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Public holidays: by country, with long weekends

See every public and bank holiday in your country for this year, last year and the next two, with the next holiday and a countdown, the local name of each holiday, which regions keep regional holidays, and the long weekends you can plan around, including where one day of leave gives you four days off. For more than 100 countries. Free, no signup.

Public holidays by country

Holiday data from Nager.Date, an open-source holiday database. Governments sometimes add or move holidays at short notice; for work or travel that depends on a date, check the official announcement.

Planning around public holidays

  • Book early for long weekends: travel and accommodation fill up and cost more around them.
  • Use bridge days: one day of leave between a holiday and a weekend gives you four days off.
  • Check shops and services: in much of Europe most shops close on public holidays; in the US many stay open.
  • Working across countries: holidays rarely line up, so check your colleagues’ and clients’ calendars too.

Holidays that move every year

Some holidays follow the moon or the church calendar, so their dates change. Easter (and Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension and Whit Monday with it) can fall between 22 March and 25 April in Western churches, and Orthodox Easter is often a week or more later. Islamic holidays such as Eid al-Fitr move about 11 days earlier each year, and their exact dates can depend on the sighting of the new moon.

Frequently asked questions

When is the next public holiday?

Choose your country (it is picked from your browser's language settings to start with). The box at the top shows the next public holiday, its date and how many days away it is.

Which countries are covered?

More than 100, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Russia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Mexico and Japan. Choose from the list; if your country is missing, the open database does not cover it yet.

What is a regional holiday?

A holiday kept only in part of a country, such as St Andrew's Day in Scotland, Epiphany in some German states or a state holiday in the US. The "Where" column shows which regions; tick "Nationwide holidays only" to hide them.

What is a bridge day?

A working day between a public holiday and a weekend. When a holiday falls on a Thursday, taking the Friday off gives a four-day weekend for one day of leave. The long weekends list shows where that works.

What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend?

It depends on the country. The UK and the US move it to the nearest weekday (a "substitute day"), and those substitute days are included in the list; many European countries simply lose the day off that year.

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