There is a total of 263 public holidays and observances in October of 2026 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.

All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.

These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates or sign up for our newsletter to receive regular updates. All updates are automatically added to our API as well.

Our API allows you to specify the State and Region as part of the API requests, thereby limiting the requests to a particular state or city. View the API documentation for a full description of the supported countries, states, and regions.

Date Holiday Location
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Botswana Day Holiday
Botswana
Thursday, October 1, 2026 National Day
China
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Cyprus Independence Day
Cyprus
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Sixth Day of Sukkot
Germany
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Chuuk Constitution Day
Micronesia
Thursday, October 1, 2026 National Day
Hong Kong
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Sukkot (Day 6)
Israel
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Armed Forces Day
South Korea
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Elders' Day
Mongolia
Thursday, October 1, 2026 National Day of the People's Republic of China
Macau
Thursday, October 1, 2026 National Day
Nigeria
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Independence Day
Palau
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Investiture Ceremony of the Captains Regent 2
San Marino
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Children's Day
El Salvador
Thursday, October 1, 2026 International Day of Senior Citizens
Turkmenistan
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Tuvalu Day
Tuvalu
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine (Suspended)
Ukraine
Thursday, October 1, 2026 International Day of Older Persons
United States
Thursday, October 1, 2026 World Vegetarian Day
United States
Thursday, October 1, 2026 Teachers Day
Uzbekistan
Friday, October 2, 2026 Hoshana Rabbah
Australia
Friday, October 2, 2026 National Day Golden Week Holiday
China
Friday, October 2, 2026 Seventh Day of Sukkot
Germany
Friday, October 2, 2026 Independence Day
Guinea
Friday, October 2, 2026 Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah
Israel
Friday, October 2, 2026 Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
India
Friday, October 2, 2026 Day after PRC National Day
Macau
Friday, October 2, 2026 Tuvalu Day Holiday
Tuvalu
Friday, October 2, 2026 Hoshana Rabbah
United Kingdom
Friday, October 2, 2026 Last Day of Sukkot
United States
Friday, October 2, 2026 International Day of Non-Violence
United States
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Shemini Atzeret
Australia
Saturday, October 3, 2026 National Day Golden Week holiday
China
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Shemini Atzeret
Germany
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Day of German Unity
Germany
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Morazan's Day
Honduras
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah
Israel
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Iraqi Independence Day
Iraq
Saturday, October 3, 2026 National Foundation Day
South Korea
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Wine Day
Moldova
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Shemini Atzeret
United Kingdom
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Shmini Atzeret
United States
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Day of National Minorities of the Republic of Armenia
Armenia
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Australia
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Simchat Torah
Australia
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Canada
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Simchat Torah
Canada
Sunday, October 4, 2026 National Day Golden Week holiday
China
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Harvest Festival
Germany
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest)
Germany
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Simchat Torah
Germany
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Independence Day
Lesotho
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Fathers' Day
Luxembourg
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Wine Day
Moldova
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Peace and Reconciliation Day
Mozambique
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Feast of St Francis of Assisi
United Kingdom
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Simchat Torah
United Kingdom
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Feast of St Francis of Assisi
United States
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Simchat Torah
United States
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Daylight Saving Time starts
Australia
Monday, October 5, 2026 Teachers' Day
Armenia
Monday, October 5, 2026 Territory Day
Australia
Monday, October 5, 2026 King's Birthday
Australia
Monday, October 5, 2026 Labour Day
Australia
Monday, October 5, 2026 National Day Golden Week holiday
China
Monday, October 5, 2026 Peat Cutting Monday
Falkland Islands
Monday, October 5, 2026 Thanksgiving Day
Saint Lucia
Monday, October 5, 2026 Peace and Reconciliation Day observed
Mozambique
Monday, October 5, 2026 Republic Day
Portugal
Monday, October 5, 2026 World Teachers' Day
United States
Monday, October 5, 2026 World Habitat Day
United States
Monday, October 5, 2026 Frances Xavier Cabrini Day
United States
Monday, October 5, 2026 Child Health Day
United States
Monday, October 5, 2026 Constitution Day
Vanuatu
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 National Day Golden Week holiday
China
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Armed Forces Day
Egypt
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Day of the Heroes of the Carpathian-Duklian Operation
Slovakia
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 October Liberation Day
Syria
