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Calendar 2026

Holidays in August 2026

28 days in August 2026 are a public holiday somewhere, across 159 countries.

1Saturday15 holidays
Barbados · Emancipation DayBelize · Emancipation DayBenin · National DayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Parents' DayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Congolese Genocide Memorial DayGrenada · Emancipation DayGuyana · Emancipation DayJamaica · Emancipation DayPeople's Republic of China · Army DaySaint Lucia · Emancipation DaySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · Emancipation DaySenegal · Grand Magal of ToubaSwitzerland · National DayTrinidad and Tobago · African Emancipation DayTurks and Caicos Islands · Emancipation Day
2Sunday3 holidays
Costa Rica · Feast of Our Lady of the AngelsDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Congolese Genocide Memorial DayNorth Macedonia · Republic Day
3Monday17 holidays
Anguilla · August MondayAntigua and Barbuda · Carnival MondayBarbados · Kadooment DayBritish Virgin Islands · Emancipation MondayDominica · Emancipation DayEquatorial Guinea · Armed Forces DayGuinea-Bissau · Pidjiguiti DayIceland · Commerce DayIreland · August Bank HolidayMontserrat · Emancipation DayNiger · Anniversary of the Proclamation of IndependenceNorth Macedonia · Republic DaySaint Kitts and Nevis · Emancipation DayThe Bahamas · Emancipation DayTurks and Caicos Islands · Emancipation DayTuvalu · National Youth DayZambia · Farmers' Day
4Tuesday6 holidays
Antigua and Barbuda · Carnival TuesdayBritish Virgin Islands · Emancipation TuesdayCook Islands · Constitution DayIran · ArbaeenLebanon · Anniversary of the tragedy of Beirut port explosionSaint Kitts and Nevis · Culturama Day - Last Lap
5Wednesday5 holidays
Bangladesh · July Mass Uprising DayBritish Virgin Islands · Emancipation WednesdayBurkina Faso · Independence DayCroatia · Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans DayKiribati · Youth Day
6Thursday5 holidays
Anguilla · August ThursdayBolivia · Independence DayEl Salvador · Celebrations of San SalvadorJamaica · Independence DayPeru · Battle of Junín Day
7Friday4 holidays
Anguilla · Constitution DayColombia · Battle of BoyacáIvory Coast · Independence DayRwanda · Umuganura Day
8Saturday1 holiday
Tanzania · Peasants' Day
9Sunday3 holidays
Singapore · National DaySouth Africa · National Women's DaySuriname · Indigenous People Day
10Monday6 holidays
Ecuador · Declaration of Independence of QuitoGrenada · Carnival MondaySamoa · Father's DaySingapore · National DaySouth Africa · National Women's DayZimbabwe · Zimbabwe Heroes' Day
11Tuesday4 holidays
Chad · Independence DayGrenada · Carnival TuesdayJapan · Mountain DayZimbabwe · Defense Forces Day
12Wednesday3 holidays
Iran · Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn AliThailand · HM Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's BirthdayThailand · National Mother's Day
13Thursday4 holidays
Central African Republic · Independence DayIran · Martyrdom of Ali al-RidaTunisia · Women's DayZambia · General Election Day
14Friday5 holidays
Libya · National Environmental Sanitation DayMaldives · National DayMorocco · Oued Ed-Dahab DayPakistan · Independence DayVatican City · Day Before Assumption of Mary
15Saturday62 holidays
Afghanistan · Islamic Emirate Victory DayAndorra · Assumption DayAustria · Assumption DayBelgium · Assumption DayBenin · Assumption DayBurkina Faso · Assumption DayBurundi · Assumption DayCameroon · Assumption DayCape Verde · Assumption DayCentral African Republic · Assumption DayChile · Assumption DayCosta Rica · Mother's DayCroatia · Assumption DayCyprus · Dormition of the Mother of GodEquatorial Guinea · Constitution DayFrance · Assumption DayFrench Guiana · Assumption DayFrench Polynesia · Assumption DayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands · Assumption DayGabon · Assumption DayGreece · Dormition of the Mother of GodGuadeloupe · Assumption DayGuatemala · Assumption DayGuinea · Assumption DayHaiti · Assumption DayIndia · Independence DayItaly · Assumption Of Mary DayIvory Coast · Assumption DayLebanon · Assumption DayLiechtenstein · National DayLithuania · Assumption DayLuxembourg · Assumption DayMadagascar · Assumption DayMalta · Feast of the AssumptionMartinique · Assumption DayMauritius · Assumption DayMayotte · Assumption DayMonaco · Assumption DayNew Caledonia · Assumption DayNiger · Assumption DayNorth Korea · Liberation DayParaguay · Asuncion Foundation's DayPoland · Assumption DayPortugal · Assumption DayRepublic of the Congo · National DayRomania · Dormition of the Mother of GodRwanda · Assumption DayRéunion · Assumption DaySaint Barthélemy · Assumption DaySaint Pierre and Miquelon · Assumption DaySaint-Martin · Assumption DaySan Marino · Assumption DaySenegal · Assumption DaySeychelles · Assumption DaySlovenia · Assumption DaySouth Korea · Liberation DaySpain · Assumption DayThe Gambia · Assumption DayTogo · Assumption DayVanuatu · Assumption DayVatican City · Assumption of Mary DayWallis and Futuna · Assumption Day
16Sunday3 holidays
Dominican Republic · Restoration DayGabon · Independence DayVatican City · Day After Assumption of Mary
17Monday8 holidays
Argentina · Pass to the Immortality of General Don José de San MartínColombia · Assumption DayEquatorial Guinea · Constitution DayGabon · Independence Day HolidayIndonesia · Independence DayRwanda · Assumption DaySouth Korea · Alternative holiday for Liberation DayThe Gambia · Assumption Day
19Wednesday2 holidays
Afghanistan · Afghanistan Independence DayNauru · Ibumin Earoeni Day
20Thursday3 holidays
Estonia · Independence Restoration DayHungary · State Foundation DayMorocco · Revolution Day
21Friday3 holidays
Iran · Martyrdom of Hasan al-AskariMorocco · Youth DayPhilippines · Ninoy Aquino Day
24Monday1 holiday
Liberia · National Flag Day
25Tuesday42 holidays
Afghanistan · Prophet's BirthdayAlgeria · Prophet's BirthdayBahrain · Prophet's BirthdayBenin · Prophet's BirthdayBrunei · Prophet's BirthdayBurkina Faso · Prophet's BirthdayCameroon · MawlidChad · Prophet's BirthdayCocos (Keeling) Islands · Prophet's BirthdayComoros · Prophet's BirthdayDjibouti · Prophet Muhammad's BirthdayEgypt · Prophet's BirthdayEritrea · Prophet's BirthdayEthiopia · Prophet's BirthdayFiji · Prophet Mohammed's BirthdayGuinea · Day after Prophet's BirthdayIndonesia · Prophet's BirthdayIraq · Prophet's BirthdayIvory Coast · Day after Prophet's BirthdayJordan · Prophet's BirthdayKuwait · Prophet's BirthdayLebanon · Prophet's BirthdayLibya · Prophet's BirthdayMalaysia · Prophet Muhammad's BirthdayMaldives · Prophet's BirthdayMali · Prophet's BirthdayMauritania · Prophet's BirthdayMorocco · Prophet's BirthdayNiger · Prophet's BirthdayNorth Korea · Day of SongunOman · Prophet's BirthdayPalestine · Prophet's BirthdaySenegal · Prophet's BirthdaySierra Leone · Prophet's BirthdaySomalia · Prophet's BirthdaySudan · Prophet's BirthdaySyria · Prophet's BirthdayThe Gambia · Prophet's BirthdayTunisia · Prophet's BirthdayUnited Arab Emirates · Prophet's BirthdayUruguay · Independence Declaration DayWestern Sahara · Prophet's Birthday
26Wednesday10 holidays
Bangladesh · Prophet's BirthdayGuyana · Prophet's BirthdayIndia · Prophet's BirthdayMorocco · Prophet's BirthdayNamibia · Heroes' DayNigeria · Prophet's BirthdayPakistan · Prophet's BirthdayPapua New Guinea · National Repentance DaySri Lanka · Prophet's BirthdayTanzania · Prophet's Birthday
27Thursday2 holidays
Moldova · Republic of Moldova Independence DaySri Lanka · Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
28Friday4 holidays
Georgia · Dormition of the Mother of GodIndia · Raksha BandhanNepal · Janai PoornimaNorth Korea · Youth Day
29Saturday1 holiday
Slovakia · Slovak National Uprising Anniversary
30Sunday6 holidays
Gabon · Liberation DayIran · Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-SadiqPeru · Rose of Lima DayTimor-Leste · Popular Consultation DayTurkey · Victory DayTurks and Caicos Islands · National Day of Thanksgiving
31Monday13 holidays
Afghanistan · American Withdrawal DayCosta Rica · Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican CultureGibraltar · Late Summer Bank HolidayGuernsey · Summer Bank HolidayIsle of Man · Late Summer Bank HolidayJersey · Summer Bank HolidayKyrgyzstan · Independence DayMalaysia · National DayMoldova · National Language DayPhilippines · National Heroes DayTrinidad and Tobago · Independence DayTurks and Caicos Islands · Constitution DayUzbekistan · Additional day off by Presidential decree