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Calendar 2026

Holidays in May 2026

31 days in May 2026 are a public holiday somewhere, across 234 countries.

1Friday180 holidays
Albania · International Workers' DayAlgeria · Labour DayAndorra · Labour DayAngola · International Worker's DayAnguilla · Labour DayArgentina · Labour DayArmenia · Labour DayAruba · Labour DayAustria · Labour DayBahrain · Labour DayBangladesh · May DayBarbados · May DayBelarus · Labour DayBelgium · Labour DayBelize · Labour DayBenin · Labour DayBolivia · Labour DayBosnia and Herzegovina · International Labour DayBotswana · Labour DayBrazil · Worker's DayBulgaria · Labour Day and International Workers' Solidarity DayBurkina Faso · Labour DayBurundi · International Labour DayCambodia · International Labour DayCambodia · Visaka Bochea DayCameroon · Labour DayCape Verde · Worker's DayCaribbean Netherlands · Labour DayCentral African Republic · Labour DayChad · Labour DayChile · Labour DayColombia · Labour DayComoros · Labour DayCosta Rica · International Labour DayCroatia · Labour DayCuba · International Workers' DayCuraçao · Labour DayCyprus · Labour DayCzech Republic · Labour DayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Labour DayDenmark · Workers' DayDjibouti · Labour DayEcuador · Labour DayEgypt · Labour DayEl Salvador · Labour DayEquatorial Guinea · International Labour DayEritrea · International Workers' DayEstonia · May DayEswatini · Worker's DayEthiopia · International Workers' DayFaroe Islands · Great Prayer DayFinland · May DayFrance · Labour DayFrench Guiana · Labour DayFrench Polynesia · Labour DayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands · Labour DayGabon · Labour DayGermany · Labour DayGhana · Labour DayGibraltar · May DayGreece · Labour DayGreenland · Great Prayer DayGrenada · Labour DayGuadeloupe · Labour DayGuatemala · Labour DayGuinea · Labour DayGuinea-Bissau · Worker's DayGuyana · Labour DayHaiti · Agriculture and Labour DayHonduras · Labour DayHong Kong · Labour DayHungary · Labour DayIceland · Labour DayIndia · Buddha PurnimaIndonesia · International Labour DayIraq · Labour DayItaly · Labour DayIvory Coast · Labour DayJordan · Labour DayKazakhstan · Kazakhstan's People Solidarity HolidayKenya · Labour DayKosovo · International Labour DayKyrgyzstan · Labour DayLaos · International Labour DayLatvia · Constitutional Assembly Convocation DayLatvia · Labour DayLebanon · Labour DayLesotho · Workers' DayLibya · Labour DayLiechtenstein · Labour DayLithuania · International Workers' DayLuxembourg · Labour DayMacau · Labour DayMadagascar · Labour DayMalawi · Labour DayMalaysia · Labour DayMaldives · International Worker's DayMali · Labour DayMalta · Worker's DayMarshall Islands · Constitution DayMartinique · Labour DayMauritania · Labour DayMauritius · Labour DayMayotte · Labour DayMexico · Labour DayMoldova · International Workers' Solidarity DayMonaco · Labour DayMontenegro · Labour DayMorocco · Labour DayMozambique · International Workers' DayMyanmar · May DayNamibia · Workers' DayNepal · International Labour DayNepal · Buddha JayantiNew Caledonia · Labour DayNicaragua · Labour DayNiger · International Labour DayNigeria · Workers' DayNorth Korea · International Workers' DayNorth Macedonia · Labour DayNorway · Labour DayPakistan · Labour DayPalestine · Labour DayPanama · Labour DayParaguay · Workers' DayPeople's Republic of China · Labour DayPeru · Labour DayPhilippines · Labour DayPoland · National DayPortugal · Labour DayRepublic of the Congo · Labour DayRomania · Labour DayRussia · Holiday of Spring and LabourRwanda · Labour DayRéunion · Labour DaySaint Barthélemy · Labour DaySaint Lucia · Labour DaySaint Pierre and Miquelon · Labour DaySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · National Workers' DaySaint-Martin · Labour DaySan Marino · Workers' DaySenegal · Labour DaySerbia · Labour DaySeychelles · Labour DaySierra Leone · International Worker's DaySingapore · Labour DaySint Maarten · Labour DaySlovakia · Labour DaySlovenia · Labour DaySomalia · Labour DaySouth Africa · Workers' DaySouth Korea · Labour DaySouth Sudan · International Labour DaySpain · Labour DaySri Lanka · International Workers' DaySri Lanka · Vesak Full Moon Poya DaySuriname · Labour DaySvalbard and Jan Mayen · Labour DaySweden · May DaySyria · Labour DaySão Tomé and Príncipe · Worker's DayTaiwan · Labour DayTanzania · International Workers' DayThailand · National Labour DayThe Gambia · Labour DayTimor-Leste · International Worker's DayTogo · Labour DayTunisia · Labour DayTurkey · Labour and Solidarity DayUganda · Labour DayUruguay · Workers' DayVanuatu · Labour DayVatican City · Saint Joseph the Worker's DayVenezuela · International Worker's DayVietnam · International Labour DayWallis and Futuna · Labour DayYemen · Labour DayZambia · Labour DayZimbabwe · Workers' DayÅland · May Day
2Saturday8 holidays
Bhutan · Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk GyalpoBosnia and Herzegovina · International Labour DayKyrgyzstan · May HolidaysMontenegro · Labour DayPeople's Republic of China · Labour DaySerbia · Labour DaySlovenia · Labour DaySri Lanka · Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
3Sunday6 holidays
Japan · Constitution DayKyrgyzstan · May HolidaysLebanon · Martyrs' DayLithuania · Mother's DayPoland · National Day of the Third of MayYemen · Labour Day
4Monday17 holidays
Antigua and Barbuda · Labour DayCayman Islands · Emancipation DayDominica · Labour DayDominican Republic · Labour DayGuernsey · May Day Bank HolidayIreland · May DayIsle of Man · May DayJapan · Greenery DayJersey · Early May Bank HolidayKyrgyzstan · May HolidaysLatvia · Restoration of Independence DayMontserrat · Labour DayNamibia · Cassinga DayPeople's Republic of China · Labour DaySaint Kitts and Nevis · Labour DayThailand · Coronation DayUnited Kingdom · May Day
5Tuesday8 holidays
Cambodia · Royal Ploughing CeremonyEthiopia · Ethiopian Patriots' Victory DayGuyana · Arrival DayJapan · Children's DayKingdom of the Netherlands · Liberation DayKyrgyzstan · Constitution DayPalau · Senior Citizens DaySouth Korea · Children's Day
6Wednesday3 holidays
Bulgaria · Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian ArmyKyrgyzstan · May HolidaysSyria · Martyrs' Day
7Thursday2 holidays
Kazakhstan · Defender of the Fatherland DayKyrgyzstan · May Holidays
8Friday16 holidays
Czech Republic · Victory DayFrance · Victory DayFrench Guiana · Victory DayFrench Polynesia · Victory DayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands · Victory DayGuadeloupe · Victory DayKyrgyzstan · May HolidaysMartinique · Victory DayMayotte · Victory DayNew Caledonia · Victory DayRéunion · Victory DaySaint Barthélemy · Victory DaySaint Pierre and Miquelon · Victory DaySaint-Martin · Victory DayVatican City · Anniversary of the Election of the Holy FatherWallis and Futuna · Victory Day
9Saturday16 holidays
Armenia · Victory and Peace DayAzerbaijan · Victory over Fascism DayBelarus · Victory DayGeorgia · Day of Victory over FascismGuernsey · Liberation DayIndia · Guru Rabindranath's BirthdayJersey · Liberation DayKazakhstan · Victory DayKosovo · Europe DayKyrgyzstan · Victory DayLuxembourg · Europe DayMoldova · Europe DayMoldova · Victory Day and Commemoration of the heroes fallen for Independence of FatherlandRussia · Victory DayTajikistan · Victory DayUzbekistan · Day of Memory and Honor
10Sunday6 holidays
Cape Verde · Mother's DayEl Salvador · Mother's DayFederated States of Micronesia · Federated States of Micronesia DayLatvia · Mother's DayLebanon · Resistance and Liberation DayWestern Sahara · Creation of the Polisario Front
11Monday9 holidays
