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Upcoming Public Holidays

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: Afghanistan: Labour Day

: Albania: Labour Day

: Algeria: Labour Day

: Andorra: Labour Day

: Angola: Labour Day

: Anguilla: Labour Day

: Argentina: Labour Day

: Armenia: Labor Day

: Aruba: Labour Day

: Austria: Labour Day

: Bahrain: Labour Day

: Bangladesh: Labour Day

: Barbados: May Day

: Belarus: Labour Day

: Belgium: Labour Day

: Belize: Labour Day

: Benin: Labour Day

: Bolivia: Labour Day

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Labour Day

: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Labour Day

: Botswana: Labour Day

: Brazil: Labour Day

: Bulgaria: Labour Day

: Burkina Faso: Labour Day

: Burundi: Labour Day

: Cambodia: International Labour Day

: Cameroon: Labour Day

: Cape Verde: Labour Day

: Central African Republic: Labour Day

: Chad: Labour Day

: Chile: Labour Day

: China: Labour Day (in lieu)

: Colombia: Labour Day

: Comoros: Labour Day

: Congo: Labour Day

: Costa Rica: Workers or Labor Day

: Croatia: Labour Day

: Cuba: Labour Day

: Curaçao: Labour Day

: Cyprus: Labour Day

: Czech Republic: Labour Day

: DR Congo: Labour Day

: Djibouti: Labour Day

: East Timor: Labour Day

: Ecuador: Labour Day

: Egypt: Labour Day

: El Salvador: Labour Day

: Equatorial Guinea: Labour Day

: Eritrea: Labour Day

: Estonia: Spring Day

: Eswatini: Labour Day

: Ethiopia: Labour Day

: Finland: Vappu

: France: Labour Day

: French Guiana: Labour Day

: French Polynesia: Labour Day

: Gabon: Labour Day

: Gambia: May Day

: Germany: Labour Day

: Ghana: Workers' Day

: Gibraltar: May Day (in lieu)

: Greece: Protomagia

  • Holiday info: While officially Labour Day, the first day of May in Greece is associated with the custom of Protomagia, a celebration of the awakening of nature after a long period of winter.


: Grenada: Labour Day

: Guadeloupe: Labour Day

: Guatemala: Labour Day

: Guinea: Labour Day

: Guinea-Bissau: Labour Day

: Guyana: Labour Day

: Haiti: Labour and Agriculture Day

: Honduras: Labour Day

: Hong Kong: Labour Day

: Hungary: Labour Day

: Iceland: Workers' Day

: India: Labour Day

  • Holiday info: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
  • Regions: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal


