World holidays — August 2026

🇧🇧 Barbados: Emancipation Day

🇧🇯 Benin: National Day

Fête Nationale

🇧🇿 Belize: Emancipation Day

🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa: Congolese Genocide Memorial Day (observed)

Journée commémorative du génocide Congolais (observé)

🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa: Parents' Day

Fête des parents

🇨🇭 Switzerland: National Day

Nationalfeiertag

🇬🇩 Grenada: Emancipation Day

🇬🇾 Guyana: Emancipation Day

🇯🇲 Jamaica: Emancipation Day

🇱🇨 St. Lucia: Emancipation Day

🇸🇳 Senegal: Grand Magal of Touba (estimated)

Grand Magal de Touba (estimé)

🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands: Emancipation Day

🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago: African Emancipation Day

🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines: Emancipation Day

🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa: Congolese Genocide Memorial Day

Journée commémorative du génocide Congolais

🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Republic Day

Ден на Републиката

🇸🇪 Sweden: Sunday

Söndag

🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda: Carnival Monday

🇦🇮 Anguilla: August Monday

🇧🇧 Barbados: Kadooment Day

🇧🇸 Bahamas: Emancipation Day

🇩🇲 Dominica: Emancipation Day

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea: Armed Forces Day

Día de las Fuerzas Armadas

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau: Pidjiguiti Day

Dia de Pidjiguiti

🇮🇪 Ireland: August Bank Holiday

🇮🇸 Iceland: Commerce Day

Frídagur verslunarmanna

🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis: Emancipation Day

🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Republic Day (observed)

Ден на Републиката (неработен ден)

🇲🇸 Montserrat: Emancipation Day

🇳🇪 Niger: Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence

L'anniversaire de la proclamation de l'indépendance

🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands: Emancipation Day (observed)

🇹🇻 Tuvalu: National Youth Day

Aso tupulaga

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands: Emancipation Monday

🇿🇲 Zambia: Farmers' Day

🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda: Carnival Tuesday

🇨🇰 Cook Islands: Constitution Day

🇮🇷 Iran: Arbaeen

اربعین حسینی

🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis: Culturama Day - Last Lap

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands: Emancipation Tuesday

🇧🇩 Bangladesh: July Mass Uprising Day

জুলাই গণ-অভ্যুত্থান দিবস

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: Independence Day

🇭🇷 Croatia: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans Day

Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti i Dan hrvatskih branitelja

🇰🇮 Kiribati: Youth Day

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands: Emancipation Wednesday

🇦🇮 Anguilla: August Thursday

🇧🇴 Bolivia: Independence Day

Día de la Independencia de Bolivia

🇯🇲 Jamaica: Independence Day

🇵🇪 Peru: Battle of Junín Day

Batalla de Junín

🇸🇻 El Salvador: Celebrations of San Salvador

Celebración del Divino Salvador del Mundo

🇦🇮 Anguilla: Constitution Day

🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire: Independence Day

Fête Nationale

🇨🇴 Colombia: Battle of Boyacá

Batalla de Boyacá

🇷🇼 Rwanda: Umuganura Day

Umunsi w'Umuganura

🇹🇿 Tanzania: Peasants' Day

Sikukuu ya Wakulima

🇸🇪 Sweden: Sunday

Söndag

🇸🇬 Singapore: National Day

🇸🇷 Suriname: Indigenous People Day

Dag der Inheemsen

🇿🇦 South Africa: National Women's Day

🇪🇨 Ecuador: Declaration of Independence of Quito

Primer Grito de Independencia

🇬🇩 Grenada: Carnival Monday

🇸🇬 Singapore: National Day (observed)

🇼🇸 Samoa: Father's Day

🇿🇦 South Africa: National Women's Day (observed)

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Heroes' Day

🇬🇩 Grenada: Carnival Tuesday

🇯🇵 Japan: Mountain Day

山の日

🇹🇩 Chad: Independence Day

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: Defense Forces Day

🇮🇷 Iran: Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali

رحلت رسول اکرم؛شهادت امام حسن مجتبی علیه السلام

🇹🇭 Thailand: HM Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's Birthday

วันเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษาสมเด็จพระบรมราชชนนีพันปีหลวง

🇹🇭 Thailand: National Mother's Day

วันแม่แห่งชาติ

🇨🇫 Central African Republic: Independence Day

Jour de l'indépendance

🇮🇷 Iran: Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida

شهادت امام رضا علیه السلام

🇹🇳 Tunisia: Women's Day

عيد المرأة

🇿🇲 Zambia: General Election Day

🇱🇾 Libya: National Environmental Sanitation Day

يوم وطني للإصحاح البيئي

🇲🇦 Morocco: Oued Ed-Dahab Day

ذكرى استرجاع إقليم وادي الذهب

🇲🇻 Maldives: National Day (estimated)

ޤައުމީ ދުވަސް (އަންދާޒާކުރި)

