veterans

Day off for ANZAC Day

Day off for Day of King Amador

Day off for Easter Sunday

Day off for Easter Sunday (Orthodox)

Day off for Independence Day

Day off for Independence Day Holiday

Day off for Independence Movement Day

Day off for International Women's Day

Day off for International Women's Day (Women Only)

Day off for J. J. Roberts Birthday

Day off for Nauryz

Day off for Nauryz Holiday

Day off for Nevruz Day

Day off for New Year

Day off for Ramadan holiday

Day off for Revolution Day January 25

Day off for Summer Day

Day off for Thaipusam

Day off for Women's Day

Day off for Youth Day

Daylight Saving Time ends

Daylight Saving Time starts

Declaration of Independence

Defender of the Fatherland Day

Defenders of the Motherland Day

Divina Pastora Day

Dolls' Festival/Girls' Festival

Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day

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50 holidays

Earth God's Birthday

Easter Monday (Orthodox)

Easter Saturday

Easter Saturday (Orthodox)

Easter Sunday (Orthodox)

Easter Tuesday (Orthodox)

Eid El-Fitr Holiday

Eid al-Fitr Eve

Eid al-Fitr Holiday

Eid al-Fitr Holiday observed

Eid al-Fitr holiday

Eid al-Fitr observed

Eid el Fitr Holiday

Eid el Fitri Holiday

Eid ul-Fitr Holiday

Eid-e-Fetr (Additional Holiday)

Eid-e-Fetr (End of Ramadan)

Eid-ul-Fithr Holiday

Eid-ul-Fitr Holiday

Eight Hours Day

Elizabeth Peratrovich Day

Emancipation Day

Emancipation Day observed

Emperor's Birthday

Employee Appreciation Day

English Language Day

Epiphany (Orthodox)

Epiphany / Timkat

Errol Barrow Day

Estelle Reel Day

Ethiopian Christmas Day

Ethiopian Good Friday

F

36 holidays

Fall of the Defunct Dictatorial Regime and the Liberation of Iraq Day

Fast and Prayer Day

Father Damien Day

Father Lini Day

Feast of Candelaria

Feast of Saint Joseph

Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck

Feast of Saint Vartan

Feast of St Agatha

Feast of the Annunciation

Federal Territory Day

Federal Territory Day observed

First Day of Baptism

First Day of Black History Month

First Day of Irish American Heritage Month

First Day of Passover

First Day of Ramadan

First Day of Summer

First Day of Women's History Month

First Philippine Republic Day

First day of Passover

Franco-German Day

Freedom and Democracy Day

French Language Day

Friday the 13th

G

16 holidays

Genocide Against the Tutsi Memorial Day

Genocide Remembrance Day

George Price Day

George Rogers Clark Day

German Beer Day

Girls' Day / Boys' Day

Good Friday (Orthodox)

Greek Independence Day

Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day

H

18 holidays

Hari Raya Puasa

Hari Raya Puasa Day 2

Hazarat Ali's Birthday

Heroes’ Day/Ancestors’ Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holy Saturday (Orthodox)

Holy Saturday Holiday

Human Rights Day

Hung Kings Festival

I

54 holidays

Idaho Human Rights Day

Idul Fitri Holiday

Imam Mahdi's birthday

Independence Day

Independence Day / National Day

Independence Day Declaration Day

Independence Day Holiday

Independence Movement Day

Independence Restoration Day

Intellectual Property Day

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

International Customs Day

International Day for Monuments and Sites

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

International Day of Conscience

International Day of Education

International Day of Forests

International Day of Happiness

International Day of Human Fraternity

International Day of Human Space Flight

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Day of Nowruz

International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

International Day of Women Judges

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

International Delegate's Day

International Francophonie Day

International Girls in ICT Day

International Mother Language Day

International New Year's Day

International Programmers' Day

International Romani Day (for Romani community)

International Transgender Day of Visibility

International Woman's Day

International Women Day

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (Suspended)

International Women's Day (Suspended) observed

International Women's Day (Women Only)

International Women's Day in Pohnpei

International Women's Day observed

Investiture Ceremony of the Captains Regent 1

Islamic Republic Day

Isra and Mi'raj

Isra and Mi'raj observed

J

7 holidays

J. J. Roberts Birthday

James Ronald Webster Day

January 2 Bank Holiday

January 3 Bank Holiday

John Chilembwe Day

José Martí's Birthday Memorial

José de Diego’s Birthday

K

15 holidays

Khmer New Year Day (Day 1)

Khmer New Year Day (Day 2)

Khmer New Year Day (Day 3)

