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Public holidays by country (2026)

National public holiday calendars for 2026 across 100 countries. Pick a destination to see every holiday with dates and days of the week — handy for planning travel, remote work and visa runs.

How holidays work, by region

What a public holiday actually means in each part of the world, and which closures follow from it.

Southeast AsiaEuropeAmericasAsia & PacificAfrica & Middle EastWhat actually closesWhy dates move

Work out a time difference

Gaps and shared working hours for 330 city pairings, quoted on two dates so daylight saving is visible rather than hidden.

Time difference between citiesAsia ↔ EuropeAsia ↔ AmericasEurope ↔ AmericasAustralia & New ZealandMiddle EastUKBest meeting times
🇦🇱 Albania🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇲 Armenia🇦🇺 Australia🇦🇹 Austria🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇧 Barbados🇧🇪 Belgium🇧🇿 Belize🇧🇴 Bolivia🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇰🇭 Cambodia🇨🇦 Canada🇨🇻 Cape Verde🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia🇨🇼 Curaçao🇨🇾 Cyprus🇨🇿 Czechia🇩🇰 Denmark🇩🇴 Dominican Republic🇪🇨 Ecuador🇪🇬 Egypt🇸🇻 El Salvador🇪🇪 Estonia🇫🇯 Fiji🇫🇮 Finland🇫🇷 France🇬🇪 Georgia🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇭 Ghana🇬🇷 Greece🇬🇹 Guatemala🇭🇰 Hong Kong🇭🇺 Hungary🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇳 India🇮🇩 Indonesia🇮🇪 Ireland🇮🇱 Israel🇮🇹 Italy🇯🇲 Jamaica🇯🇵 Japan🇯🇴 Jordan🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇰🇪 Kenya🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan🇱🇦 Laos🇱🇻 Latvia🇱🇹 Lithuania🇲🇾 Malaysia🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇺 Mauritius🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇪 Montenegro🇲🇦 Morocco🇳🇦 Namibia🇳🇵 Nepal🇳🇱 Netherlands🇳🇿 New Zealand🇳🇮 Nicaragua🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway🇴🇲 Oman🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇾 Paraguay🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇭 Philippines🇵🇱 Poland🇵🇹 Portugal🇶🇦 Qatar🇷🇴 Romania🇷🇼 Rwanda🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇷🇸 Serbia🇸🇨 Seychelles🇸🇬 Singapore🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇮 Slovenia🇿🇦 South Africa🇰🇷 South Korea🇪🇸 Spain🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇸🇪 Sweden🇨🇭 Switzerland🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇹🇭 Thailand🇹🇳 Tunisia🇹🇷 Turkey🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇺🇾 Uruguay🇺🇿 Uzbekistan🇻🇳 Vietnam

How many public holidays each country has in 2026

Across the 100 countries on this page there are 1,345 nationwide public holidays in 2026. The median country has 13 and the range runs from 4 to 32. Nepal has the most at 32; Switzerland has the fewest at 4.

A day is counted here when it is a public holiday across the whole country. Regional and state holidays are excluded, which is the only way to make a hundred countries comparable — but it means a federal country's number is lower than what a resident of any one region gets. Dates are computed from each country's own holiday law by the python-holidays library rather than scraped from a list, so holidays set by the Islamic, Chinese, Hebrew, Buddhist and Hindu calendars are included: 448 of them fall on a different day in 2027. The full method is on methodology.