: India: Maharashtra Day

: Indonesia: Labour Day

: Iraq: Labour Day

: Israel: Independence Day

: Italy: Labour Day

: Ivory Coast: Labour Day

: Jordan: Labour Day

: Kazakhstan: People Solidarity Holiday

: Kenya: Labour Day

: Kosovo: Labour Day

: Kyrgyzstan: International Labour Day

: Lao: International Labour Day

: Latvia: Labour Day

: Lebanon: Labour Day

: Lesotho: Worker's Day

: Libya: Labour Day

: Liechtenstein: Labour Day

: Lithuania: Labour Day

: Luxembourg: Labour Day

: Macau: Labour Day

: Madagascar: Labour Day

: Malawi: Labour Day

: Malaysia: Labour Day

: Maldives: Worker's Day

: Mali: Worker's Day

: Malta: Worker's Day

: Martinique: Labour Day

: Mauritania: Labour Day

: Mauritius: Labour Day

: Mexico: Labor Day

: Moldova: Labour Day

: Monaco: Labour Day

: Montenegro: Labour Day

: Morocco: Labour Day

: Mozambique: Worker's Day

: Myanmar: Labour Day

: Namibia: Worker's Day

: New Caledonia: Labour Day

: Nicaragua: Labour Day

: Niger: Labour Day

: Nigeria: Worker's Day

: North Korea: Labour Day

: North Macedonia: Labour Day

: Norway: Labour Day

: Pakistan: Labour Day

: Palestine: Labour Day

: Panama: Labor Day

: Paraguay: Labour Day

: Peru: Labour Day

: Philippines: Labor Day

: Poland: Labour Day

: Portugal: Labour Day

: Romania: Labour Day

: Russia: Day of Spring and Labor

: Rwanda: Worker's Day

: Saint Lucia: Labour Day

: Saint Martin: Labour Day

: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: National Worker's Day

: San Marino: Labour Day

: Senegal: Labour Day

: Serbia: Labour Day

: Seychelles: Labour Day

: Sierra Leone: Labour Day

: Singapore: Labour Day

: Sint Maarten: Labour Day

: Slovakia: Labour Day

: Slovenia: May Day

: Somalia: Labour Day

: South Africa: Workers' Day

: South Sudan: Labour Day

: Spain: Labour Day

: Sri Lanka: Labour Day

: Suriname: Worker's Day

: Sweden: Labour Day

: Switzerland: May Day

  • Holiday info: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
  • Regions: Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Fribourg, Jura, Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Zurich


: Syria: Labour Day

: São Tomé and Príncipe: Labour Day

: Taiwan: Labor day

: Tajikistan: Labour Day

: Tajikistan: Labour Day (in lieu)

: Tanzania: Labour Day

: Thailand: Labour Day

: Togo: Labour Day

: Tunisia: Labour Day

: Turkiye: Labour and Solidarity Day

: Uganda: Labor Day

: Ukraine: Labour Day

: Uruguay: Labour Day

: Vanuatu: Labour Day

: Vatican City: St. Joseph the Worker

: Venezuela: Labour Day

: Vietnam: Labour Day

: Wallis and Futuna: Labour Day

: Yemen: Labour Day

: Zambia: Labour Day

: Zimbabwe: Worker's Day

: Bhutan: Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo

: China: Labour Day Holiday

: Hungary: Labour Day (bridge day)

: India: Public Holiday

: Kyrgyzstan: International Labour Day Holiday

: Montenegro: Labour Day (2nd day)

: Russia: Day of Spring and Labor (bridge day)

: Serbia: Labour Day Holiday

: Slovenia: May Day Holiday

: Spain: Community Festival of Madrid

: Vietnam: Labour Day Holiday

: China: Labour Day Holiday

: Japan: Constitution Memorial Day

: Poland: Constitution Day

: Singapore: Polling Day

: China: Labour Day Holiday

: Japan: Greenery Day

: Lithuania: Mother's Day

: Namibia: Cassinga Day

: Thailand: Coronation Day

: Antigua and Barbuda: Labour Day

: Australia: Labour Day

: Cayman Islands: Emancipation Day

: China: Labour Day Holiday

: Dominica: Labour Day

: Dominican Republic: Labour Day

: Ethiopia: Patriots' Victory Day

: Guernsey: May Bank

: Guyana: Arrival Day

: Hong Kong: The Birthday of the Buddha

: Ireland: May Bank Holiday

: Isle of Man: Early May Bank Holiday

: Japan: Children's Day

: Jersey: May Bank Holiday

: Kyrgyzstan: Constitution Day

: Latvia: Declaration of Independence Day (in lieu)

: Macau: Buddha's Birthday

: Mexico: Cinco de Mayo

: Montserrat: Labour Monday

: Namibia: Cassinga Day (in lieu)

: Netherlands: Liberation Day

: Saint Kitts and Nevis: Labour Day

: South Korea: Buddha's Birthday

: South Korea: Children's Day

: Thailand: Coronation Day (in lieu)

: United Kingdom: Early May Bank Holiday

: Bulgaria: St. George's Day

: India: Janaki Nawami

: Japan: Greenery Day (in lieu)

: Kyrgyzstan: Non-working Public Holiday

: Nepal: Janaki Nawami

  • Holiday info: Janaki Nawami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the waxing moon in the month of Baishakh according to the lunar calendar.
  • Regions: Madhesh Pradesh


