Holiday calendar

Public holidays around the world: October 2026

30 days in October 2026 have a national public holiday somewhere, across 99 countries and territories.

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DateISO weekHolidayWhere
Thursday 1 October 20262026-W40National DayChina, Hong Kong, Nigeria
Botswana Day HolidayBotswana
Cyprus Independence DayCyprus
Independence DayPalau
Investiture of Captains RegentSan Marino
National Day of the People's Republic of ChinaMacau
Teachers and Instructors DayUzbekistan
Tuvalu DayTuvalu
Friday 2 October 20262026-W40Independence DayGuinea
Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayIndia
National DayChina
Tuvalu DayTuvalu
Saturday 3 October 20262026-W40German Unity DayGermany
National DayChina
National Foundation DaySouth Korea
Simchat Torah / Shemini AtzeretIsrael
Sunday 4 October 20262026-W40Independence DayLesotho
Peace and Reconciliation DayMozambique
Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of ItalyItaly
Monday 5 October 20262026-W41Alternative holiday for National Foundation DaySouth Korea
Constitution DayVanuatu
National DayChina
Peace and Reconciliation DayMozambique
Peat Cutting DayFalkland Islands
Republic DayPortugal
Territory DayChristmas Island
Thanksgiving DaySt Lucia
Tuesday 6 October 20262026-W41Day off (substituted)China
Memorial DayTurkmenistan
Tishreen Liberation War DaySyria
Wednesday 7 October 20262026-W41Day off (substituted)China
Morazan WeekendHonduras
Thursday 8 October 20262026-W41Armed Forces DayEgypt
Battle of Angamos DayPeru
Morazan WeekendHonduras
Friday 9 October 20262026-W41Abolition of SlaverySt Barthélemy
Hangul DaySouth Korea
Independence DayUganda
Independence of GuayaquilEcuador
Morazan WeekendHonduras
National DayTaiwan
Saturday 10 October 20262026-W41Curaçao DayCuraçao
Day of the MaroonsSuriname
Fiji DayFiji
Foundation Day of the Workers' Party of KoreaNorth Korea
Independence DayCuba
Mazingira DayKenya
National DayTaiwan
Pchum Ben DayCambodia
Sunday 11 October 20262026-W41GhatasthapanaNepal
National Uprising DayNorth Macedonia
Pchum Ben DayCambodia
White SundayAmerican Samoa
Monday 12 October 20262026-W42Columbus DayAmerican Samoa, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States (most offices open)
Columbus Day and Puerto Rico Friendship DayUS Virgin Islands
Commonwealth Cultural DayNorthern Mariana Islands
Constitution DaySint Maarten
Day of Indigenous ResistanceVenezuela
Indigenous Peoples' Resistance DayBelize
Meeting of Two Worlds' DayChile
National Children's DayTuvalu
National DaySpain
National Heritage DayTurks & Caicos
National Heroes DayBahamas
National Independence DayEquatorial Guinea
National Unity DayWestern Sahara
National Uprising DayNorth Macedonia
Our Lady of AparecidaBrazil
Pchum Ben DayCambodia
Respect for Cultural Diversity DayArgentina
Show DayNorfolk Island
Sports DayJapan
White Sunday (Lotu a Tamaiti)Samoa
Tuesday 13 October 20262026-W42Commemoration of the Assassination of National Hero, Prince Louis RwagasoreBurundi
HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial DayThailand
Wednesday 14 October 20262026-W42Holiday of Svetitskhovloba, Robe of JesusGeorgia
Liberation DayYemen
The Mwalimu Nyerere Day and Climax of the Uhuru Torch RaceTanzania
Thursday 15 October 20262026-W42Evacuation DayTunisia
HM King Norodom Sihanouk Mourning DayCambodia
Mother's DayMalawi
Saturday 17 October 20262026-W42Death of DessalinesHaiti
National Dignity DayBolivia
Sunday 18 October 20262026-W42Double Ninth FestivalHong Kong, Macau
FulpatiNepal
Monday 19 October 20262026-W43Constitution DayNiue
Double Ninth FestivalHong Kong
Heroes and Foreparents DayBritish Virgin Islands
Maha AshtamiNepal
National Heroes DayJamaica
National Heroes' DayGrenada
Tuesday 20 October 20262026-W43Bijaya DashamiNepal
Constitution Day HolidayNiue
DussehraIndia
Mashujaa DayKenya
Revolution DayGuatemala
Wednesday 21 October 20262026-W43Commemoration of the Assassination of President Melchior NdadayeBurundi
DassainBhutan
Ekadashi (Dashain)Nepal
Thursday 22 October 20262026-W43Duwadashi (Dashain)Nepal
Friday 23 October 20262026-W43United Nations DayMicronesia, Palau
HM King Chulalongkorn Memorial DayThailand
Liberation DayLibya
Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle DayNorth Macedonia
National DayHungary
Saturday 24 October 20262026-W43United Nations DayMicronesia, Palau
Independence DayZambia
Sunday 25 October 20262026-W43Republic DayKazakhstan
Taiwan Restoration and Guningtou Victory Memorial DayTaiwan
Thadingyut HolidaysMyanmar
Thanksgiving DayGrenada
Vap Full Moon Poya DaySri Lanka
Monday 26 October 20262026-W44Angam DayNauru
Cook Islands Gospel DayCook Islands
Labour DayNew Zealand
National DayAustria
October Bank HolidayIreland
Peniamina Gospel DayNiue
Republic DayKazakhstan
Taiwan Restoration and Guningtou Victory Memorial DayTaiwan
Thadingyut HolidaysMyanmar
Thanksgiving DayGrenada
Tuesday 27 October 20262026-W44Independence DaySt Vincent & Grenadines
Thadingyut HolidaysMyanmar
Wednesday 28 October 20262026-W44Ohi DayCyprus, Greece
Independent Czechoslovak State DayCzechia
Thursday 29 October 20262026-W44HM King Norodom Sihamoni's Coronation DayCambodia
Republic DayTurkey
Friday 30 October 20262026-W44Environment DaySouth Georgia
Saturday 31 October 20262026-W44All Saints' DayÅland Islands, Finland, Sweden
Reformation DayChile, Slovenia
Martyrs' DayBurkina Faso
Unity DayMorocco

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