Nationwide public holidays in 2026, ranked, for all 100 countries this site covers. “On a weekday” counts those falling Monday to Friday. “Holidays that move” counts named holidays landing on a different date in 2027 because a non-Gregorian calendar sets them; a festival running several days counts once. Sri Lanka is shown as a dash because its 2027 dates are gazetted a year at a time and are not published yet.
#Country2026 holidaysOn a weekdayHolidays that move
1🇳🇵 Nepal322316
2🇱🇰 Sri Lanka2516—
3🇹🇭 Thailand23206
4🇰🇷 South Korea22169
5🇰🇭 Cambodia21183
6🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan21142
7🇵🇭 Philippines20187
8🇦🇷 Argentina19187
9🇦🇿 Azerbaijan19143
10🇨🇴 Colombia191913
11🇬🇪 Georgia18134
12🇮🇳 India181512
13🇯🇵 Japan18176
14🇮🇩 Indonesia171312
15🇱🇻 Latvia17135
16🇲🇦 Morocco17154
17🇵🇪 Peru17133
18🇹🇿 Tanzania17125
19🇨🇱 Chile16104
20🇪🇬 Egypt161410
21🇬🇭 Ghana16146
22🇭🇺 Hungary16115
23🇱🇹 Lithuania16104
24🇷🇴 Romania16113
25🇹🇼 Taiwan16104
26🇹🇳 Tunisia16136
27🇦🇱 Albania1574
28🇧🇬 Bulgaria15103
29🇨🇾 Cyprus15125
30🇫🇮 Finland1598
31🇭🇰 Hong Kong15107
32🇲🇺 Mauritius15107
33🇴🇲 Oman15115
34🇷🇼 Rwanda15115
35🇸🇮 Slovenia1573
36🇧🇿 Belize14117
37🇭🇷 Croatia1493
38🇮🇸 Iceland14119
39🇯🇴 Jordan14128
40🇰🇿 Kazakhstan1491
41🇲🇾 Malaysia14119
42🇲🇹 Malta14111
43🇵🇾 Paraguay14114
44🇵🇱 Poland1484
45🇹🇷 Turkey14102
46🇺🇿 Uzbekistan14112
47🇦🇲 Armenia13100
48🇦🇹 Austria13104
49🇨🇿 Czechia13112
50🇮🇹 Italy1372
51🇳🇦 Namibia13113
52🇵🇹 Portugal1393
53🇸🇨 Seychelles13104
54🇸🇪 Sweden1377
55🇧🇧 Barbados12104
56🇧🇪 Belgium1285
57🇧🇴 Bolivia12103
58🇨🇻 Cape Verde1283
59🇨🇼 Curaçao1295
60🇩🇴 Dominican Republic12116
61🇪🇪 Estonia1293
62🇫🇯 Fiji1287
63🇬🇷 Greece12104
64🇳🇴 Norway1286
65🇵🇦 Panama12102
66🇷🇸 Serbia1283
67🇿🇦 South Africa1292
68🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates12107
69🇧🇸 Bahamas1196
70🇪🇨 Ecuador11102
71🇸🇻 El Salvador1193
72🇫🇷 France1193
73🇬🇹 Guatemala1184
74🇰🇪 Kenya1183
75🇳🇿 New Zealand1195
76🇲🇰 North Macedonia1182
77🇸🇬 Singapore1176
78🇸🇰 Slovakia1172
79🇺🇸 United States11106
80🇻🇳 Vietnam11107
81🇧🇷 Brazil1091
82🇩🇰 Denmark1077
83🇮🇪 Ireland1096
84🇯🇲 Jamaica1074
85🇳🇱 Netherlands1076
86🇳🇮 Nicaragua1082
87🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia1073
88🇨🇷 Costa Rica962
89🇩🇪 Germany974
90🇮🇱 Israel958
91🇲🇪 Montenegro980
92🇱🇦 Laos870
93🇶🇦 Qatar863
94🇪🇸 Spain871
95🇦🇺 Australia752
96🇲🇽 Mexico773
97🇬🇧 United Kingdom653
98🇨🇦 Canada552
99🇺🇾 Uruguay540
100🇨🇭 Switzerland431

Common questions

Which country has the most public holidays in 2026?

Nepal, with 32 nationwide public holidays in 2026. Sri Lanka, Thailand and South Korea follow. The median across the 100 countries we track is 13. These are days observed across the whole country; regional and state holidays are not counted.

How many public holidays does a country have on average?

The median country has 13 nationwide public holidays in 2026 and the mean is 13.4. The range runs from 4 to 32 across the 100 countries we track, and there are 1,345 in total.

Why do some countries show so few public holidays here?

Because a day is only counted when it applies across the whole country. Switzerland shows 4 and Canada shows 5 for that reason: their other holidays are set by cantons, provinces or states, so no single national list contains them. A resident of any one region gets more than the number shown. The count is also not an entitlement — whether a public holiday is a paid day off is set by employment law and by your contract.