: Syria: Martyrs' Day

: Bhutan: Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung

: India: Public Holiday

: Kazakhstan: Defender's Day

: Kyrgyzstan: Non-working Public Holiday

: Nepal: Bagmati Languages Day

: Czech Republic: Liberation Day

: France: V-E Day

  • Holiday info: Victory in Europe Day marks May 8th 1945 when the Allies formally accepted an unconditional surrender by the armed forces of Germany


: French Guiana: Victory Day

: French Polynesia: Victory Day

: Germany: 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII

: Guadeloupe: Victory Day

: Kyrgyzstan: Non-working Public Holiday

: Martinique: Victory Day

: New Caledonia: V-E Day

: Russia: Victory Day (bridge day)

: Saint Martin: Victory Day

: Slovakia: Day of victory over fascism

: Ukraine: Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation

: Wallis and Futuna: V-E Day

: Armenia: Victory Day

: Azerbaijan: Victory Day

: Belarus: Victory Day

: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Victory Day

: Georgia: Day of Victory over Fascism

: Guernsey: Liberation day

: India: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Israel: Victory Day

: Jersey: Liberation day

: Kazakhstan: Victory Day

: Kosovo: Europe Day

  • Holiday info: Celebrates the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in 1950, when the first step was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union


: Kyrgyzstan: Day of Victory

: Luxembourg: Europe Day

: Moldova: Victory Day

: Russia: Victory Day

: Tajikistan: Victory Day

: Uzbekistan: Day of Remembrance and Honor

: El Salvador: Mother's Day

: Bangladesh: Buddha Purnima

: Cambodia: Visak Bochea Day

: Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Kasong

: Thailand: Visakha Bucha Day

: Fiji: Girmit Day

: Georgia: Saint Andrew the First-Called Day

: India: Buddha Purnima

  • Holiday info: Marks three key events in Buddhas life - his birthday, the enlightenment and his achievement of Nirvana
  • Regions: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal


: Indonesia: Waisak Day

: Malaysia: Wesak Day

: Nepal: Buddha Jayanti

: Philippines: Public Holiday

: Samoa: Mother's Day

: Singapore: Vesak Day

: Sri Lanka: Vesak Full Moon Poya

: Thailand: Visakha Bucha Day (in lieu)

: Tuvalu: Gospel Day

: Indonesia: Waisak Day Holiday

: Spain: Saint Peter de Regalado

: Sri Lanka: Vesak Full Moon Poya Holiday

: Cambodia: King's Birthday

: Liberia: National Unification Day

: Malawi: Kamuzu Day

: Paraguay: Independence Day

: Burkina Faso: Traditional Day

: Cambodia: Royal Plowing Ceremony

: Paraguay: Independence Day Holiday

: Spain: Feast of St. Isidro

: Faroe Islands: Prayer Day

: Greenland: General Prayer Day

: India: Sikkim State Day

: South Sudan: SPLA Day

: DR Congo: Liberation Day

: Georgia: Day of Family Purity

: Malaysia: Birthday of the Raja of Perlis

: Norway: Constitution Day

: Spain: Galician Literature Day

: Haiti: Flag and Universities' Day

: Canada: Victoria Day

  • Holiday info: Victoria Day celebrates the birthday of Queen Victoria. Following the death of Queen Victoria, May 24th was decreed as Empire Day across the British Empire
  • Regions: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Yukon


: Canada: National Patriots' Day

: Cayman Islands: Discovery Day

: East Timor: Independence Restoration Day Holiday

: Turkiye: Youth and Sports Day

  • Holiday info: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, dedicated May 19th to the youth of Turkish nation as Youth and Sports Day, a national holiday that sees young people stage sporting and cultural activities and official ceremonies organized across the nation.


: Turkmenistan: Constitution and Flag Day

: Cameroon: National Day

: East Timor: Independence Restoration Day

: Chile: Navy Day

: Montenegro: Independence Day

: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day

: Malaysia: The Sultan of Pahang Hol

: Martinique: Abolition Day

: Montenegro: Independence Day Holiday

: Yemen: Unification Day

: Bermuda: Bermuda Day

  • Holiday info: Bermuda Day is a public holiday in Bermuda on the Friday before the final Monday of May. It is the National Day of Bermuda and unique cultural heritage of the islands.


