Public Holidays in May 2026
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AndorraLabour Day
Antigua & BarbudaLabour Day
AnguillaLabour Day
AlbaniaLabour Day
ArmeniaLabour Day
AngolaLabour Day
ArgentinaLabour Day
AustriaStaatsfeiertag
ArubaLabour Day
Åland IslandsLabour Day
Bosnia and HerzegovinaLabour Day
BarbadosMay Day
BelgiumLabour Day
Burkina FasoLabour Day
BulgariaLabour Day
BahrainLabour Day
BurundiLabour Day
BeninLabour Day
St. BarthsLabour Day
BoliviaLabour Day
Caribbean NetherlandsLabour Day
BrazilLabour Day
BotswanaLabour Day
BelarusLabour Day
BelizeLabour Day
Democratic Republic of the CongoLabour Day
Central African RepublicLabour Day
Republic of the CongoLabour Day
SwitzerlandLabour Day (JU)
Republic of Côte d'IvoireLabour Day
ChileLabour Day
CameroonLabour Day
ChinaLabour Day
ColombiaLabour Day
Costa RicaLabour Day
CubaLabour Day
Cape VerdeLabour Day
CuraçaoLabour Day
CyprusLabour Day
Czech RepublicLabour Day
GermanyLabour Day
DjiboutiLabour Day
DominicaLabour Day
AlgeriaLabour Day
EcuadorLabour Day
EstoniaLabour Day
EgyptLabour Day
EritreaLabour Day
SpainLabour Day
FinlandLabour Day
Faroe IslandsGreat Prayer Day
FranceLabour Day
GabonLabour Day
GrenadaLabour Day
French GuianaLabour Day
GhanaLabour Day
GibraltarMay Day
GreenlandPrayer Day
The GambiaLabour Day
GuineaLabour Day
GuadeloupeLabour Day
Republic of Equatorial GuineaLabour Day
GreeceLabour Day
GuatemalaLabour Day
Guinea-BissauLabour Day
GuyanaLabour Day
Hong KongLabour Day
HondurasLabour Day
CroatiaLabour Day
HaitiLabour Day
HungaryLabour Day
Canary IslandsLabour Day
IndonesiaLabour Day
IcelandLabour Day
ItaliaLabour Day
KenyaLabour Day
ComorosLabour Day
St. LuciaLabour Day
LichtensteinLabour Day
LesothoWorkers' Day
LithuaniaLabour Day
LuxembourgLabour Day
LatviaLabour Day
LibyaLabour Day
Kingdom of MoroccoLabour Day
MonacoLabour Day
MoldovaLabour Day
MontenegroLabour Day
St. MartinLabour Day
MadagascarLabour Day
MacedoniaLabour Day
Republic of MaliLabour Day
MartiniqueLabour Day
MauritaniaLabour Day
MaltaLabour Day
MalawiLabour Day
MexicoLabour Day
MalaysiaLabour Day
MozambiqueWorkers' Day
NamibiaWorkers Day
New CaledoniaLabour Day
Republic of the NigerLabour Day
NigeriaWorker's Day
NicaraguaLabour Day
NorwayLabour Day
PanamaLabour Day
PeruLabour Day
PhilippinesLabour Day
PolandLabour Day
St. Pierre & MiquelonLabour Day
PortugalLabour Day
ParaguayLabour Day
RéunionLabour Day
RomaniaLabour Day
SerbiaLabour Day
RussiaSpring and Labour Day
RwandaLabour Day
SeychellesLabour Day
SwedenLabour Day
SingaporeLabour Day
SloveniaLabour Day
Svalbard & Jan MayenLabour Day
SlovakiaLabour Day
San MarinoLabour Day
SenegalLabour Day
SomaliaLabour Day
SurinameLabour Day
São Tomé & PríncipeLabour Day
El SalvadorLabour Day
Sint MaartenLabour Day
SwazilandLabour Day
ChadLabour Day
Togolese RepublicLabour Day
TunisiaLabour Day
TurkeyLabour and Solidarity Day
TanzaniaLabour Day
UkraineLabour Day
UgandaLabour Day
UruguayLabour Day
Vatican CitySaint Joseph the Worker
St. Vincent & GrenadinesLabour Day
VenezuelaLabour Day
VietnamLabour Day
VanuatuLabour Day
KosovoLabour Day
MayotteLabour Day
South AfricaWorkers' Day
ZambiaLabour Day
ZimbabweLabour Day
CambodiaInternational Labor Day; Visaka Bochea Day
JordanLabor Day
KazakhstanKazakhstan's People Solidarity Holiday
LaosInternational Labor Day
Timor LesteWorld Labor Day
YemenMay Day
Wallis and FutunaLabor Day / May Day
TajikistanLabor Day / May Day
SyriaLabor Day
French PolynesiaLabor Day / May Day
MaldivesLabor Day / May Day
MauritiusLabour Day
MacauLabor Day / May Day
Marshall IslandsConstitution Day
LebanonLabor Day
North KoreaMay Day
KyrgyzstanMay Day
IraqLabor Day
IndiaInternational Worker's Day
NorwayLabor Day
AfghanistanLabor Day
SwitzerlandLabour Day (VS)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina2nd day of the Labour Day
SpainDía de la Comunidad de Madrid
MontenegroLabour Day
SerbiaLabour Day
SloveniaLabour Day
YemenDay off for May Day
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AustriaFlorian
AustraliaMay Day (NT)
AustraliaLabour Day (QLD)
Dominican RepublicLabour Day
United KingdomEarly May bank holiday
GuernseyEarly May bank holiday
IrelandMay Day
Isle of ManEarly May bank holiday
JerseyEarly May bank holiday
JapanGreenery Day
St. Kitts & NevisLabour Day
LatviaRestoration of Independence day
MontserratLabour Day
NamibiaCassinga Day
ThailandCoronation Day
United KingdomEarly May Bank Holiday
NetherlandsRemembrance Day
ChinaYouth Day
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GuyanaArrival Day
JapanChildren's Day
South KoreaChildren's Day
