December 2020 Holidays & Observances Worldwide
There is a total of 237 public holidays and observances in December of 2020 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime |
Bulgaria |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Spring Festival Golden Week Extended Holiday |
China |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Abolition of Slavery |
Mauritius |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Federal Territory Day |
Malaysia |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Independence Day Holiday |
Nauru |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | National Heroes' Day |
Rwanda |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | National Freedom Day |
United States |
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | First Day of Black History Month |
United States |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Feast of Candelaria |
Bolivia |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Groundhog Day |
Canada |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Spring Festival Golden Week Extended Holiday |
China |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Anniversary of Tartu Peace Treaty |
Estonia |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Candlemas |
Liechtenstein |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | World Wetlands Day |
United States |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Groundhog Day |
United States |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Super Bowl |
United States |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Day off for Liberation Movement Day |
Angola |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Our Lady of Suyapa |
Honduras |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Setsubun |
Japan |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Presidential Address Holiday |
Maldives |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Constitution Day |
Mexico |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Mozambican Heroes Day |
Mozambique |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Nelson Anniversary Day |
New Zealand |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | National Heroes' Day observed |
Rwanda |
| Monday, February 3, 2020 | Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre |
Sao Tome and Principe |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Liberation Movement Day |
Angola |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | National Day |
Sri Lanka |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Farmer's Day |
Taiwan |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | World Cancer Day |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Rosa Parks Day |
United States |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Unity Day |
Burundi |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Constitution Day |
Mexico |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Kashmir Day |
Pakistan |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Feast of St Agatha |
San Marino |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | National Girls and Women in Sports Day |
United States |
| Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Saami National Day |
Norway |
| Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Waitangi Day |
New Zealand |
| Thursday, February 6, 2020 | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation |
United States |
| Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Ronald Reagan Day |
United States |
| Friday, February 7, 2020 | Independence Day |
Grenada |
| Friday, February 7, 2020 | National Wear Red Day |
United States |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Maghi Purnima |
Bangladesh |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Lantern Festival |
China |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Cheongwoldaeboreum |
North Korea |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Navam Full Moon Poya Day |
Sri Lanka |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Thaipoosam Cavadee |
Mauritius |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Thaipusam |
Malaysia |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Prešeren Day |
Slovenia |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Makha Bucha |
Thailand |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Lantern Festival |
Taiwan |
| Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Tourism Day |
Taiwan |
| Sunday, February 9, 2020 | Guru Ravidas Jayanti |
India |
| Sunday, February 9, 2020 | St Maron's Day |
Lebanon |
| Sunday, February 9, 2020 | Mothers' Day |
Norway |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) |
Australia |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Royal Hobart Regatta |
Australia |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) |
Canada |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Tu Bishvat |
Israel |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck |
Malta |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Day off for Makha Bucha |
Thailand |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) |
United Kingdom |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat |
United States |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 | World Pulses Day |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Youth Day |
Cameroon |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Revolution Day |
Iran |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | National Foundation Day |
Japan |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | President Moi Celebration of Life Day |
Kenya |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Armed Forces Day |
Liberia |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | National Sports Day |
Qatar |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | World Day of the Sick |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Anniversary of the foundation of Vatican City |
Vatican City (Holy See) |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | Union Day |
Myanmar |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | Lincoln's Birthday |
United States |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | Georgia Day |
United States |
| Thursday, February 13, 2020 | World Radio Day |
United States |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Albania |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | St. Valentine's Day |
Czechia |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Germany |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine’s Day |
Finland |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Georgia |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Commemoration of the Assasination of PM Rafic Hariri |
Lebanon |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Sri Lanka |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Day of Love and Friendship |
Nicaragua |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Netherlands |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Statehood Day |
United States |
| Friday, February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
Vietnam |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Liberation Day |
Afghanistan |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | National Flag of Canada Day |
Canada |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Afghanistan War |
Moldova |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia |
Serbia |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Total Defense Day |
Singapore |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Special Working Day |
Taiwan |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Susan B. Anthony's Birthday |
United States |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Susan B. Anthony Day |
United States |
| Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Day of Ashakalia |
Kosovo |
| Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Hizir Fast |
Germany |
| Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Birth date of Kim Jong Il |
North Korea |
| Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Independence Day / National Day |
Lithuania |
| Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Remembrance of Archbishop Janani Luwum |
Uganda |
| Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day |
United States |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | President's Day |
American Samoa |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Louis Riel Day |
Canada |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Nova Scotia Heritage Day |
Canada |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Islander Day |
Canada |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Family Day |
Canada |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Libyan Revolution Day |
Libya |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | President's Day |
Northern Mariana Islands |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Presidents' Day |
Puerto Rico |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia (Day 2) |
Serbia |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Presidents' Day |
United States |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Daisy Gatson Bates Day |
