coming up

Fri 23 OctUnited Nations DayFederated States of Micronesia +5 Sat 24 OctUnited Nations DayFederated States of Micronesia +2 Sun 25 OctThanksgiving DayGrenada +4 Mon 26 OctNational DayAustria +10 Tue 27 OctThadingyut HolidaysMyanmar +1 Wed 28 OctOhi DayCyprus +4 Thu 29 OctHM King Norodom Sihamoni's Coronation DayCambodia +2 Fri 30 OctEnvironment DaySouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands +1 Sat 31 OctMartyrs' DayBurkina Faso +6 Sun 1 NovRevolution DayAlgeria +52 Mon 2 NovAll Souls' DayAngola +22 Tue 3 NovIndependence DayDominica +7 Wed 4 NovNational Day of Community ServiceDominica +4 Thu 5 NovThanksgiving DayLiberia +1 Fri 6 NovGreen MarchMorocco +2 Sat 7 NovOctober Revolution DayBelarus Sun 8 NovVictory DayAzerbaijan +9 Mon 9 NovVisit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIVArgentina +11 Tue 10 NovVictory DayAzerbaijan +6 Wed 11 NovVeterans DayAmerican Samoa +31 Thu 12 NovMaore DayComoros +1 Fri 13 NovMartyrdom of FatimaIran +2 Sat 14 NovHM The King's BirthdayFalkland Islands Sun 15 NovRepublic Proclamation DayBrazil +4

Briflypublic holidays of the world

TodayPublic holidays in 246 countries and territoriesWho is off today?

Public holiday

New Year's Day in Papua New Guinea

Friday1January 2027

New Year's Day is a public holiday in Papua New Guinea.

In 2026 it falls on Thursday 1 January; in 2027 on Friday 1 January.

The date is fixed, so only the weekday changes from year to year.

216 other countries in our calendar also have New Year's Day as a public holiday.

Dates, 2025 to 2028

Year	Date	Weekday	Note
2025	1 January	Wednesday
2026	1 January	Thursday
2027	1 January	Friday long weekend
2028	1 January	Saturday weekend

New Year's Day elsewhere

Around the world

Albania1 January Algeria1 January American Samoa1 January Andorra1 January Angola1 January Anguilla1 January Antarctica1 January Antigua and Barbuda1 January Argentina1 January Armenia1 January Aruba1 January Australia1 January Austria1 January Azerbaijan1 January Bahrain1 January Barbados1 January Belarus1 January Belgium1 January Belize1 January Benin1 January Bermuda1 January Bolivia1 January Bosnia and Herzegovina1 January Botswana1 January British Virgin Islands1 January Brunei1 January Bulgaria1 January Burkina Faso1 January Burundi1 January Cameroon1 January Canada1 January Cape Verde1 January Caribbean Netherlands1 January Cayman Islands1 January Central African Republic1 January Chad1 January Chile1 January Christmas Island1 January Cocos (Keeling) Islands1 January Colombia1 January Comoros1 January Cook Islands1 January Costa Rica1 January Croatia1 January Curaçao1 January Cyprus1 January Czech Republic1 January Democratic Republic of the Congo1 January Denmark1 January Djibouti1 January Dominica1 January Dominican Republic1 January Ecuador1 January El Salvador1 January Equatorial Guinea1 January Eritrea1 January Estonia1 January Eswatini1 January Falkland Islands1 January Faroe Islands1 January