Holiday calendar

Public holidays around the world: January 2026

29 days in January 2026 have a national public holiday somewhere, across 233 countries and territories.

February 2026 →

DateISO weekHolidayWhere
Thursday 1 January 20262026-W01New Year's DayÅland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, St Barthélemy, St Lucia, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Minor Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Carnival DaySt Kitts & Nevis
Day of the Establishment of the Slovak RepublicSlovakia
Founding Day of the Republic of ChinaTaiwan
Independence DaySudan
Independent Czech State Restoration DayCzechia
International Fraternalism DayMozambique
International New Year DayCambodia
Liberation DayCuba
National Independence DayHaiti
New Year HolidaysRussia
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of GodVatican City
Universal Fraternization DayBrazil
Friday 2 January 20262026-W01New Year's DayAlbania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
Day after New Year's DayCook Islands, Mauritius, New Zealand, Rwanda
Day off (substituted)China, Hungary, Latvia
New Year HolidaysKyrgyzstan, Russia
Additional day off by Presidential decreeUzbekistan
Ancestry DayHaiti
Bridge Public HolidayThailand
Carnival Day - Last LapSt Kitts & Nevis
Day off for New Year's DayAngola
New Year HolidaySeychelles
New Year's Day HolidayBotswana
New Year's HolidaySt Lucia
Non-working dayBulgaria
Takai Commission HolidayNiue
The Day After New Year's DaySamoa
Victory DayCuba
Winter SolsticeBhutan
Saturday 3 January 20262026-W01New Year HolidaysKyrgyzstan, Russia
Birthday of Imam AliIran
Duruthu Full Moon Poya DaySri Lanka
Martyrs' DayDR Congo
Revolution DayBurkina Faso
Sunday 4 January 20262026-W01New Year HolidaysKyrgyzstan, Russia
Day of King AmadorSão Tomé & Príncipe
Independence DayMyanmar
Martyrs' DayDR Congo
Monday 5 January 20262026-W02New Year HolidaysKyrgyzstan, Russia
Day of King AmadorSão Tomé & Príncipe
EpiphanyDominican Republic
Tuesday 6 January 20262026-W02EpiphanyÅland Islands, Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Vatican City
New Year HolidaysKyrgyzstan, Russia
Armenian Orthodox Christmas DayLebanon
Army DayIraq
Christmas and EpiphanyArmenia
Epiphany (Three Kings' Day and Orthodox Christmas)Slovakia
Three Kings DayUS Virgin Islands
Wednesday 7 January 20262026-W02Christmas DayEthiopia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, Russia
Orthodox Christmas DayBelarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Palestine, Serbia
Coptic Christmas DayEgypt, Sudan
Orthodox ChristmasEritrea, Kazakhstan
Christmas Day (by old style)Moldova
Constitution DayGhana
Day of Victory over the Genocidal RegimeCambodia
Saint John the BaptistRomania
Thursday 8 January 20262026-W02Christmas Day (by old style)Moldova
New Year HolidaysRussia
Vodoun FestivalBenin
Friday 9 January 20262026-W02Day off (substituted)Russia
Martyrs' DayPanama
Peace Agreement DaySouth Sudan
Public HolidayGhana
Vodoun FestivalBenin
Saturday 10 January 20262026-W02Majority Rule DayBahamas
National Children's DayThailand
Sunday 11 January 20262026-W02Prithvi JayantiNepal
Proclamation of Independence DayMorocco
Sultan's Accession DayOman
Monday 12 January 20262026-W03Amazigh New YearAlgeria
Coming of Age DayJapan
EpiphanyColombia
Majority Rule DayBahamas
Zanzibar Revolution DayTanzania
Tuesday 13 January 20262026-W03Democracy and Freedom DayCape Verde
Wednesday 14 January 20262026-W03Amazigh New YearMorocco
Revolution and Youth DayTunisia
Thursday 15 January 20262026-W03General ElectionsUganda
George Price DayBelize
John Chilembwe DayMalawi
Maghe SankrantiNepal
Tamil Thai Pongal DaySri Lanka
Friday 16 January 20262026-W03Isra' and Mi'rajComoros, Djibouti, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Somalia
General ElectionsUganda
National Hero Laurent Désiré Kabila DayDR Congo
Saturday 17 January 20262026-W03Isra' and Mi'rajBrunei, Iran
National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba DayDR Congo
Possession DaySouth Georgia
Monday 19 January 20262026-W04Martin Luther King Jr. DayAmerican Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States, US Minor Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands
EpiphanyEritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia
Possession DaySouth Georgia
Sonam LhochharNepal
Traditional Day of OfferingBhutan
Tuesday 20 January 20262026-W04Armed Forces DayMali
Martyrs' DayAzerbaijan
National Heroes DayCape Verde
National Heroes' DayGuinea-Bissau
Wednesday 21 January 20262026-W04Errol Barrow DayBarbados
Lady of AltagraciaDominican Republic
Thursday 22 January 20262026-W04Plurinational State Foundation DayBolivia
Friday 23 January 20262026-W04Bounty DayPitcairn
Day of the Beginning of the Armed StruggleGuinea-Bissau
Saturday 24 January 20262026-W04Unification of the Romanian Principalities DayRomania
Sunday 25 January 20262026-W04Betico DayAruba
Monday 26 January 20262026-W05Australia DayAustralia, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island
Juan Pablo Duarte DayDominican Republic
National Heroes DayCayman Islands
NRM Liberation DayUganda
Republic DayIndia
Tuesday 27 January 20262026-W05Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Defenders of the FatherlandArmenia
Saint Devote's DayMonaco
Wednesday 28 January 20262026-W05Army DayArmenia
Thursday 29 January 20262026-W05January 25th Revolution and National Police DayEgypt
Martyr's DayNepal
Saturday 31 January 20262026-W05Independence DayNauru

February 2026 →

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