🇵🇰 Pakistan: Independence Day

🇻🇦 Vatican City: Day Before Assumption of Mary

Vigilia dell'Assunzione di Maria Santissima

🇦🇩 Andorra: Assumption Day

Assumpció

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Islamic Emirate Victory Day

روز پیروزی امارت اسلامی

🇦🇹 Austria: Assumption Day

Mariä Himmelfahrt

🇧🇪 Belgium: Assumption Day

O. L. V. Hemelvaart

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: Assumption Day

🇧🇮 Burundi: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇧🇯 Benin: Assumption Day

Jour de l'Assomption

🇧🇱 St. Barthélemy: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇨🇫 Central African Republic: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville: National Day

Fête Nationale

🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire: Assumption Day

Fête de l'Assomption

🇨🇱 Chile: Assumption Day

Asunción de la Virgen

🇨🇲 Cameroon: Assumption Day

🇨🇷 Costa Rica: Mother's Day

Día de la Madre

🇨🇻 Cape Verde: Assumption Day

Dia da Assunção

🇨🇾 Cyprus: Dormition of the Mother of God

Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου

🇪🇸 Spain: Assumption Day

Asunción de la Virgen

🇫🇷 France: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇬🇦 Gabon: Assumption Day

Assomption de Marie

🇬🇫 French Guiana: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇬🇲 Gambia: Assumption Day

🇬🇳 Guinea: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇬🇵 Guadeloupe: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea: Constitution Day

Día de la Constitución

🇬🇷 Greece: Dormition of the Mother of God

Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου

🇬🇹 Guatemala: Assumption Day

Día de la Asunción

🇭🇷 Croatia: Assumption Day

Velika Gospa

🇭🇹 Haiti: Assumption Day

Assomption de Marie

🇮🇳 India: Independence Day

🇮🇹 Italy: Assumption Of Mary Day

Assunzione della Beata Vergine Maria

🇰🇵 North Korea: Liberation Day

조국해방절

🇰🇷 South Korea: Liberation Day

광복절

🇱🇧 Lebanon: Assumption Day

عيد انتقال العذراء

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: National Day

Staatsfeiertag

🇱🇹 Lithuania: Assumption Day

Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena)

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Assumption Day

Léiffrawëschdag

🇲🇨 Monaco: Assumption Day

Le jour de l'Assomption

🇲🇫 St. Martin: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇲🇬 Madagascar: Assumption Day

Fiakaran'ny Masina Maria tany an-danitra

🇲🇶 Martinique: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇲🇹 Malta: Feast of the Assumption

Il-Festa ta' Santa Marija

🇲🇺 Mauritius: Assumption Day

🇳🇨 New Caledonia: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇵🇫 French Polynesia: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇵🇱 Poland: Assumption Day

Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Marii Panny

🇵🇲 St. Pierre & Miquelon: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇵🇹 Portugal: Assumption Day

Assunção de Nossa Senhora

🇵🇾 Paraguay: Asuncion Foundation's Day

Día de la Fundación de Asunción

🇷🇪 Réunion: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇷🇴 Romania: Dormition of the Mother of God

Adormirea Maicii Domnului

🇷🇼 Rwanda: Assumption Day

Ijyanwa mu Ijuru rya Bikiramariya

🇸🇨 Seychelles: Assumption Day

🇸🇮 Slovenia: Assumption Day

Marijino vnebovzetje

🇸🇲 San Marino: Assumption Day

Assunzione della B.V. Maria

🇸🇳 Senegal: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇹🇫 French Southern Territories: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇹🇬 Togo: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇻🇦 Vatican City: Assumption of Mary Day

Assunzione di Maria Santissima

🇻🇺 Vanuatu: Assumption Day

🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇾🇹 Mayotte: Assumption Day

Assomption

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic: Restoration Day

Día de la Restauración

🇬🇦 Gabon: Independence Day

Jour de l'indépendance

🇸🇪 Sweden: Sunday

Söndag

🇻🇦 Vatican City: Day After Assumption of Mary

Giorno Successivo all'Assunzione di Maria Santissima

🇦🇷 Argentina: Pass to the Immortality of General Don José de San Martín

Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Don José de San Martín

🇨🇴 Colombia: Assumption Day (observed)

La Asunción (observado)

🇬🇦 Gabon: Independence Day Holiday

Fête de l'indépendance

🇬🇲 Gambia: Assumption Day (observed)

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea: Constitution Day (observed)

Día de la Constitución (observado)

🇮🇩 Indonesia: Independence Day

Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia

🇰🇷 South Korea: Alternative holiday for Liberation Day

광복절 대체 휴일

🇷🇼 Rwanda: Assumption Day (observed)

Ijyanwa mu Ijuru rya Bikiramariya (yizihijwe)

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Afghanistan Independence Day

روز استقلال افغانستان

🇳🇷 Nauru: Ibumin Earoeni Day

🇪🇪 Estonia: Independence Restoration Day

taasiseseisvumispäev

🇭🇺 Hungary: State Foundation Day

Az államalapítás ünnepe

🇲🇦 Morocco: Revolution Day

ذكرى ثورة الملك و الشعب

🇭🇺 Hungary: Day off (substituted from 08/08/2026)