United States |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | President's Day |
US Virgin Islands |
| Monday, February 17, 2020 | Independence Day of the Republic of Kosovo |
Kosovo |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Independence Day |
Gambia |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
India |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Day in Commemoration of the Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz-Marín |
Puerto Rico |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Armed Forces Day |
Sierra Leone |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Day of Diplomatic Staff of Turkmenistan |
Turkmenistan |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Shivaji Jayanti |
India |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | National Democracy Day |
Nepal |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Constantin Brancusi Day |
Romania |
| Thursday, February 20, 2020 | Feast of Saint Vartan |
Armenia |
| Thursday, February 20, 2020 | World Day of Social Justice |
United States |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Mother Language Day |
Armenia |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
Bangladesh |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Language Martyrs' Day |
Bangladesh |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Carnival Friday |
Brazil |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | King's Birthday |
Bhutan |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Yukon Heritage Day |
Canada |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
Indonesia |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri |
India |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Mahasivarathri Day |
Sri Lanka |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
Myanmar |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratree |
Mauritius |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
Malaysia |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | King Harald V's Day |
Norway |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
Nepal |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Shivaratri |
Pakistan |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
United Kingdom |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | International Mother Language Day |
United States |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Father Lini Day |
Vanuatu |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri |
South Africa |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Armed Forces Day |
South Africa |
| Friday, February 21, 2020 | Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day |
Zimbabwe |
| Saturday, February 22, 2020 | Carnival Saturday |
Brazil |
| Saturday, February 22, 2020 | King's Birthday Holiday |
Bhutan |
| Saturday, February 22, 2020 | Independence Day |
Saint Lucia |
| Saturday, February 22, 2020 | Carnival |
Panama |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | National Day |
Brunei |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Carnival Sunday |
Brazil |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | King's Birthday Holiday |
Bhutan |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Defender of the Fatherland Day |
Belarus |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Carnival |
Denmark |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Mashramani (Republic Day) |
Guyana |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Emperor's Birthday |
Japan |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Defender of the Fatherland Day |
Kyrgyzstan |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Carnival |
Norway |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Defender of the Fatherland Day |
Russia |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival |
Andorra |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
Argentina |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival Monday |
Aruba |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
St. Barts |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Day off for National Day |
Brunei |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
Bolivia |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival Monday |
Brazil |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Losar (New Year) |
Bhutan |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Zhonghe Festival |
China |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival Monday |
Curaçao |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Shrove Monday |
Germany |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival Monday |
Dominica |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival |
Ecuador |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Independence Day |
Estonia |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival Monday |
Spain |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
French Guiana |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Day off for Mashramani (Republic Day) |
Guyana |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Emperor's Birthday observed |
Japan |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Tsagaan Sar |
Mongolia |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
Martinique |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Flag Day |
Mexico |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Gyalpo Losar |
Nepal |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
Panama |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Dragobete |
Romania |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Day off for Defender of the Fatherland Day |
Russia |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Earth God's Birthday |
Taiwan |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Monday |
Uruguay |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival |
Angola |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Argentina |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday |
St. Barts |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Bolivia |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival Tuesday |
Brazil |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Losar Holiday |
Bhutan |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Canada |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival Tuesday |
Germany |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival |
Ecuador |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival Tuesday |
Spain |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
French Guiana |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday |
Haiti |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | National Day |
Kuwait |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday |
Liechtenstein |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival |
Lithuania |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Tsagaan Sar Holiday |
Mongolia |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Martinique |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | People Power Anniversary |
Philippines |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday |
Puerto Rico |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Portugal |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Choiseul Province Day |
Solomon Islands |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Revolution Day |
Suriname |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
United Kingdom |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | African-American Scientist and Inventor Day |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | George Rogers Clark Day |
United States |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Uruguay |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Australia |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
St. Barts |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival end (until 2pm) |
Brazil |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Canada |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
Czechia |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Spain |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
French Guiana |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Iceland |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Liberation Day |
Kuwait |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Cayman Islands |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Tsagaan Sar Holiday |
Mongolia |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
Martinique |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
Mexico |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
Panama |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Ash Wednesday |
United States |
| Thursday, February 27, 2020 | Independence Day |
Dominican Republic |
| Thursday, February 27, 2020 | National and Liberation Day Holiday |
Kuwait |
| Friday, February 28, 2020 | People's Sovereignty Day |
Benin |
| Friday, February 28, 2020 | Day of Andalucía |
Spain |
| Friday, February 28, 2020 | Peace Memorial Day |
Taiwan |
| Friday, February 28, 2020 | Linus Pauling Day |
United States |
| Saturday, February 29, 2020 | Leap Day |
United States |
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