Holidays in August 2026

Barbados

Emancipation Day

Belize

Emancipation Day

Benin

Independence Day

China

Army Day

DR Congo

Parents' Day

Guyana

Emancipation Day

Jamaica

Emancipation Day

Nicaragua

Santo Domingo Celebrations Start

Saint Lucia

Emancipation Day

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Emancipation Day

Solomon Islands

Guadalcanal Province Day

Switzerland

Swiss National Day

Trinidad and Tobago

African Emancipation Day

Turks and Caicos Islands

Emancipation Day

United States

Colorado Day

Costa Rica

Our Lady of Los Ángeles

India

Friendship Day

North Macedonia

Republic Day

United States

American Family Day

Anguilla

August Monday

Antigua and Barbuda

Carnival Holiday

Australia

New South Wales Bank Holiday

Australia

Northern Territory Picnic Day

Bahamas

Emancipation Day

Barbados

Kadooment Day

British Virgin Islands

Emancipation Monday

Canada

Civic/Provincial Day

Canada

Saskatchewan Day

Canada

Terry Fox Day

Canada

New Brunswick Day

Canada

British Columbia Day

Canada

Natal Day

Canada

Heritage Day

Dominica

Emancipation Day

El Salvador

San Salvador Day 1 (S. Salvador only)

Equatorial Guinea

Freedom Day

Grenada

Emancipation Day

Guernsey

Summer Bank Holiday (only Alderney)

Iceland

Commerce Day

Ireland

August Bank Holiday

Kiribati

Youth Day

Montserrat

Emancipation Day

Niger

Nigerien Independence Day

North Macedonia

Republic Day Observed

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Emancipation Day

Senegal

Grand Magal de Touba

Solomon Islands

Makira-Ulawa Province Day

Turks and Caicos Islands

Day off for Emancipation Day

Tuvalu

National Children's Day

United Kingdom

Summer Bank Holiday

Venezuela

Flag's Day

Zambia

Farmers' Day

British Virgin Islands

Emancipation Tuesday

Cook Islands

Constitution Day

Iran

Arbaeen

Pakistan

Chelum

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Culturama Day

Slovakia

Matice Slovenska Day

United States

Coast Guard Birthday

United States

Barack Obama Day

Venezuela

National Guard's Day

Bangladesh

Student-People Uprising Day

British Virgin Islands

Emancipation Wednesday

Burkina Faso

National Day

Canada

The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day)

Croatia

Victory Day

El Salvador

San Salvador Day 2 (S. Salvador only)

Spain

The Day of Our Lady of Africa

Anguilla

August Thursday

Bolivia

Independence Day

El Salvador

Celebrations of San Salvador

Jamaica

Independence Day

Japan

Hiroshima Memorial Day

Peru

Battle of Junín

Anguilla

Constitution Day

Bolivia

Independence Day Holiday

Colombia

Battle of Boyacá Day

Ivory Coast

Independence Day

Rwanda

Umuganura Day

United States

Purple Heart Day

Hungary

Extra Work Day

Monaco

Feast of Saint Roman Eve

Taiwan

Father's Day

Tanzania

Farmers' Day

Brazil

Father's Day

Japan

Nagasaki Memorial Day

Monaco

Feast of Saint Roman

Singapore

National Day

South Africa

National Women's Day

Spain

The Day of Cantabria

Suriname

Indigenous Peoples Day

United States

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

Ecuador

Independence Day

Grenada

Carnival (First Day)

Nicaragua

Last Day of Santo Domingo Celebrations

Samoa

Father's Day

Singapore

National Day Observed

Slovakia

Day of the Victims of Mining Disasters

South Africa

Day off for National Women's Day

United States

Victory Day

Zimbabwe

Heroes' Day

Chad

Independence Day

Grenada

Carnival (Second Day)

