Public holidays
Hong Kong: 18 public holiday dates in 2026 (18 days off) and 16 in 2027 (16 days off), with 248 working days in 2026 and 249 in 2027. National holidays only: regional ones are not included.
| Date | ISO week | Holiday | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 January 2026 | 2026-W01 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Tuesday 17 February 2026 | 2026-W08 | Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Wednesday 18 February 2026 | 2026-W08 | The second day of Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Thursday 19 February 2026 | 2026-W08 | The third day of Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Sunday 5 April 2026 | 2026-W14 | Tomb-Sweeping Day | Yes |
| Monday 6 April 2026 | 2026-W15 | Easter Monday | Yes |
| Tuesday 7 April 2026 | 2026-W15 | Tomb-Sweeping Day | Yes |
| Friday 1 May 2026 | 2026-W18 | Labor Day | Yes |
| Sunday 24 May 2026 | 2026-W21 | The Buddha's Birthday | Yes |
| Monday 25 May 2026 | 2026-W22 | The Buddha's Birthday | Yes |
| Friday 19 June 2026 | 2026-W25 | Dragon Boat Festival | Yes |
| Wednesday 1 July 2026 | 2026-W27 | Hong Kong S.A.R. Establishment Day | Yes |
| Saturday 26 September 2026 | 2026-W39 | The Day following Mid-Autumn Festival | Yes |
| Thursday 1 October 2026 | 2026-W40 | National Day | Yes |
| Sunday 18 October 2026 | 2026-W42 | Double Ninth Festival | Yes |
| Monday 19 October 2026 | 2026-W43 | Double Ninth Festival | Yes |
| Friday 25 December 2026 | 2026-W52 | Christmas Day | Yes |
| Saturday 26 December 2026 | 2026-W52 | The first weekday after Christmas Day | Yes |
| Date | ISO week | Holiday | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 1 January 2027 | 2026-W53 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Saturday 6 February 2027 | 2027-W05 | Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Monday 8 February 2027 | 2027-W06 | The third day of Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Tuesday 9 February 2027 | 2027-W06 | The fourth day of Chinese New Year | Yes |
| Monday 29 March 2027 | 2027-W13 | Easter Monday | Yes |
| Monday 5 April 2027 | 2027-W14 | Tomb-Sweeping Day | Yes |
| Saturday 1 May 2027 | 2027-W17 | Labor Day | Yes |
| Thursday 13 May 2027 | 2027-W19 | The Buddha's Birthday | Yes |
| Wednesday 9 June 2027 | 2027-W23 | Dragon Boat Festival | Yes |
| Thursday 1 July 2027 | 2027-W26 | Hong Kong S.A.R. Establishment Day | Yes |
| Thursday 16 September 2027 | 2027-W37 | The Day following Mid-Autumn Festival | Yes |
| Friday 1 October 2027 | 2027-W39 | National Day | Yes |
| Friday 8 October 2027 | 2027-W40 | Double Ninth Festival | Yes |
| Saturday 25 December 2027 | 2027-W51 | Christmas Day | Yes |
| Sunday 26 December 2027 | 2027-W51 | The first weekday after Christmas Day | Yes |
| Monday 27 December 2027 | 2027-W52 | The first weekday after Christmas Day | Yes |
| Holiday | 2026 | 2027 | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese New Year | Tuesday 17 February 2026 | Saturday 6 February 2027 | −11 days |
| The third day of Chinese New Year | Thursday 19 February 2026 | Monday 8 February 2027 | −11 days |
| Dragon Boat Festival | Friday 19 June 2026 | Wednesday 9 June 2027 | −10 days |
| The Day following Mid-Autumn Festival | Saturday 26 September 2026 | Thursday 16 September 2027 | −10 days |
| Easter Monday | Monday 6 April 2026 | Monday 29 March 2027 | −8 days, changes month |
A shift ignores the year: +19 days means 19 days later in the calendar.
| Month | 2026 | 2027 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 20 | −1 |
| February | 17 | 18 | +1 |
| March | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| April | 20 | 21 | +1 |
| May | 19 | 20 | +1 |
| June | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| July | 22 | 21 | −1 |
| August | 21 | 22 | +1 |
| September | 22 | 21 | −1 |
| October | 20 | 19 | −1 |
| November | 21 | 22 | +1 |
| December | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Q1 | 60 | 60 | 0 |
| Q2 | 60 | 62 | +2 |
| Q3 | 65 | 64 | −1 |
| Q4 | 63 | 63 | 0 |
| Year | 248 | 249 | +1 |
Weekdays by the local weekend (Sunday and Saturday), minus the public holidays most people have off.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and is the most important feast of the Christian year. Families go to church and share a festive meal, and in many places Easter eggs are decorated and broken together as a symbol of the empty tomb. Easter is a moveable feast, with its date set by a lunisolar calendar. Easter Monday, the day after, is a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries.
At work: Widely welcome to mention. Colleagues may be away for the whole long weekend.
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.
The birthday of Gautama Buddha, on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month. In Hong Kong it is a public holiday, with lanterns lit to symbolise the Buddha's enlightenment, visits to temples and the bathing of Buddha statues.
At work: Fine to mention. A public holiday in Hong Kong.
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, in late May or early June. It commemorates Qu Yuan, the prime minister of the state of Chu in the Warring States period, and is celebrated with dragon boat races and by eating sticky rice dumplings.
At work: Welcome to mention. A day off in several places.
Celebrates 1 July 1997, when sovereignty over Hong Kong passed from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established. It is customarily marked by a fireworks display in the evening.
At work: Fine to mention. Keep it about the day off, not politics.
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when the moon is at its fullest. People eat mooncakes and light lanterns. Hong Kong gives the following day off, so the festival evening is followed by a holiday.
At work: Fine to mention. A day off; many people join the festival evening before it.
Marks the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. In Hong Kong there is a flag-raising ceremony in the morning and a fireworks display over Victoria Harbour in the evening.
At work: Fine to mention. Keep it about the day off rather than politics. Colleagues in mainland China are away for the whole Golden Week, so cross-border work is slow all week.
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.
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on 25 December. Eastern Christian Churches that follow the older Julian calendar celebrate it on 25 December of that calendar, which currently corresponds to 7 January. It is a public holiday in many countries, and many non-Christians celebrate it culturally too.
At work: Widely welcome to mention. Plan important meetings before the break. If you're unsure whether someone celebrates it, "Happy holidays" is a safe choice.
Hong Kong keeps the day after Christmas Day (Boxing Day) as a statutory holiday. The card shows the date this year.
At work: A day off in the Christmas break. Colleagues in Hong Kong will be away.
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.
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