Holiday calendar

Public holidays around the world: May 2026

30 days in May 2026 have a national public holiday somewhere, across 231 countries and territories.

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DateISO weekHolidayWhere
Friday 1 May 20262026-W18Labor DayAlgeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, St Barthélemy, St Lucia, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, Suriname, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Syria, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, Wallis & Futuna, Yemen
International Labor DayBosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Laos, Niger, Vietnam
International Workers' DayAlbania, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Lithuania, Mozambique, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
Labour DayBelize, Botswana, Cameroon, Comoros, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia
May DayÅland Islands, Bangladesh, Barbados, Estonia, Finland, Gibraltar, Myanmar, Sweden
Workers' DayLesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Paraguay, San Marino, South Africa, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
Worker's DayBrazil, Cape Verde, Eswatini, Guinea-Bissau, Malta, São Tomé & Príncipe
International Worker's DayAngola, Maldives, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Venezuela
Great Prayer DayFaroe Islands, Greenland
Agriculture and Labor DayHaiti
Buddha JayantiNepal
Buddha PurnimaIndia
Constitution DayMarshall Islands
Constitutional Assembly Convocation DayLatvia
Holiday of Spring and LaborRussia
International Labour DaySouth Sudan
International Workers' Solidarity DayMoldova
Kazakhstan's People Solidarity HolidayKazakhstan
Labor and Solidarity DayTurkey
Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity DayBulgaria
National DayPoland
National Labor DayThailand
National Workers' DaySt Vincent & Grenadines
Saint Joseph the Worker's DayVatican City
Saturday 2 May 20262026-W18Labor DayChina, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk GyalpoBhutan
Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya DaySri Lanka
International Labor DayBosnia & Herzegovina
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Sunday 3 May 20262026-W18Constitution DayJapan
Labor DayYemen
Martyrs' DayLebanon
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Mother's DayLithuania
National Day of the Third of MayPoland
Monday 4 May 20262026-W19Labor DayChina, Dominican Republic, Montserrat
Labour DayAntigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts & Nevis
May DayIsle of Man, United Kingdom
Cassinga DayNamibia
Coronation DayThailand
Early May Bank HolidayJersey
Emancipation DayCayman Islands
Greenery DayJapan
May Bank HolidayIreland
May Day Bank HolidayGuernsey
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Restoration of Independence DayLatvia
Tuesday 5 May 20262026-W19Children's DayJapan, South Korea
Arrival DayGuyana
Constitution DayKyrgyzstan
Day off (substituted)China
Ethiopian Patriots' Victory DayEthiopia
Royal Ploughing CeremonyCambodia
Senior Citizens DayPalau
Wednesday 6 May 20262026-W19Martyrs' DaySyria
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian ArmyBulgaria
Substitute HolidayJapan
Thursday 7 May 20262026-W19Defender of the Fatherland DayKazakhstan
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Friday 8 May 20262026-W19Victory DayCzechia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, St Barthélemy, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna
Anniversary of the Election of the Holy FatherVatican City
May HolidaysKyrgyzstan
Saturday 9 May 20262026-W19Victory DayBelarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan
Europe DayLuxembourg, Moldova
Liberation DayGuernsey, Jersey
Day of Memory and HonorUzbekistan
Day of Victory over FascismGeorgia
Victory and Peace DayArmenia
Victory over Fascism DayAzerbaijan
Sunday 10 May 20262026-W19Mother's DayEl Salvador, Latvia
Creation of the Polisario FrontWestern Sahara
Federated States of Micronesia DayMicronesia
Resistance and Liberation DayLebanon
Monday 11 May 20262026-W20Victory DayKazakhstan, Russia
Day of Memory and HonorUzbekistan
Federated States of Micronesia DayMicronesia
Girmit DayFiji
Gospel DayTuvalu
Mother's DaySamoa
Victory over Fascism DayAzerbaijan
Tuesday 12 May 20262026-W20Saint Andrew's DayGeorgia
Thursday 14 May 20262026-W20Ascension DayÅland Islands, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Denmark, Eswatini, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Germany, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Indonesia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Réunion, Senegal, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Wallis & Futuna
HM King Norodom Sihamoni's BirthdayCambodia
Kamuzu DayMalawi