Kimbangu Memorial Day

King Harald V's Birthday

King's Birthday

King's Birthday Holiday

Kosrae Constitution Day

Kosrae Constitution Day observed

Kuan Yin's Birthday

L

33 holidays

Lailatul Isra Wal Mi Raj

Landing of the 33 orientals

Language Martyrs' Day

Lantern Festival

Lao New Year Holiday

Last Day of Passover

Last day of Passover

Lavity Stoutt's Birthday

Leilat al-Meiraj (The Prophet's Ascension)

Liberation Movement Day

Libyan Revolution Day

Lincoln's Birthday

Linus Pauling Day

Loktantra Diwas

Long Covid Awareness Day

Lunar New Year (First Day)

Lunar New Year (Second Day)

Lunar New Year (Third Day)

Lunar New Year Eve

Lunar New Year Holiday

Lunar New Year Holiday (Day 2)

Lunar New Year's Day

Lunar New Year's Eve

M

43 holidays

Maghe Sankranti

Maha Shivaratree

Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri

Majority Rule Day

Majority Rule Day observed

Makar Sankranti

March Bank Holiday

Margaret Thatcher Day

Martin Luther King Jr Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martisor (first day of spring)

Martyrdom of Imam Ali

Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq

Martyrs of Independence Day

Martyrs of Independence Day observed

Mashramani (Republic Day)

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday (Starting Noon)

Međimurje Unification Day

Micronesia Culture Day

Migration Workers Day

Mihai Eminescu Commemoration Day

Moshoeshoe's Birthday

Mother Language Day

Mother Tongue Day

Motherhood and Beauty Day

Mothering Sunday

Mothers' Day/International Women's Day

Mozambican Heroes Day

Mozambican Woman's Day

N

53 holidays

National Anthem and Flag Day

National Children's Day

National Close the Gap Day

National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence

National Flag Day

National Flag of Canada Day

National Foundation Day

National Freedom Day

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

National Heroes Day

National Heroes and Benefactors Day

National Heroes' Day

National Heroes' Day observed

National Holiday "Nooruz"

National Holiday "Nooruz" observed

National Library Workers' Day

National Sovereignty and Children's Day

National Sports Day

National Tartan Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

National Wear Red Day

Navruz Celebration

Nelson Anniversary Day

Nepali New Year

Neuchâtel Republic Day

New Year (Day 2)

New Year Holiday

New Year holiday

New Year's (Day 2)

New Year's Day (Day 2)

New Year's Day (Suspended)

New Year's Day Holiday

New Year's Day/Independence Day

New Year's Holiday

New Year’s Day

Northland Anniversary Day

Nova Scotia Heritage Day

Nowruz Bayram (Spring Festival)

Nowruz/Spring Holiday

Nuzul Al-Qur'an

Nuzul Al-Qur'an observed

Näfels Procession

O

24 holidays

Oil Expropriation Day

Oil Nationalization Day

Orthodox Christmas

Orthodox Christmas Day

Orthodox Christmas Day Holiday

Orthodox Christmas Day holiday

Orthodox Christmas Eve

Orthodox Easter

Orthodox Easter Day

Orthodox Easter Day (Suspended)

Orthodox Easter Monday

Orthodox Easter Sunday

Orthodox Epiphany

Orthodox Good Friday

Orthodox Holy Saturday

Orthodox New Year

Otago Anniversary Day

Our Lady of Altagracia

Our Lady of Suyapa

P

36 holidays

Pascua Florida Day

Passover (Day 1)

Passover (Day 2)

Passover (Day 3)

Passover (Day 4)

Passover (Day 5)

Passover (Day 6)

Passover (Day 7)

Passover (first day)

Peace Agreement Day

Peace Memorial Day

Peace Memorial Day observed

People Power Anniversary

People's Sovereignty Day

Plurinational State Foundation Day

Prajatantra Diwas

President Ntaryamira Day

President's Day

Presidents' Day

Presidents‘ Day

Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day

Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Birthday

Prithvi Jayanti

Prophet's Ascension

Q

2 holidays

Qing Ming Jie holiday

R

35 holidays

Ramadan Feast Eve

Ramadan Feast Holiday

Ramadan holiday

Ramdan Bayram Holiday

Ramjan Edul Fikra

Read Across America Day

Rebellion Anniversary

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism

Remembrance Day observed

Remembrance and Freedom Day

Remembrance and Gratitude Day

Remembrance of Archbishop Janani Luwum

Republic Day/New Year's Day

Restoration of the Czech Independence Day

Revolution Day January 25

Robert E. Lee's Birthday

Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day

Ronald Reagan Day

Royal Hobart Regatta

S

69 holidays

Saami National Day

Saint Dévote's Day

Saint Joseph's Day

San Jacinto Day

Second Day of Chinese New Year

Second Day of Lunar New Year

Second Day of Passover

Second Day of Western New Year's Day

Secretaries' Day

Self Determination Day

Self-Injury Awareness Day

Seollal Holiday

Seventh Day of Passover

Shakespeare Day

Shivaji Jayanti

Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras

Shushan Purim (Jerusalem)