Azerbaijan · Victory over Fascism DayFederated States of Micronesia · Federated States of Micronesia DayFiji · Girmit DayKazakhstan · Victory DayKosovo · Europe DayRussia · Victory DaySamoa · Mother's DayTuvalu · Gospel DayUzbekistan · Day of Memory and Honor
12Tuesday1 holiday
Georgia · Saint Andrew's Day
13Wednesday2 holidays
Sweden · Day before Ascension Day (from 2pm)Thailand · Royal Ploughing Ceremony
14Thursday58 holidays
Aruba · Ascension DayAustria · Ascension DayBelgium · Ascension DayBenin · Ascension DayBotswana · Ascension DayBurkina Faso · Ascension DayBurundi · Ascension DayCambodia · HM King Norodom Sihamoni's BirthdayCameroon · Ascension DayCaribbean Netherlands · Ascension DayCentral African Republic · Ascension DayCuraçao · Ascension DayDenmark · Ascension DayEswatini · Ascension DayFaroe Islands · Ascension DayFinland · Ascension DayFrance · Ascension DayFrench Guiana · Ascension DayFrench Polynesia · Ascension DayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands · Ascension DayGabon · Ascension DayGermany · Ascension DayGreenland · Ascension DayGuadeloupe · Ascension DayHaiti · Ascension DayIceland · Ascension DayIndonesia · Ascension DayIvory Coast · Ascension DayKingdom of the Netherlands · Ascension DayLesotho · Ascension DayLiberia · National Unification and Integration DayLiechtenstein · Ascension DayLuxembourg · Ascension DayMadagascar · Ascension DayMalawi · Kamuzu DayMartinique · Ascension DayMayotte · Ascension DayMonaco · Ascension DayNamibia · Ascension DayNew Caledonia · Ascension DayNiger · Ascension DayNorway · Ascension DayParaguay · National HolidayRepublic of the Congo · Ascension DayRéunion · Ascension DaySaint Barthélemy · Ascension DaySaint Pierre and Miquelon · Ascension DaySaint-Martin · Ascension DaySenegal · Ascension DaySint Maarten · Ascension DaySvalbard and Jan Mayen · Ascension DaySweden · Ascension DaySwitzerland · Ascension DayTogo · Ascension DayVanuatu · Ascension DayVatican City · Ascension DayWallis and Futuna · Ascension DayÅland · Ascension Day
15Friday6 holidays
Belgium · Friday after Ascension DayIndonesia · Ascension Joint HolidayIsrael · Jerusalem DayParaguay · National Independence DaySweden · Squeeze dayVenezuela · Family Day
16Saturday2 holidays
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Revolution and Armed Forces DaySouth Sudan · SPLA Day
17Sunday5 holidays
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Revolution and Armed Forces DayGeorgia · Day of Family Sanctity and Respect for ParentsNauru · Constitution DayNorway · Constitution DaySvalbard and Jan Mayen · Constitution Day
18Monday7 holidays
Canada · Victoria DayCayman Islands · Discovery DayColombia · Ascension DayHaiti · Flag Day and University DayNauru · Constitution DayTurkmenistan · Constitution and State Flag DayUruguay · Battle of Las Piedras
19Tuesday1 holiday
Turkey · Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
20Wednesday4 holidays
Cameroon · National DaySouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Shackleton DayTimor-Leste · Restoration of Independence DayWestern Sahara · Commencement of the Armed Struggle
21Thursday3 holidays
Chile · Navy DayMontenegro · Independence DaySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · National Spiritual Baptist Day
22Friday6 holidays
Bermuda · Bermuda DayIsrael · ShavuotMartinique · Abolition of SlaveryMontenegro · Independence DaySweden · Day before Pentecost Eve (from 2pm)Yemen · Unity Day
23Saturday3 holidays
Haiti · National Sovereignty DayJamaica · National Labour DaySweden · Pentecost Eve
24Sunday30 holidays
