{"country":"Macau","code":"mo","years":[2026,2027],"weekend_days":["Sunday","Saturday"],"scope":"National public holidays only; regional holidays are not included.","page":"https://timebento.com/public-holidays/mo.html","open_in_app":"https://timebento.com/mo","holidays":[{"date":"2026-01-01","name":"New Year's Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Civic and cultural","about":"The first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian calendar, 1 January. Cultures and religions that follow a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their New Year at other points of the year. Japan celebrates New Year on 1 January, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, instead of with the Chinese calendar that was in use until 1873.","at_work":"Fine to mention, and a natural moment to wish colleagues well.","what_to_say":"Happy New Year! Wishing you a great year ahead.","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-02-17","name":"Chinese New Year's Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural and traditional","about":"The start of the year in the traditional lunisolar calendar, also called the Spring Festival, celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Customs include red envelopes, firecrackers, lion and dragon dances and red lanterns. Korea celebrates its own lunar New Year as Seollal and Vietnam as Tết.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture, so plan deadlines and shipments around it.","what_to_say":"Happy New Year! 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Wishing you health and prosperity. \"Xīnnián kuàilè\" (Mandarin) and \"Gong hei fat choy\" (Cantonese) are common greetings.","usual":{"days":"3 days to about a week","note":"The length of the official break differs between China, Korea, Vietnam and other places that celebrate it."}},{"date":"2026-02-19","name":"The third day of Chinese New Year","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural and traditional","about":"The start of the year in the traditional lunisolar calendar, also called the Spring Festival, celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Customs include red envelopes, firecrackers, lion and dragon dances and red lanterns. Korea celebrates its own lunar New Year as Seollal and Vietnam as Tết.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture, so plan deadlines and shipments around it.","what_to_say":"Happy New Year! Wishing you health and prosperity. \"Xīnnián kuàilè\" (Mandarin) and \"Gong hei fat choy\" (Cantonese) are common greetings.","usual":{"days":"3 days to about a week","note":"The length of the official break differs between China, Korea, Vietnam and other places that celebrate it."}},{"date":"2026-04-05","name":"Tomb-Sweeping Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural and traditional (Chinese)","about":"The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrating spring. Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings of food and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper, as a reverence of their ancestors. It is observed by ethnic Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other countries.","at_work":"Fine to mention. It falls in early April.","what_to_say":"Wishing you a peaceful Qingming.","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-05-01","name":"Labor Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Civic","about":"International Workers' Day, on 1 May, honours workers and the labour movement. The date was chosen to commemorate the 1886 general strike in the United States that culminated in the Haymarket affair, and the day was adopted in support of a \"great international demonstration\" for the eight-hour day.","at_work":"Fine to mention the day off. In some countries it has a political side, so keep it about the break.","what_to_say":"Enjoy the day off!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-09-26","name":"The Day following Mid-Autumn Festival","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural, traditional","about":"The 16th day of the 8th lunar month, the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a public holiday in Macau.","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-10-01","name":"National Day of the People's Republic of China","day_off":true,"kind":"National","about":"1 October is National Day, which commemorates the founding of the People's Republic of China. 2 October, the day following, is also a public holiday in Macau.","at_work":"Fine to mention. A day off, usually with a two-day break.","what_to_say":"Enjoy the break!","usual":{"days":"2 days"}},{"date":"2026-10-18","name":"Double Ninth Festival","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural and traditional (Chinese)","about":"Chung Yeung Festival, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, is a traditional Chinese holiday that honours the elderly and the dead. Many people climb a mountain, and some visit the graves of their ancestors. In Hong Kong and Macau whole families go to clean the graves and lay out food offerings.","at_work":"Fine to mention. A public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau.","what_to_say":"Happy Chung Yeung Festival!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-12-20","name":"Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day","day_off":true,"kind":"National, civic","about":"20 December is Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day.","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Establishment Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2027-01-01","name":"New Year's Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Civic and cultural","about":"The first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian calendar, 1 January. Cultures and religions that follow a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their New Year at other points of the year. Japan celebrates New Year on 1 January, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, instead of with the Chinese calendar that was in use until 1873.","at_work":"Fine to mention, and a natural moment to wish colleagues well.","what_to_say":"Happy New Year! 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Wishing you health and prosperity. \"Xīnnián kuàilè\" (Mandarin) and \"Gong hei fat choy\" (Cantonese) are common greetings.","usual":{"days":"3 days to about a week","note":"The length of the official break differs between China, Korea, Vietnam and other places that celebrate it."}},{"date":"2027-04-05","name":"Tomb-Sweeping Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Cultural and traditional (Chinese)","about":"The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrating spring. Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings of food and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper, as a reverence of their ancestors. It is observed by ethnic Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other countries.","at_work":"Fine to mention. 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