: Ecuador: Anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha (in lieu)

: Jamaica: Labour Day

: Bulgaria: Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture

: Eritrea: Independence Day

: North Macedonia: St. Cyril and St. Methodius

: Argentina: May Day Revolution

: Bolivia: Chuquisaca Day

  • Holiday info: The Bolivian department of Chuquisaca celebrates a regional holiday on the anniversary of the first call for independence from Spain which took place on this day in 1809.
  • Regions: Chuquisaca


: Gambia: Africa Day

: Guinea: Africa Day

: Jordan: Independence Day

: Lebanon: Resistance and Liberation Day

: Lesotho: Africa Day

: Mali: Africa Day

: Mauritania: Africa Day

: Namibia: Africa Day

: Zambia: African Unity Day

: Zimbabwe: Africa Day

: American Samoa: Memorial Day

: Bulgaria: Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (in lieu)

: Equatorial Guinea: Africa Day (in lieu)

: Georgia: Independence Day

: Gibraltar: Spring Bank Holiday

: Guam: Memorial Day

: Guernsey: Spring Bank Holiday

: Guyana: Independence Day

: Isle of Man: Spring Bank Holiday

: Jersey: Spring Bank Holiday

: Namibia: Public Holiday (in lieu)

: Puerto Rico: Memorial Day

: Turks and Caicos Islands: National Heroes' Day

: US Virgin Islands: Memorial Day

: USA: Memorial Day

: United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday

: Zimbabwe: Public Holiday Holiday

: Guadeloupe: Abolition Day

: India: Savitri Amavasya

: Armenia: Day of the First Republic

: Azerbaijan: Republic Day

: Ethiopia: Downfall of the Derg

: Namibia: Genocide Memorial Day

: Pakistan: Youm-e-Takbeer

: Saint Martin: Abolition Day

: Aruba: Ascension Day

: Austria: Ascension Day

: Belgium: Ascension Day

: Benin: Ascension Day

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Ascension Day

: Botswana: Ascension

: Burkina Faso: Ascension Day

: Burundi: Ascension Day

: Cameroon: Ascension Day

: Central African Republic: Ascension Day

: Congo: Ascension Day

: Curaçao: Ascension Day

: Denmark: Ascension Day

: Eswatini: Ascension Day

: Faroe Islands: Ascension Day

: Finland: Ascension Day

: France: Ascension Day

: French Guiana: Ascension Day

: French Polynesia: Ascension Day

: Gabon: Ascension Day

: Germany: Ascension Day

: Greenland: Ascension Day

: Guadeloupe: Ascension Day

: Iceland: Ascension Day

: India: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Indonesia: Ascension Day

: Ivory Coast: Ascension Day

: Lesotho: Ascension Day

: Liechtenstein: Ascension Day

: Luxembourg: Ascension Day

: Madagascar: Ascension Day

: Martinique: Ascension Day

: Monaco: Ascension Day

: Namibia: Ascension Day

: Netherlands: Ascension Day

: New Caledonia: Ascension Day

: Norway: Ascension Day

: Saint Martin: Ascension Day

: Senegal: Ascension Day

: Sint Maarten: Ascension Day

: Sweden: Ascension Day

: Switzerland: Ascension Day

: Togo: Ascension Day

: Vanuatu: Ascension Day

: Wallis and Futuna: Ascension Day

: Anguilla: Anguilla Day

: Croatia: Statehood Day

: Fiji: Ratu Sukuna Day

: India: Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji

: Indonesia: Ascension Day Holiday

: Malaysia: Pesta Kaamatan

: Nicaragua: Mother's Day

: Spain: Canary Islands Day

: Taiwan: Dragon Boat Festival

: Trinidad and Tobago: Indian Arrival Day

: Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day

: China: Dragon Boat Festival

: Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival

: Macau: Tuen Ng Festival

: Malaysia: Pesta Kaamatan

: Spain: Castilla-La Mancha Day

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