December 2024 Holidays & Observances Worldwide
There is a total of 257 public holidays and observances in December of 2024 for over 230 countries and 3300 locations around the world. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays & observances along with when and where they are observed.
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| Date | Holiday | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Barbados |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Independence Day |
Benin |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Bermuda |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Parents' Day |
Congo Democratic Republic |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Swiss National Day |
Switzerland |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Army Day |
China |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Guyana |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Santo Domingo Celebrations Start |
Nicaragua |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Guadalcanal Province Day |
Solomon Islands |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Armed Forces Day |
Syria |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Colorado Day |
United States |
| Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Friday, August 2, 2024 | Mary Prince Day |
Bermuda |
| Friday, August 2, 2024 | Our Lady of Los Ángeles |
Costa Rica |
| Friday, August 2, 2024 | Republic Day |
North Macedonia |
| Friday, August 2, 2024 | Umuganura Day |
Rwanda |
| Friday, August 2, 2024 | Day off for Makira-Ulawa Province Day |
Solomon Islands |
| Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Freedom Day |
Equatorial Guinea |
| Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Nigerien Independence Day |
Niger |
| Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Makira-Ulawa Province Day |
Solomon Islands |
| Saturday, August 3, 2024 | San Salvador Day 1 (S. Salvador only) |
El Salvador |
| Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Flag's Day |
Venezuela |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Constitution Day |
Cook Islands |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Founders' Day |
Ghana |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Friendship Day |
India |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Matice Slovenska Day |
Slovakia |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Coast Guard Birthday |
United States |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | Barack Obama Day |
United States |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | American Family Day |
United States |
| Sunday, August 4, 2024 | National Guard's Day |
Venezuela |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Carnival Holiday |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | August Monday |
Anguilla |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | New South Wales Bank Holiday |
Australia |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Northern Territory Picnic Day |
Australia |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Kadooment Day |
Barbados |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | National Day |
Burkina Faso |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
The Bahamas |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Civic/Provincial Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Saskatchewan Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Terry Fox Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | New Brunswick Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | British Columbia Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Natal Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Heritage Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Constitution Day observed |
Cook Islands |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Dominica |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | The Day of Our Lady of Africa |
Spain |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Grenada |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday (only Alderney) |
Guernsey |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Founders' Day observed |
Ghana |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Victory Day |
Croatia |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | August Bank Holiday |
Ireland |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Commerce Day |
Iceland |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Youth Day |
Kiribati |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Emancipation Day |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | San Salvador Day 2 (S. Salvador only) |
El Salvador |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | National Children's Day |
Tuvalu |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday |
United Kingdom |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Emancipation Monday |
British Virgin Islands |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | Farmers' Day |
Zambia |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Carnival Holiday |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Independence Day |
Bolivia |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Hiroshima Memorial Day |
Japan |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Culturama Day |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Battle of Junín |
Peru |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Celebrations of San Salvador |
El Salvador |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Emancipation Tuesday |
British Virgin Islands |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) |
Canada |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | Independence Day |
Cote d'Ivoire |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | Battle of Boyacá Day |
Colombia |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | Purple Heart Day |
United States |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | Emancipation Wednesday |
British Virgin Islands |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | August Thursday |
Anguilla |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Peace Festival in Augsburg |
Germany |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Feast of Saint Roman Eve |
Monaco |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Father's Day |
Taiwan |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Farmers' Day |
Tanzania |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | Constitution Day |
Anguilla |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | Day off for Independence Day |
Ecuador |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | Nagasaki Memorial Day |
Japan |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | Feast of Saint Roman |
Monaco |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | National Day |
Singapore |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | Indigenous Peoples Day |
Suriname |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
United States |
| Friday, August 9, 2024 | National Women's Day |
South Africa |
| Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Chinese Valentine's Day |
China |
| Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Independence Day |
Ecuador |
| Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Last Day of Santo Domingo Celebrations |
Nicaragua |
| Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Day of the Victims of Mining Disasters |
Slovakia |
| Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Chinese Valentine's Day |
Taiwan |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | Father's Day |
Brazil |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | The Day of Cantabria |
Spain |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | Mountain Day |
Japan |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Hol Day |
Malaysia |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | Independence Day |
Chad |
| Sunday, August 11, 2024 | Day of Frontiersmen |
Turkmenistan |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Carnival (First Day) |
Grenada |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Tisha B'Av Eve |
Israel |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Day off for Mountain Day |
Japan |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Independence Day observed |
Chad |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | The Queen's Birthday |
Thailand |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | International Youth Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Victory Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Father's Day |
Samoa |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | Heroes' Day |
Zimbabwe |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Tisha B'Av |
Australia |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Independence Day |
Central African Republic |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Carnival (Second Day) |
Grenada |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Tisha B'Av |
Israel |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Women’s Day |
Tunisia |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Tisha B'Av |
United Kingdom |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Defence Forces Day |
Zimbabwe |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland |
Australia |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Falkland Day |
Falkland Islands |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Anniversary of the Recovery Oued Ed-Dahab |
Morocco |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Independence Day |
Pakistan |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Andorra |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | National Mourning Day |
Bangladesh |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Belgium |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Independence Day |
Congo |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Switzerland |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Mother's Day |
Costa Rica |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Cabo Verde |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
Cyprus |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Germany |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Flooding of the Nile |
Egypt |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Spain |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Constitution Day |