United States of AmericaPrimary Election Day
CambodiaRoyal Ploughing Ceremony
PalauSenior Citizens Day
KyrgyzstanConstitution Day of the Kyrgyz Republic
United KingdomLag B'Omer
AustraliaLag B'Omer
NetherlandsLiberation Day
7
KazakhstanDefender of the Fatherland Day
8
St. BarthsVictory Day
Czech RepublicLiberation Day
FranceVictory Day
French GuianaVictory Day
GuadeloupeVictory Day
St. MartinVictory Day
MartiniqueVictory Day
New CaledoniaVictory Day
St. Pierre & MiquelonVictory Day
RéunionVictory Day
SlovakiaDay of victory over fascism
United States of AmericaTruman Day
MayotteVictory Day
Wallis and FutunaVictory Day
French PolynesiaVictory Day
NorwayDay of Liberation
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ArmeniaVictory and Peace Day
AzerbaijanDay of Victory over Fascism
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVictory Day
BelarusVictory Day
GeorgiaVictory Day
GuernseyLiberation Day
JerseyLiberation Day
LuxembourgEurope Day
MoldovaVictory Day
RussiaVictory Day
UkraineVictory Day
KosovoEurope Day
KazakhstanVictory Day
UzbekistanDay of Memory and Honor
TurkmenistanVictory Day
TajikistanVictory Day
KyrgyzstanVictory Day
10
Western SaharaMay 20 Revolution
United States of AmericaConfederate Memorial Day (SC)
New ZealandMother's Day
LebanonLiberation and Resistance Holiday
IndiaMothers' Day
AustraliaMother's Day
MicronesiaConstitution Day
NetherlandsMother's Day
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AzerbaijanDay of Victory over Fascism (substitute day)
UkraineVictory Day (substitute day)
KazakhstanVictory Day (observed)
UzbekistanDay of Memory and Honor (observed)
SamoaMother's Day
TuvaluGospel Day
TajikistanDay off for Victory Day
KyrgyzstanDay off for Victory Day
MicronesiaConstitution Day observed
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GeorgiaSaint Andrew the First-Called Day
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AustriaAscension Day
ArubaAscension Day
Åland IslandsAscension Day
BelgiumAscension Day
Burkina FasoAscension Day
BurundiAscension Day
BeninAscension Day
St. BarthsAscension Day
Caribbean NetherlandsAscension Day
BotswanaAscension Day
Central African RepublicAscension Day
Republic of the CongoAscension Day
SwitzerlandAscension Day
Republic of Côte d'IvoireAscension Day
CameroonAscension Day
CuraçaoAscension Day
GermanyAscension Day
DenmarkAscension Day
FinlandAscension Day
Faroe IslandsAscension Day
FranceAscension Day
French GuianaAscension Day
GreenlandAscension Day
GuadeloupeAscension Day
HaitiAscension Day
IndonesiaAscension Day
IcelandAscension Day
LichtensteinAscension Day
LiberiaNational Unification Day
LesothoAscension Day
LuxembourgAscension Day
MonacoAscension Day
St. MartinAscension Day
MadagascarAscension Day
MartiniqueAscension Day
MalawiKamuzu Day
NamibiaAscension Day
New CaledoniaAscension Day
NetherlandsAscension Day
NorwayAscension Day
St. Pierre & MiquelonAscension Day
ParaguayIndependence Day
RéunionAscension Day
SwedenAscension Day
St. HelenaAscension Day
Svalbard & Jan MayenAscension Day
SenegalAscension Day
Sint MaartenAscension Day
SwazilandAscension Day
Togolese RepublicAscension Day
VanuatuAscension Day
MayotteAscension Day
CambodiaHM King Norodom Sihamoni's Birthday
Wallis and FutunaAscension Day
French PolynesiaAscension Day
LebanonAscension Day
United KingdomAscension Day
AustraliaAscension Day
NorwayAscension Day
NetherlandsAscension Day
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South SudanSPLA Day
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Democratic Republic of the CongoLiberation Day
SpainDía de las Letras Gallegas
NorwayConstitution Day
Svalbard & Jan MayenConstitution Day
NauruConstitution Day
Norway17 May Constitution Day (1814)
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CanadaVictoria Day
CanadaNational Patriots' Day (QC)
Democratic Republic of the CongoLiberation Day (substitute day)
ColombiaAscension Day
SpainDía de las Letras Gallegas
HaitiFlag and Universities' Day
Cayman IslandsDiscovery Day
SomaliaRestoration of Somaliland Sovereignty
TurkmenistanConstitution Day
NauruConstitution Day observed
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People's Republic of BangladeshBuddha's Birthday
Cape VerdeDia do Município da Praia
TurkeyCommemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
United States of AmericaMalcolm X Day
20
CameroonNational Day
Timor LesteRestoration of Independence Day
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22
FranceAbolition of Slavery
MontenegroIndependence Day
MartiniqueAbolition of Slavery
