Public Holidays by Country
Look up national and bank holidays for 77 countries, for last year, this year or next year.
🇺🇸United States: Public Holidays 2026
What Are Public Holidays?
A public holiday is a day designated by a government as an official day of rest or celebration. On these days, most businesses, schools, and government offices close. In many countries, employees who work on a public holiday are entitled to extra pay.
Every country has its own set of public holidays, and the number varies widely. The US has 11 federal holidays, which bind federal employers; private employers choose their own. India recognizes 3 national holidays (Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti) plus dozens of restricted and regional holidays. The UK has 8 bank holidays in England and Wales, slightly more in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Holidays that apply to only some states or regions are labelled as regional holidays in the list.
Use the tool above to see the exact list for any country. Upcoming holidays appear in blue; past ones in gray.
Why Holiday Dates Shift Between Years
Fixed holidays such as Christmas (December 25), US Independence Day (July 4) and India's Republic Day (January 26) fall on the same calendar date every year. What changes is the day of the week. When a fixed holiday falls on a Saturday, many countries observe it on the Friday before; when it falls on Sunday, the Monday after becomes the official day off.
Lunar-calendar holidays shift significantly. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha move roughly 10 days earlier each Gregorian year because the Islamic calendar is shorter. Diwali falls on a different date each year based on the Hindu lunar calendar, although India is not in this tool's data. Easter Sunday is calculated by a formula tied to the spring equinox and lunar cycle, and it can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
If you're planning international projects or payroll schedules, it's worth checking the tool for both the current and next year. The dates can shift by weeks.
Public Holidays and Global Business Planning
If you work with teams or suppliers across multiple countries, holiday mismatches cause real friction. Your Tokyo office is off for a national holiday your US counterparts don't track; your London office is off for the August bank holiday and New York doesn't observe it either.
A practical habit: at the start of each quarter, check the holidays for every country your team spans. Block them in shared calendars so nobody schedules critical meetings on days when half the attendees are offline.
For working day counts across holidays, pair this with the Business Days Calculator, which excludes weekends but not holidays, so subtract the ones that fall on weekdays in your range.
Where the Dates Come From and What They Miss
The lists are loaded in your browser from the open Nager.Date data set, which is maintained by contributors, not published by governments. It has no data for some countries, including India, Israel and Thailand, so they are not in the dropdown. The year selector covers last year, this year and next year.
Where a holiday falls on a weekend, some lists show the day it is observed. In the US, Independence Day 2026 appears on Friday, July 3, because July 4 is a Saturday. Lunar-calendar holidays are not complete for every country: on October 18, 2026 the data had both Eids for Turkey, only Eid al-Adha for Egypt and neither for Morocco. For payroll, contracts or travel, confirm the date against the country's official announcement.
In everyday use, "public holiday" and "bank holiday" usually mean the same thing, a day that is an official day off. In the UK, "bank holiday" is the official term for all of them.