Holiday calendar

Public holidays around the world: August 2026

28 days in August 2026 have a national public holiday somewhere, across 160 countries and territories.

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DateISO weekHolidayWhere
Saturday 1 August 20262026-W31Emancipation DayBarbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Turks & Caicos
National DayBenin, Switzerland
African Emancipation DayTrinidad & Tobago
Congolese Genocide Memorial DayDR Congo
Grand Magal of ToubaSenegal
Sunday 2 August 20262026-W31Congolese Genocide Memorial DayDR Congo
Republic DayNorth Macedonia
Monday 3 August 20262026-W32Emancipation DayBahamas, Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, Turks & Caicos
Anniversary of the Proclamation of IndependenceNiger
Armed Forces DayEquatorial Guinea
August Bank HolidayIreland
August MondayAnguilla
Carnival MondayAntigua & Barbuda
Commerce DayIceland
Emancipation MondayBritish Virgin Islands
Farmers' DayZambia
Kadooment DayBarbados
National Youth DayTuvalu
Pidjiguiti DayGuinea-Bissau
Republic DayNorth Macedonia
Tuesday 4 August 20262026-W32ArbaeenIran
Carnival TuesdayAntigua & Barbuda
Constitution DayCook Islands
Culturama Day - Last LapSt Kitts & Nevis
Emancipation TuesdayBritish Virgin Islands
Wednesday 5 August 20262026-W32Emancipation WednesdayBritish Virgin Islands
Independence DayBurkina Faso
July Mass Uprising DayBangladesh
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans DayCroatia
Youth DayKiribati
Thursday 6 August 20262026-W32Independence DayBolivia, Jamaica
August ThursdayAnguilla
Battle of Junín DayPeru
Celebrations of San SalvadorEl Salvador
Friday 7 August 20262026-W32Battle of BoyacáColombia
Constitution DayAnguilla
Independence DayCôte d'Ivoire
Umuganura DayRwanda
Saturday 8 August 20262026-W32Peasants' DayTanzania
Sunday 9 August 20262026-W32Indigenous People DaySuriname
National DaySingapore
National Women's DaySouth Africa
Monday 10 August 20262026-W33Carnival MondayGrenada
Declaration of Independence of QuitoEcuador
Father's DaySamoa
National DaySingapore
National Women's DaySouth Africa
Zimbabwe Heroes' DayZimbabwe
Tuesday 11 August 20262026-W33Carnival TuesdayGrenada
Defense Forces DayZimbabwe
Independence DayChad
Mountain DayJapan
Wednesday 12 August 20262026-W33Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn AliIran
HM Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's BirthdayThailand
Thursday 13 August 20262026-W33General Election DayZambia
Independence DayCentral African Republic
Martyrdom of Ali al-RidaIran
Women's DayTunisia
Friday 14 August 20262026-W33Day Before Assumption of MaryVatican City
Independence DayPakistan
National DayMaldives
National Environmental Sanitation DayLibya
Oued Ed-Dahab DayMorocco
Saturday 15 August 20262026-W33Assumption DayAndorra, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, St Barthélemy, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, Togo, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna
Dormition of the Mother of GodCyprus, Greece, Romania
Liberation DayNorth Korea, South Korea
National DayCongo, Liechtenstein
Assumption of Mary DayVatican City
Assumption Of Mary DayItaly
Asuncion Foundation's DayParaguay
Constitution DayEquatorial Guinea
Feast of the AssumptionMalta
Independence DayIndia
Islamic Emirate Victory DayAfghanistan
Mother's DayCosta Rica
Sunday 16 August 20262026-W33Day After Assumption of MaryVatican City
Independence DayGabon
Restoration DayDominican Republic
Monday 17 August 20262026-W34Assumption DayColombia, Gambia, Rwanda
Alternative holiday for Liberation DaySouth Korea
Constitution DayEquatorial Guinea
Independence DayIndonesia
Independence Day HolidayGabon
Pass to the Immortality of General Don José de San MartínArgentina
Wednesday 19 August 20262026-W34Afghanistan Independence DayAfghanistan
Ibumin Earoeni DayNauru
Thursday 20 August 20262026-W34Independence Restoration DayEstonia
Revolution DayMorocco
State Foundation DayHungary
Friday 21 August 20262026-W34Day off (substituted)Hungary
Martyrdom of Hasan al-AskariIran
Ninoy Aquino DayPhilippines
Youth DayMorocco
Monday 24 August 20262026-W35National Flag DayLiberia
Tuesday 25 August 20262026-W35Prophet's BirthdayAfghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cocos Islands, Comoros, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Day after Prophet's BirthdayCôte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Prophet Muhammad's BirthdayDjibouti, Malaysia
Day of SongunNorth Korea
Independence Declaration DayUruguay
MawlidCameroon
Prophet Mohammed's BirthdayFiji
Wednesday 26 August 20262026-W35Prophet's BirthdayBangladesh, Guyana, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
Heroes' DayNamibia
National Repentance DayPapua New Guinea
Thursday 27 August 20262026-W35Nikini Full Moon Poya DaySri Lanka
Republic of Moldova Independence DayMoldova
Friday 28 August 20262026-W35Dormition of the Mother of GodGeorgia
Janai PoornimaNepal
Prophet's BirthdayUnited Arab Emirates
Youth DayNorth Korea
Saturday 29 August 20262026-W35Slovak National Uprising AnniversarySlovakia
Sunday 30 August 20262026-W35Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-SadiqIran
Liberation DayGabon
National Day of ThanksgivingTurks & Caicos
Popular Consultation DayTimor-Leste
Rose of Lima DayPeru
Victory DayTurkey
Monday 31 August 20262026-W36Late Summer Bank HolidayGibraltar, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Independence DayKyrgyzstan, Trinidad & Tobago
Summer Bank HolidayGuernsey, Jersey
Additional day off by Presidential decreeUzbekistan
American Withdrawal DayAfghanistan
Constitution DayTurks & Caicos
Day off (substituted)Vietnam
National DayMalaysia
National Heroes DayPhilippines
National Language DayMoldova

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