Equatorial Guinea |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Dormition of the Holy Virgin |
Greece |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary (Guatemala City only) |
Guatemala |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Croatia |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Independence Day |
India |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Parsi New Year |
India |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Italy |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Ferragosto |
Italy |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Liberation Day |
North Korea |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Lebanon |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Liechtenstein National Day |
Liechtenstein |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Feast of the Assumption of Mary |
Lithuania |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Luxembourg |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | The Feast of Mary's Assumption |
Malta |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Mauritius |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Foundation of Old Panama City |
Panama |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
French Polynesia |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Nauroz |
Pakistan |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Poland |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Founding of Asuncion |
Paraguay |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Reunion |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | St Mary's Day |
Romania |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Rwanda |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Malaita Province Day |
Solomon Islands |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Seychelles |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Day of the Assumption of Mary |
Vatican City (Holy See) |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Venezuela |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Gold Cup Parade |
Canada |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Restoration Day |
Dominican Republic |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Independence Day |
Gabon |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Hawaii Statehood Day |
United States |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Bennington Battle Day |
United States |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | Assumption Day Holiday |
Vatican City (Holy See) |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | San Martín Day |
Argentina |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | Flag Day |
Bolivia |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | Independence Day |
Gabon |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | Hungry Ghost Festival |
Hong Kong |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | Indonesian Independence Day |
Indonesia |
| Saturday, August 17, 2024 | Slovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day |
Slovenia |
| Sunday, August 18, 2024 | Spirit Festival |
China |
| Sunday, August 18, 2024 | Hungry Ghost Festival |
Taiwan |
| Sunday, August 18, 2024 | National Navajo Code Talkers Day |
United States |
| Sunday, August 18, 2024 | National Senior Citizens Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Independence Day (National Day) |
Afghanistan |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
Bangladesh |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Discovery Day |
Canada |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Assumption of Mary |
Colombia |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
Indonesia |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) |
India |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
Sri Lanka |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Nikini Full Moon Poya Day |
Sri Lanka |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
Myanmar |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Day |
Norway |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Janai Purnima |
Nepal |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Day of the Tribes |
Nauru |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
Pakistan |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | World Humanitarian Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | National Aviation Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 19, 2024 | Raksha Bandhan |
South Africa |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Independence Restoration Day |
Estonia |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Hungary National Day |
Hungary |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People |
Morocco |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Isese Day |
Nigeria |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Gai Jatra |
Nepal |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) |
Pakistan |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Our Lady of Sorrows |
Portugal |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Gospel Day (Kosrae) |
Micronesia |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Youth Day |
Morocco |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Ninoy Aquino Day |
Philippines |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Day of the Victims of the Occupation of Czechoslovakia |
Slovakia |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism |
United States |
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 | Our Lady of Graces |
Portugal |
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 | International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief |
United States |
| Friday, August 23, 2024 | Day of Remembrance for Victims of Communism and Nazism |
Estonia |
| Friday, August 23, 2024 | European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes |
Croatia |
| Friday, August 23, 2024 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
United States |
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 | National Parks Day |
Costa Rica |
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Flag Day |
Liberia |
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Birthday of the Governor of Malacca |
Malaysia |
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Grand Magal de Touba |
Senegal |
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Independence Day (Suspended) |
Ukraine |
| Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Arbaeen |
Iran |
| Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Day of Songun |
North Korea |
| Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Youth's Day |
Mongolia |
| Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Independence Day |
Uruguay |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
Bangladesh |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday (except Alderney) |
Guernsey |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Late Summer Bank Holiday |
Gibraltar |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
Indonesia |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday |
Isle of Man |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
India |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami (Smarta) |
India |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday |
Jersey |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
Myanmar |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Heroes' Day |
Namibia |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Gaura Parba |
Nepal |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Shree Krishna Janamashtami |
Nepal |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | National Day of Repentance |
Papua New Guinea |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | National Heroes Day |
Philippines |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
Pakistan |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | August Bank Holiday |
Saint Helena |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami (Smarta) |
United Kingdom |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
United Kingdom |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday |
United Kingdom |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
United States |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Susan B. Anthony Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Women's Equality Day |
United States |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 | Janmashtami |
South Africa |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Independence Day |
Moldova |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Chelum |
Pakistan |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day |
United States |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Day of the Assumption of Mary |
Georgia |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Feast of the Assumption of Mary (Orthodox) |
North Macedonia |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | National Uprising Day |
Slovakia |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | International Day against Nuclear Tests |
United States |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | Day of Remembrance of Missing Persons in the Homeland War |
Croatia |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | Constitution Day |
Kazakhstan |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | Santa Rosa De Lima |
Peru |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | Popular Consultation Day |
East Timor |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | Victory Day |
Turkey |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances |
United States |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Anniversary of the Withdrawal of Foreign Troops |
Afghanistan |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Independence Day of the Kyrgyz Republic |
Kyrgyzstan |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Language Day |
Moldova |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Malaysia's National Day |
Malaysia |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Independence Day |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | International Day for People of African Descent |
United States |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | International Overdose Awareness Day |
United States |
| Saturday, August 31, 2024 | Independence Day Holiday |
Uzbekistan |
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