Japan

Mountain Day

Zimbabwe

Defence Forces Day

Australia

Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland

Bangladesh

Akhari Chahar Somba

Iran

Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan

Thailand

The Queen Mother's Birthday

United States

International Youth Day

Central African Republic

Independence Day

Iran

Martyrdom of Imam Reza

Tunisia

Women's Day

Falkland Islands

Falkland Day

Morocco

Anniversary of the Recovery Oued Ed-Dahab

Pakistan

Independence Day

Andorra

Assumption of Mary

Australia

Assumption of Mary

Austria

Assumption of Mary

Belgium

Assumption of Mary

Benin

Assumption of Mary

Burkina Faso

Assumption of Mary

Burundi

Assumption of Mary

Cameroon

Assumption of Mary

Canada

Assumption of Mary

Cape Verde

Assumption of Mary

Central African Republic

Assumption of Mary

Chile

Assumption of Mary

Colombia

Assumption of Mary

Congo

Independence Day

Costa Rica

Mother's Day

Croatia

Assumption of Mary

Cyprus

Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Egypt

Flooding of the Nile

Equatorial Guinea

Constitution Day

France

Assumption of Mary

French Polynesia

Assumption of Mary

Gabon

Assumption of Mary

Gambia

Assumption of Mary

Germany

Assumption of Mary

Greece

Dormition of the Holy Virgin

Guatemala

Assumption of Mary (Guatemala City only)

Guinea

Assumption of Mary

Haiti

Assumption of Mary

India

Independence Day

Italy

Assumption of Mary

Italy

Ferragosto

Ivory Coast

Assumption of Mary

Lebanon

Assumption of Mary

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein National Day

Lithuania

Feast of the Assumption of Mary

Luxembourg

Assumption of Mary

Madagascar

Assumption of Mary

Maldives

National Day

Malta

The Feast of Mary's Assumption

Martinique

Assumption of Mary

Mauritius

Assumption of Mary

Mayotte

Assumption of Mary

Mexico

Assumption of Mary

Monaco

Assumption of Mary

New Caledonia

Assumption of Mary

North Korea

Liberation Day

Pakistan

Nauroz

Panama

Foundation of Old Panama City

Paraguay

Founding of Asuncion

Poland

Assumption of Mary

Portugal

Assumption of Mary

Reunion

Assumption of Mary

Romania

St Mary's Day

Rwanda

Assumption of Mary

Saint Barth�lemy

Assumption of Mary

Saint Martin

Assumption of Mary

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Assumption of Mary

San Marino

Assumption of Mary

Senegal

Assumption of Mary

Seychelles

Assumption of Mary

Slovenia

Assumption of Mary

Solomon Islands

Malaita Province Day

South Korea

Liberation Day

Spain

Assumption of Mary

Switzerland

Assumption of Mary

Togo

Assumption of Mary

United Kingdom

Assumption of Mary

United States

Assumption of Mary

Vanuatu

Assumption of Mary

Vatican City

Day of the Assumption of Mary

Venezuela

Assumption of Mary

Wallis and Futuna

Assumption of Mary

Dominican Republic

Restoration Day

Gabon

Independence Day

United States

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

United States

Bennington Battle Day

United States

National Senior Citizens Day

Vatican City

Assumption Day Holiday

Argentina

San Martín Day

Bolivia

Flag Day

Canada

Discovery Day

Colombia

Assumption of Mary Holiday

Gabon

Independence Day Holiday

Indonesia

Indonesian Independence Day

Rwanda

Assumption of Mary Observed

Slovenia

Slovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day

South Korea

Day off for Liberation Day

United States

Bennington Battle Day observed

Afghanistan

Independence Day (National Day)

China

Chinese Valentine's Day

Nauru

Day of the Tribes

Norway

Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Birthday

Taiwan

Chinese Valentine's Day

United States

World Humanitarian Day

United States

National Aviation Day

Estonia

Independence Restoration Day

Hungary

National Day

Morocco

Anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People

Pakistan

Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)

Portugal

Our Lady of Sorrows

Canada

Gold Cup Parade

Hungary

National Day Holiday

Iran

Martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari

Micronesia

Gospel Day (Kosrae)

Morocco

Youth Day

Philippines

Ninoy Aquino Day

Slovakia

Day of the Victims of the Occupation of Czechoslovakia

United States

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

United States

Hawaii Statehood Day

Portugal

Our Lady of Graces

United States

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

Vietnam

Working day for Independence Day Holiday

Croatia

European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes

Estonia

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Communism and Nazism

United States

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

Costa Rica

National Parks Day

Fiji

The Prophet's Birthday Holiday

Guyana

Youman-Nabi

Liberia

Flag Day

Malaysia

Birthday of the Governor of Malacca

Tunisia

The Prophet's Birthday

Ukraine

Independence Day (Suspended)