Pihenőnap (2026. 08. 08.-től helyettesítve)

🇮🇷 Iran: Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari

شهادت امام حسن عسکری علیه السلام

🇲🇦 Morocco: Youth Day

عيد الشباب

🇵🇭 Philippines: Ninoy Aquino Day

🇸🇪 Sweden: Sunday

Söndag

🇱🇷 Liberia: National Flag Day

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

میلاد پیامبر (برآورد شده)

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇧🇭 Bahrain: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇧🇯 Benin: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Journée Maouloud (estimé)

🇧🇳 Brunei: Prophet's Birthday

Maulidur Rasul

🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire: Day after Maouloud

Lendemain de l'Anniversaire de la Naissance du Prophète Mahomet

🇨🇲 Cameroon: Mawlid (estimated)

🇩🇯 Djibouti: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (estimated)

Anniversaire du prophète Muhammad (estimé)

🇩🇿 Algeria: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇪🇬 Egypt: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇪🇭 Western Sahara: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇪🇷 Eritrea: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇪🇹 Ethiopia: Mawlid (estimated)

የመውሊድ በዓል (ግምት)

🇫🇯 Fiji: Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (estimated)

🇬🇲 Gambia: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇬🇳 Guinea: Day after Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Lendemain de la nuit du Maoloud (estimé)

🇮🇩 Indonesia: Prophet's Birthday

Maulid Nabi Muhammad

🇮🇶 Iraq: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇯🇴 Jordan: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇰🇲 Comoros: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇰🇵 North Korea: Day of Songun

선군절

🇰🇼 Kuwait: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇱🇧 Lebanon: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

ذكرى المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇱🇾 Libya: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

ذكرى المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇲🇦 Morocco: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇲🇱 Mali: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Journée du Maouloud (Naissance du Prophète) (estimé)

🇲🇷 Mauritania: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇲🇻 Maldives: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

ކީރިތި ރަސޫލާގެ ޢީދުމީލާދު (އަންދާޒާކުރި)

🇲🇾 Malaysia: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

Hari Keputeraan Nabi Muhammad S.A.W.

🇳🇪 Niger: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Mouloud (estimé)

🇴🇲 Oman: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

مولد النبي (تقديري)

🇵🇰 Pakistan: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇵🇸 Palestinian Territories: Prophet's Birthday

ذكرى المولد النبوي الشريف

🇸🇩 Sudan: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇸🇳 Senegal: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Journée du Maouloud (estimé)

🇸🇴 Somalia: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇸🇾 Syria: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري)

🇹🇩 Chad: Mawlid (estimated)

🇹🇳 Tunisia: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇺🇾 Uruguay: Independence Declaration Day

Declaratoria de la Independencia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh: Eid-e-Miladunnabi

ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী

🇬🇾 Guyana: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇮🇳 India: Prophet's Birthday

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Prophet's Birthday

නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය

🇲🇦 Morocco: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)

🇳🇦 Namibia: Heroes' Day

🇳🇬 Nigeria: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea: National Repentance Day

🇹🇿 Tanzania: Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Maulidi (makisio)

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Nikini Full Moon Poya Day

නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

🇲🇩 Moldova: Republic of Moldova Independence Day

Ziua independenţei Republicii Moldova

🇬🇪 Georgia: Dormition of the Mother of God

მარიამობა

🇰🇵 North Korea: Youth Day

청년절

🇳🇵 Nepal: Janai Poornima

जनै पूर्णिमा

🇸🇰 Slovakia: Slovak National Uprising Anniversary

Výročie Slovenského národného povstania

🇬🇦 Gabon: Liberation Day

Journée de la Libération

🇮🇷 Iran: Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq

میلاد رسول اکرم و امام جعفر صادق علیه السلام

🇵🇪 Peru: Rose of Lima Day

Santa Rosa de Lima

🇸🇪 Sweden: Sunday

Söndag

🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands: National Day of Thanksgiving

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste: Popular Consultation Day

Dia da Consulta Popular

🇹🇷 Türkiye: Victory Day

Zafer Bayramı

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: American Withdrawal Day

روز خروج آمریکایی ها

🇬🇬 Guernsey: Summer Bank Holiday

🇬🇮 Gibraltar: Late Summer Bank Holiday

🇮🇲 Isle of Man: Late Summer Bank Holiday

🇯🇪 Jersey: Summer Bank Holiday

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: Independence Day

Кыргыз Республикасынын Көз карандысыздыгынын күнү

🇲🇩 Moldova: National Language Day

Limba noastră

🇲🇾 Malaysia: National Day

Hari Kebangsaan

🇵🇭 Philippines: National Heroes Day

🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands: Constitution Day

🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago: Independence Day

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: Additional day off by Presidential decree

Prezidentining farmoni bilan qoʻshimcha dam olish kuni