Belgium · PentecostBulgaria · Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and CultureCaribbean Netherlands · PentecostDenmark · PentecostEcuador · The Battle of PichinchaEritrea · Independence DayEstonia · PentecostFaroe Islands · PentecostFinland · PentecostGabon · PentecostGreenland · PentecostHong Kong · The Buddha's BirthdayHungary · PentecostIceland · PentecostKingdom of the Netherlands · PentecostLatvia · PentecostLiechtenstein · PentecostMacau · The Buddha's BirthdayMadagascar · PentecostNorth Macedonia · Saints Cyril and Methodius DayNorway · PentecostPoland · PentecostSint Maarten · PentecostSlovenia · PentecostSouth Korea · Buddha's BirthdaySvalbard and Jan Mayen · PentecostSweden · PentecostVatican City · Solemnity of PentecostYemen · Unity DayÅland · Pentecost
25Monday81 holidays
American Samoa · Memorial DayAndorra · Pentecost MondayAnguilla · Pentecost MondayAntigua and Barbuda · Whit MondayArgentina · May Revolution DayAustria · Pentecost MondayBarbados · Whit MondayBelgium · Pentecost MondayBenin · Pentecost MondayBritish Virgin Islands · Pentecost MondayBulgaria · Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and CultureCentral African Republic · Pentecost MondayDenmark · Pentecost MondayDominica · Whit MondayEcuador · The Battle of PichinchaEquatorial Guinea · African Liberation DayFaroe Islands · Pentecost MondayFrance · Pentecost MondayFrench Guiana · Pentecost MondayFrench Polynesia · Pentecost MondayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands · Pentecost MondayGabon · Pentecost MondayGermany · Pentecost MondayGibraltar · Spring Bank HolidayGreenland · Pentecost MondayGrenada · Pentecost MondayGuadeloupe · Pentecost MondayGuam · Memorial DayGuernsey · Spring Bank HolidayGuinea · Africa DayHong Kong · The Buddha's BirthdayHungary · Pentecost MondayIceland · Pentecost MondayIsle of Man · Spring Bank HolidayIvory Coast · Pentecost MondayJamaica · National Labour DayJersey · Spring Bank HolidayJordan · Independence DayKingdom of the Netherlands · Pentecost MondayLesotho · Africa/Heroes DayLiechtenstein · Pentecost MondayLuxembourg · Pentecost MondayMacau · Compensatory rest day for The Buddha's BirthdayMadagascar · Pentecost MondayMali · Africa DayMartinique · Pentecost MondayMauritania · Africa DayMayotte · Pentecost MondayMonaco · Pentecost MondayMontserrat · Pentecost MondayNamibia · Africa DayNew Caledonia · Pentecost MondayNiger · Pentecost MondayNorth Macedonia · Saints Cyril and Methodius DayNorthern Mariana Islands · Memorial DayNorway · Pentecost MondayPuerto Rico · Memorial DayRepublic of the Congo · Pentecost MondayRéunion · Pentecost MondaySaint Barthélemy · Pentecost MondaySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Whit MondaySaint Kitts and Nevis · Whit MondaySaint Lucia · Pentecost MondaySaint Pierre and Miquelon · Pentecost MondaySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · Pentecost MondaySaint-Martin · Pentecost MondaySenegal · Pentecost MondaySolomon Islands · Whit MondaySouth Korea · Alternative holiday for Buddha's BirthdaySvalbard and Jan Mayen · Pentecost MondayThe Bahamas · Whit MondayThe Gambia · Africa Liberation DayTogo · Pentecost MondayTurks and Caicos Islands · JAGS McCartney DayUnited Kingdom · Spring Bank HolidayUnited States · Memorial DayUnited States Minor Outlying Islands · Memorial DayUnited States Virgin Islands · Memorial DayWallis and Futuna · Pentecost MondayZambia · Africa Freedom DayZimbabwe · Africa Day
26Tuesday19 holidays
Afghanistan · Day of ArafahDjibouti · Day of ArafahEgypt · Day of ArafahGeorgia · Independence DayGuyana · Independence DayIraq · Day of ArafahJordan · Day of ArafahKuwait · Day of ArafahLibya · Day of ArafahMaldives · Day of ArafahOman · Eid al-AdhaPakistan · Eid al-AdhaSaudi Arabia · Day of ArafahSudan · Eid al-AdhaSyria · Eid al-AdhaTunisia · Day of ArafahTurkey · Eid al-Adha (from 1pm)United Arab Emirates · Day of ArafahYemen · Eid al-Adha
27Wednesday70 holidays