MalaysiaHari Hol of Pahang
YemenUnity Day
United KingdomShavuot
AustraliaShavuot
IsraelShavuot (Feast of Weeks)
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NorwayWhit Saturday
24
AndorraPentecost
AustriaPentecost
BarbadosPentecost
Burkina FasoPentecost
BulgariaBulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
Republic of the CongoPentecost
SwitzerlandPentecost
DenmarkPentecost
EcuadorThe Battle of Pichincha
EstoniaPentecost
EritreaIndependence Day
FinlandPentecost
Faroe IslandsPentecost
GreenlandPentecost
Hong KongBirthday of the Buddha
HungaryPentecost
IcelandPentecost
South KoreaBuddha's Birthday
MacedoniaSaints Cyril and Methodius Day
NetherlandsPentecost
NorwayPentecost
PolandPentecost
SwedenPentecost
SloveniaPentecost
Svalbard & Jan MayenPentecost
Sint MaartenPentecost
YemenDay off for Unity Day
TurkmenistanCarpet Day
MacauBuddha's Birthday
United KingdomPentecost
AustraliaPentecost
NorwayWhit Sunday
NetherlandsWhit Sunday
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AndorraWhit Monday
Antigua & BarbudaWhit Monday
AnguillaWhit Monday
ArgentinaDay of the First National Government
American SamoaMemorial Day
AustriaWhit Monday
BarbadosWhit Monday
BelgiumWhit Monday
BeninWhit Monday
St. BarthsWhit Monday
BoliviaChuquisaca Day
BahamasWhit Monday
BelizeCommonwealth Day, Sovereign's Day
Central African RepublicWhit Monday
Republic of the CongoWhit Monday
SwitzerlandWhit Monday
Republic of Côte d'IvoireWhit Monday
GermanyWhit Monday
DenmarkWhit Monday
DominicaWhit Monday
SpainWhit Monday
Faroe IslandsWhit Monday
FranceWhit Monday
GabonWhit Monday
United KingdomSpring bank holiday
GrenadaWhit Monday
French GuianaWhit Monday
GuernseySpring bank holiday
GibraltarSpring bank holiday
GreenlandWhit Monday
The GambiaAfrica Day
GuineaAfrica Day
GuadeloupeWhit Monday
GuamMemorial Day
Hong KongBirthday of the Buddha
HungaryWhit Monday
Isle of ManSpring bank holiday
IcelandWhit Monday
ItaliaWhit Monday
JerseySpring bank holiday
JamaicaLabour Day
St. Kitts & NevisWhit Monday
St. LuciaWhit Monday
LichtensteinWhit Monday
LesothoAfrica Day/ Heroes' Day
LuxembourgWhit Monday
MonacoWhit Monday
St. MartinWhit Monday
MadagascarAfrica Day
MadagascarWhit Monday
MacedoniaSaints Cyril and Methodius Day (substitute day)
Republic of MaliJour de l'Afrique
MartiniqueWhit Monday
MauritaniaAfrica Day
MontserratWhit Monday
NamibiaAfrica Day
New CaledoniaWhit Monday
NetherlandsWhit Monday
NorwayWhit Monday
St. Pierre & MiquelonWhit Monday
Puerto RicoMemorial Day
RéunionWhit Monday
St. HelenaWhit Monday
Svalbard & Jan MayenWhit Monday
SenegalWhit Monday
Turks & Caicos IslandsNational Heroes' Day
Togolese RepublicWhit Monday
United States of AmericaMemorial Day
St. Vincent & GrenadinesWhit Monday
British Virgin IslandsWhit Monday
U.S. Virgin IslandsMemorial Day
MayotteWhit Monday
ZambiaAfrican Freedom Day
ZimbabweAfrica Day
JordanIndependence Day
Wallis and FutunaWhit Monday
TurkmenistanAshgabat City Day
Solomon IslandsWhit Monday
French PolynesiaWhit Monday
Northern Mariana IslandsMemorial Day
LebanonLiberation and Resistance Day
United KingdomWhit Monday
United KingdomSpring Bank Holiday
AustraliaWhit Monday
NorwayWhit Monday
NetherlandsWhit Monday
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GeorgiaIndependence Day
GuyanaIndependence Day
JordanArafat Day (estimated)
KuwaitArafat Day (estimated)
Saudi ArabiaArafat Day (estimated)
YemenEid al-Adha Eve
TurkmenistanKurban Bayramy Holiday
MaldivesHajj Day
AustraliaNational Sorry Day
AfghanistanDay of Arafat
BahrainArafat Day
DjiboutiArafat Day
SpainArafat Day
LibyaArafat Day
MalaysiaArafat Day
27
FranceAbolition of Slavery (GP)
Franceabolition of slavery (MF)
GuadeloupeAbolition of Slavery
St. Martinabolition of slavery
NigeriaChildren's Day
JordanEid al-Adha (estimated)
KazakhstanEid al-Adha (estimated)
KuwaitEid al-Adha (estimated)
Saudi ArabiaEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
Timor LesteEid al-Adha (estimated)
UzbekistanEid al-Adha (estimated)
YemenEid al-Adha
TurkmenistanKurban Bayramy
TajikistanEid al-Adha
SyriaEid al-Adha
QatarEid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
OmanEid al-Adha
MaldivesEid-ul Al'haa
LebanonEid al-Adha
KyrgyzstanKurman Ait
IraqEid al-Adha
United KingdomEid al-Adha
AustraliaEid al-Adha
AfghanistanEid al-Qurban
United Arab EmiratesFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
AlbaniaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
AzerbaijanFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