Brunei

Maulidur Rasul

Indonesia

Maulid Nabi Muhammad

Iraq

The Prophet's Birthday

Israel

Prophet's Birthday Eve

Jordan

Prophet's Birthday

Malaysia

The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

Mongolia

Youths Day

Morocco

The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

North Korea

Day of Songun

Pakistan

Eid Milad un-Nabi

Uruguay

Independence Day

Afghanistan

The Prophet's Birthday

Algeria

The Prophet's Birthday

Australia

Milad un Nabi

Australia

Hari Maulad Nabi

Bahrain

The Prophet's Birthday

Bangladesh

Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

Benin

Maouloud

Burkina Faso

The Prophet's Birthday

Canada

Milad un Nabi

Chad

The Prophet's Birthday

Comoros

The Prophet's Birthday

Djibouti

Milad un Nabi

Egypt

Prophet Mohamed's Birthday

Eritrea

The Prophet's Birthday

Ethiopia

The Prophet's Birthday

Gambia

The Prophet's Birthday

Guinea

The Prophet's Birthday

India

Milad un-Nabi

India

Onam

Israel

Prophet's Birthday

Ivory Coast

The Prophet's Birthday

Lebanon

The Prophet's Birthday

Libya

The Prophet's Birthday

Maldives

Milad un Nabi

Mali

The Prophet's Birthday

Mauritania

Milad un Nabi

Mayotte

The Prophet's Birthday

Namibia

Heroes' Day

Niger

The Prophet's Birthday

Nigeria

Id el Maulud

Papua New Guinea

National Day of Repentance

Philippines

Maulid un-Nabi

Russia

The Prophet's Birthday

Senegal

Maouloud

Sierra Leone

The Prophet's Birthday

Somalia

The Prophet's Birthday

South Africa

Milad un Nabi

Sri Lanka

Milad-Un-Nabi

Sudan

The Prophet's Birthday

Syria

The Prophet's Birthday

Tanzania

Maulid

United Arab Emirates

Mouloud

United Kingdom

Milad un Nabi

United States

The Prophet's Birthday

United States

Susan B. Anthony Day

United States

Women's Equality Day

Yemen

The Prophet's Birthday

China

Spirit Festival

Hong Kong

Hungry Ghost Festival

Kuwait

The Prophet's Birthday

Moldova

Independence Day

Oman

The Prophet's Birthday Holiday

South Africa

Raksha Bandhan

Sri Lanka

Nikini Full Moon Poya Day

Taiwan

Hungry Ghost Festival

United States

Raksha Bandhan

United States

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day

Georgia

Day of the Assumption of Mary

India

Raksha Bandhan

Nepal

Janai Purnima

North Macedonia

Feast of the Assumption of Mary (Orthodox)

Nepal

Gai Jatra

Slovakia

National Uprising Day

United States

International Day against Nuclear Tests

Croatia

Day of Remembrance of Missing Persons in the Homeland War

East Timor

Popular Consultation Day

Gabon

National Liberation Day

Iran

Birthday of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq

Kazakhstan

Constitution Day

Peru

Santa Rosa De Lima

Turkey

Victory Day

United States

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Afghanistan

Anniversary of the Withdrawal of Foreign Troops

Gibraltar

Late Summer Bank Holiday

Guernsey

Summer Bank Holiday (except Alderney)

Isle of Man

Summer Bank Holiday

Jersey

Summer Bank Holiday

Kazakhstan

Day off for Constitution Day

Kyrgyzstan

Independence Day of the Kyrgyz Republic

Malaysia

Malaysia's National Day

Moldova

Language Day

Philippines

National Heroes Day

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

August Bank Holiday

Trinidad and Tobago

Independence Day

United Kingdom

Summer Bank Holiday

United States

International Day for People of African Descent

United States

International Overdose Awareness Day

Uzbekistan

Independence Day Holiday

Vietnam

Independence Day Holiday