Sinai Liberation Day

Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Day

Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve

Sixth Day of Passover

Sonam Losar (Tamang New Year)

Songkran Holiday

Southern Africa Liberation Day

Southland Anniversary Day

Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day

Spirituality Day/St Sava's Day

Spring Festival

Spring Festival Eve

Spring Festival Golden Week holiday

St George's Day

St George's Feast

St Joseph's Day

St Patrick's Day

St. Brigid’s Day

St. David's Day

St. George's Day

St. Joseph's Day

St. Patrick's Day

St. Valentine's Day

Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia

Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia (Day 2)

Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia observed

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

Stephen Lawrence Day

Struggle for Human Rights Day

Susan B. Anthony Day

Susan B. Anthony's Birthday

Synaxis of St. John the Baptist

T

35 holidays

Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Tamil Thai Pongal Day

Taranaki Anniversary Day

Texas Independence Day

Thaipoosam Cavadee

The Day of Valor

The Feast of St Mark (Venice)

The Three Holy Hierarchs

The Three Wise Men Day

Third Day of Chinese New Year

Third Day of Lunar New Year

Thomas Jefferson's Birthday

Three Kings Day

Tomb Sweeping Day

Tomb Sweeping Day Holiday

Total Defense Day

Town Meeting Day

Tsagaan Sar Holiday

Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)

Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat

Turkmen Racing Horse Festival

Tweede Nuwe Jaar

U

8 holidays

Unfairly Prosecuted Persons Day

Unification Day

Union Day of Belarus and Russia

United Nations' Mine Awareness Day

United Nations' World Health Day

V

13 holidays

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day

Vasant Panchami

Victims of the Armed Conflict

Victory over Genocide Day

Vietnam Veteran Recognition Day

Vietnam Veterans Day

Vietnamese New Year

Vietnamese New Year's Eve

Vodoun Festival

W

38 holidays

Washington‘s Day

Wellington Anniversary Day

Western Easter Monday

Western Easter Saturday

Western Easter Sunday

Western Good Friday

Western New Year's Day

Winter Midterm Bank Holiday

Women's Rights Day

World Autism Awareness Day

World Book and Copyright Day

World Braille Day

World Cancer Day

World Chagas Disease Day

World Creativity and Innovation Day

World Day of Social Justice

World Day of the Sick

World Down Syndrome Day

World Health Day

World Intellectual Property Day

World Kidney Day

World Leprosy Day

World Malaria Day

World Meteorological Day

World Poetry Day

World Pulses Day

World Radio Day

World Religion Day

World Spanish Language Day

World Tuberculosis Day

World Water Day

World Wetlands Day

World Wildlife Day

Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day

Y

9 holidays

Yap Day observed

Yazidi New Year

Yukon Heritage Day

Z

3 holidays

Zanzibar Revolution Day

Zero Discrimination Day

Zhonghe Festival

Most Celebrated Holidays

ANZAC Day

Celebrated in 4 countries

17 May Constitution Day (1814)

Celebrated in 1 countries

1848 Revolution Memorial Day

Celebrated in 1 countries

2nd January

Celebrated in 1 countries

ANZAC Day Observed

Celebrated in 1 countries

Abolition Day

Celebrated in 1 countries

Abolition of Slavery

Celebrated in 1 countries

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People

Celebrated in 1 countries

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public holidays are there worldwide in 2026?▼

There are 2,426 public holiday occurrences across 246 countries in 2026. When grouped by holiday name, there are 791 unique holidays, with many celebrated in multiple countries.

What are the most common public holidays worldwide?▼

The most widely celebrated holidays include New Year's Day (observed in almost every country), Christmas Day (observed in most Christian-majority countries), Labor Day / May Day (celebrated on May 1 in many countries), and Independence Day (various dates depending on country).

Do public holidays fall on the same date every year?▼

Some holidays have fixed dates (like Christmas on December 25), while others are moveable based on lunar calendars (like Easter, Eid) or follow rules like "the third Monday of January" (like Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US).

What is the difference between public holidays and bank holidays?▼

Public holidays (also called national holidays) are days recognized by a country's government when most businesses and schools are closed. Bank holidays is a term primarily used in the UK and Ireland, referring to days when banks are closed, which often overlap with public holidays.