People's Republic of BangladeshFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Burkina FasoFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
BahrainFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
BurundiFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
BeninFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
BruneiFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHari Raya Haji
Central African RepublicFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Republic of Côte d'IvoireFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
CameroonFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Christmas IslandFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
DjiboutiFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
AlgeriaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
EgyptFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Western SaharaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
EritreaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
SpainFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
EthiopiaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
GabonFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
GhanaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
The GambiaTabaski
GuineaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Guinea-BissauFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
GuyanaEid Ul Adha
IndonesiaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
IranFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
KenyaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
ComorosFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
LibyaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Kingdom of MoroccoFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
MontenegroFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
MadagascarFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Republic of MaliFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
MauritaniaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
MalaysiaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Republic of the NigerFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
NigeriaId el Kabir
PhilippinesFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
RwandaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
SudanFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
SingaporeHari Raya Haji
Sierra LeoneTabaski
SenegalFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
SomaliaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
SurinameFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
ChadFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
TunisiaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
TurkeyFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
TanzaniaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
UgandaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
KosovoFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
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ArmeniaRepublic Day
AzerbaijanRepublic Day
EthiopiaDerg Downfall Day
VenezuelaNatalicio de Jacinto Lara
JordanEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
KuwaitEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
Saudi ArabiaEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
YemenEid al-Adha holiday
TurkmenistanKurban Bayramy Holiday
QatarEid al-Adha Holiday
OmanEid al-Adha Holiday
MaldivesEid-ul Al'haa Holiday
LebanonEid al-Adha Holiday
IraqEid al-Adha holiday
IndiaBakrid/Eid ul-Adha
AfghanistanEid al-Qurban Holiday
AzerbaijanFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
MalaysiaFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Togolese RepublicFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
29
BermudaBermuda Day
JordanEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
KuwaitEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
Saudi ArabiaEid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
YemenEid al-Adha holiday
TurkmenistanInternal Affairs Officers Day
QatarEid al-Adha Holiday
OmanEid al-Adha Holiday
MaldivesEid-ul Al'haa Holiday
IraqEid al-Adha holiday
AfghanistanEid al-Qurban Holiday
South SudanFeast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
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AnguillaAnguilla Day
SpainCanary Islands Day
CroatiaNational Day
Canary IslandsCanary Islands Day
MalaysiaTadau Kaamatan
Trinidad & TobagoIndian Arrival Day
YemenEid al-Adha holiday
OmanEid al-Adha Holiday
MaldivesEid-ul Al'haa Holiday
IraqEid al-Adha holiday
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