Afghanistan · Eid al-AdhaAlbania · Eid al-AdhaAlgeria · Eid al-AdhaAzerbaijan · Eid al-AdhaBahrain · Eid al-AdhaBenin · Eid al-AdhaBosnia and Herzegovina · Eid al-AdhaBrunei · Eid al-AdhaBurkina Faso · Eid al-AdhaBurundi · Eid al-AdhaCameroon · Eid al-AdhaCentral African Republic · Eid al-AdhaChad · Eid al-AdhaChristmas Island · Eid al-AdhaCocos (Keeling) Islands · Eid al-AdhaComoros · Eid al-AdhaDjibouti · Eid al-AdhaEgypt · Eid al-AdhaEritrea · Eid al-AdhaEthiopia · Eid al-AdhaGabon · Eid al-AdhaGhana · Eid-ul-AdhaGuadeloupe · Abolition of SlaveryGuinea · Eid al-AdhaGuinea-Bissau · Eid al-AdhaIndia · Eid al-AdhaIndonesia · Eid al-AdhaIran · Eid al-AdhaIraq · Eid al-AdhaIvory Coast · Eid al-AdhaJordan · Eid al-AdhaKazakhstan · Eid al-AdhaKosovo · Eid al-AdhaKuwait · Eid al-AdhaKyrgyzstan · Eid al-AdhaLebanon · Eid al-AdhaLibya · Eid al-AdhaMalaysia · Eid al-AdhaMaldives · Eid al-AdhaMali · Eid al-AdhaMauritania · Eid al-AdhaMorocco · Eid al-AdhaNiger · Eid al-AdhaOman · Eid al-AdhaPakistan · Eid al-AdhaPalestine · Eid al-AdhaPhilippines · Eid al-AdhaQatar · Eid al-AdhaRwanda · Eid al-AdhaSaudi Arabia · Eid al-Adha HolidaySenegal · Eid al-AdhaSierra Leone · Eid al-AdhaSingapore · Eid al-AdhaSomalia · Eid al-AdhaSouth Sudan · Eid al-AdhaSudan · Eid al-AdhaSuriname · Eid al-AdhaSyria · Eid al-AdhaTajikistan · Eid al-AdhaThe Gambia · Eid al-AdhaTimor-Leste · Eid al-AdhaTogo · Eid al-AdhaTunisia · Eid al-AdhaTurkey · Eid al-AdhaTurkmenistan · Eid al-AdhaUganda · Eid al-AdhaUnited Arab Emirates · Eid al-AdhaUzbekistan · Eid al-AdhaWestern Sahara · Eid al-AdhaYemen · Eid al-Adha
28Thursday43 holidays
Afghanistan · Eid al-AdhaAlgeria · Eid al-AdhaArmenia · Republic DayAzerbaijan · Independence DayAzerbaijan · Eid al-AdhaBahrain · Eid al-AdhaBangladesh · Eid al-AdhaComoros · Eid al-AdhaDjibouti · Eid al-Adha HolidayEgypt · Eid al-AdhaGuinea · Day after Eid al-AdhaGuyana · Eid al-AdhaIndonesia · Eid al-Adha Joint HolidayIraq · Eid al-AdhaJordan · Eid al-Adha HolidayKuwait · Eid al-Adha HolidayLebanon · Eid al-AdhaLibya · Eid al-AdhaMaldives · Eid al-Adha HolidayMauritania · Eid al-AdhaMorocco · Eid al-AdhaMyanmar · Eid al-AdhaNamibia · Genocide Remembrance DayNepal · Eid al-AdhaNiger · Day after Eid al-AdhaNigeria · Eid al-AdhaOman · Eid al-AdhaPakistan · Youm-e-TakbeerPakistan · Eid al-AdhaPalestine · Eid al-AdhaQatar · Eid al-AdhaSaint-Martin · Abolition of SlaverySaudi Arabia · Eid al-Adha HolidaySri Lanka · Eid al-AdhaSudan · Eid al-AdhaSyria · Eid al-AdhaTanzania · Eid al-AdhaThe Gambia · Eid al-AdhaTunisia · Eid al-Adha HolidayTurkey · Eid al-AdhaUnited Arab Emirates · Eid al-Adha HolidayUzbekistan · Additional day off by Presidential decreeYemen · Eid al-Adha
29Friday25 holidays
Afghanistan · Eid al-AdhaAlgeria · Eid al-AdhaAzerbaijan · Eid al-AdhaBahrain · Eid al-AdhaBangladesh · Eid al-AdhaEgypt · Eid al-AdhaFiji · Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna DayIraq · Eid al-AdhaJordan · Eid al-Adha HolidayKuwait · Eid al-Adha HolidayLibya · Eid al-AdhaMaldives · Eid al-Adha HolidayNepal · Republic DayNigeria · Eid al-Adha HolidayOman · Eid al-AdhaPalestine · Eid al-AdhaQatar · Eid al-AdhaSaudi Arabia · Eid al-Adha HolidaySudan · Eid al-AdhaSyria · Eid al-AdhaTunisia · Eid al-Adha HolidayTurkey · Eid al-AdhaUnited Arab Emirates · Eid al-Adha HolidayUzbekistan · Additional day off by Presidential decreeYemen · Eid al-Adha
30Saturday12 holidays
Anguilla · Anguilla DayBangladesh · Eid al-AdhaCroatia · Statehood DayEgypt · Eid al-AdhaMaldives · Eid al-Adha HolidayNicaragua · Mother's DayPalestine · Eid al-AdhaSri Lanka · Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya DaySudan · Eid al-AdhaTrinidad and Tobago · Indian Arrival DayTurkey · Eid al-AdhaYemen · Eid al-Adha
31Sunday12 holidays
Bhutan · Lord Buddha's ParinirvanaBrunei · Armed Forces DayIndonesia · Vesak DayMadagascar · Mother's DayMalaysia · Vesak DayMongolia · The Buddha's BirthdayRomania · PentecostSaudi Arabia · Eid al-Adha HolidaySingapore · Vesak DayThailand · Visakha BuchaVatican City · Solemnity of Holy TrinityYemen · Eid al-Adha