National HolidayParaguay
National Unification and Integration DayLiberia
Friday 15 May 20262026-W20Family DayVenezuela
National Independence DayParaguay
Public HolidayBotswana
Saturday 16 May 20262026-W20Revolution and Armed Forces DayDR Congo
SPLA DaySouth Sudan
Sunday 17 May 20262026-W20Constitution DayNauru, Norway, Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Day of Family Sanctity and Respect for ParentsGeorgia
Revolution and Armed Forces DayDR Congo
Monday 18 May 20262026-W21Ascension DayColombia
Constitution and State Flag DayTurkmenistan
Constitution DayNauru
Discovery DayCayman Islands
Flag Day and University DayHaiti
Tuesday 19 May 20262026-W21Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports DayTurkey
Wednesday 20 May 20262026-W21Commencement of the Armed StruggleWestern Sahara
National DayCameroon
Restoration of Independence DayTimor-Leste
Shackleton DaySouth Georgia
Thursday 21 May 20262026-W21Independence DayMontenegro
National Spiritual Baptist DaySt Vincent & Grenadines
Navy DayChile
Friday 22 May 20262026-W21Abolition of SlaveryMartinique
Bermuda DayBermuda
Independence DayMontenegro
ShavuotIsrael
Unity DayYemen
Saturday 23 May 20262026-W21National Labour DayJamaica
Sunday 24 May 20262026-W21PentecostÅland Islands, Belgium, Caribbean Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gabon, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sint Maarten, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden
Buddha's BirthdaySouth Korea
Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and CultureBulgaria
Independence DayEritrea
Saints Cyril and Methodius DayNorth Macedonia
Solemnity of PentecostVatican City
The Battle of PichinchaEcuador
The Buddha's BirthdayHong Kong
Unity DayYemen
Monday 25 May 20262026-W22Pentecost MondayAndorra, Anguilla, Austria, Belgium, Benin, British Virgin Islands, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Germany, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Réunion, Senegal, St Barthélemy, St Lucia, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & Grenadines, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Togo, Wallis & Futuna
Memorial DayAmerican Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States, US Minor Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands
Whit MondayAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Solomon Islands, St Kitts & Nevis
Africa DayGuinea, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zimbabwe
Spring Bank HolidayGibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom
Africa Freedom DayZambia
Africa Liberation DayGambia
Africa/Heroes DayLesotho
African Liberation DayEquatorial Guinea
Alternative holiday for Buddha's BirthdaySouth Korea
Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and CultureBulgaria
Independence DayJordan
JAGS McCartney DayTurks & Caicos
May Revolution DayArgentina
National Labour DayJamaica
Saints Cyril and Methodius DayNorth Macedonia
The Battle of PichinchaEcuador
The Buddha's BirthdayHong Kong
Tuesday 26 May 20262026-W22Day of ArafahAfghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
Eid al-AdhaOman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen
Independence DayGeorgia, Guyana
Wednesday 27 May 20262026-W22Eid al-AdhaAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen
Abolition of SlaveryGuadeloupe
Eid al-Adha HolidaySaudi Arabia
Eid-ul-AdhaGhana
Thursday 28 May 20262026-W22Eid al-AdhaAfghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Egypt, Gambia, Guyana, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Yemen
Eid al-Adha HolidayDjibouti, Jordan, Kuwait, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
Day after Eid al-AdhaGuinea, Niger
Abolition of SlaverySt Martin
Additional day off by Presidential decreeUzbekistan
Genocide Remembrance DayNamibia
Republic DayArmenia
Friday 29 May 20262026-W22Eid al-AdhaAfghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
Eid al-Adha HolidayJordan, Kuwait, Maldives, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
Additional day off by Presidential decreeUzbekistan
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna DayFiji
Republic DayNepal
Saturday 30 May 20262026-W22Eid al-AdhaBangladesh, Palestine, Sudan, Turkey, Yemen
Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya DaySri Lanka
Anguilla DayAnguilla
Eid al-Adha HolidayMaldives
Indian Arrival DayTrinidad & Tobago
Mother's DayNicaragua
Statehood DayCroatia
Sunday 31 May 20262026-W22Vesak DayIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Armed Forces DayBrunei
Eid al-AdhaYemen
Eid al-Adha HolidaySaudi Arabia
Lord Buddha's ParinirvanaBhutan
Mother's DayMadagascar
PentecostRomania
Solemnity of Holy TrinityVatican City
The Buddha's BirthdayMongolia
Visakha BuchaThailand

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