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Day of Commemoration and National Mourning
Turkmenistan
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 World Cerebral Palsy Day
United States
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 German American Day
United States
Thursday, October 8, 2026 Day off for Armed Forces Day
Egypt
Thursday, October 8, 2026 Day of the Croatian Parliament
Croatia
Thursday, October 8, 2026 Battle of Angamos
Peru
Thursday, October 8, 2026 World Sight Day
United States
Friday, October 9, 2026 Abolition Day
St. Barts
Friday, October 9, 2026 Independence of Guayaquil
Ecuador
Friday, October 9, 2026 Day of the Valencian Community
Spain
Friday, October 9, 2026 Hangeul Proclamation Day
South Korea
Friday, October 9, 2026 Day of Naval Forces of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Friday, October 9, 2026 National Day observed
Taiwan
Friday, October 9, 2026 Independence Day
Uganda
Friday, October 9, 2026 World Post Day
United States
Friday, October 9, 2026 Leif Erikson Day
United States
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Translators' Day
Armenia
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Plebiscite Day
Austria
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Beginning of the War of Independence
Cuba
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Curaçao Day
Curaçao
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Fiji Day
Fiji
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Mazingira Day
Kenya
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Party Foundation Day
North Korea
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Birthday of the Governor of Sarawak
Malaysia
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Day of the Maroons
Suriname
Saturday, October 10, 2026 National Day
Taiwan
Saturday, October 10, 2026 World Mental Health Day
United States
Saturday, October 10, 2026 World Migratory Bird Day
United States
Saturday, October 10, 2026 Robert E. Lee's Birthday
United States
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Bolivian Women's Day
Bolivia
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Grandparents' Day
Germany
Sunday, October 11, 2026 First Day of Sharad Navratri
India
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Day of People’s Uprising
North Macedonia
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Navratri
United States
Sunday, October 11, 2026 International Day of the Girl Child
United States
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Casimir Pulaski Day
United States
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Anniversary of Death of General Pulaski
United States
Sunday, October 11, 2026 Navaratri
South Africa
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity
Argentina
Monday, October 12, 2026 Columbus Day
American Samoa
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of Decolonization
Bolivia
Monday, October 12, 2026 Our Lady of Aparecida / Children's Day
Brazil
Monday, October 12, 2026 National Heroes Day
The Bahamas
Monday, October 12, 2026 El Día de la Raza
Belize
Monday, October 12, 2026 Thanksgiving Day
Canada
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of the Discovery of Two Worlds
Chile
Monday, October 12, 2026 Columbus Day Holiday
Colombia
Monday, October 12, 2026 Hispanic Day
Spain
Monday, October 12, 2026 Independence Day
Equatorial Guinea
Monday, October 12, 2026 Columbus Day
Honduras
Monday, October 12, 2026 Sports Day
Japan
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of People’s Uprising observed
North Macedonia
Monday, October 12, 2026 Commonwealth Cultural Day
Northern Mariana Islands
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of Race
Mexico
Monday, October 12, 2026 Norfolk Island Agricultural Show Day
Norfolk Island
Monday, October 12, 2026 Indigenous Resistance Day
Nicaragua
Monday, October 12, 2026 Día de la Raza
Puerto Rico
Monday, October 12, 2026 Samizdat Day
Slovakia
Monday, October 12, 2026 Constitution Day
Sint Maarten
Monday, October 12, 2026 National Heritage Day
Turks and Caicos Islands
Monday, October 12, 2026 Columbus Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Fraternal Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Yorktown Victory Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Discoverers’ Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Native American Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Indigenous People's Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 American Indian Heritage Day
United States
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of cultural diversity
Uruguay
Monday, October 12, 2026 Day of Indigenous Resistance
Venezuela
Monday, October 12, 2026 Puerto Rico Friendship Day (Columbus Day)
US Virgin Islands
Monday, October 12, 2026 Lotu a Tamaiti
Samoa
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Prince Louis Rwagasore Day
Burundi
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Anniversary of the Death of King Bhumibol
Thailand
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Navy Birthday
United States
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Mothers' Day
Belarus
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Svetitskhovloba
Georgia
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Chișinău Day
Moldova
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Mwalimu Nyerere Day
Tanzania
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
United States
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Liberation Day
Yemen
Thursday, October 15, 2026 International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Australia
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Teacher's Day
Brazil
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Cayenne Festival
French Guiana
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Commemoration Day of King's Father
Cambodia
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Mother's Day
Malawi
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Evacuation Day
Tunisia
Thursday, October 15, 2026 International Day of Rural Women
United States
Thursday, October 15, 2026 White Cane Safety Day
United States
Friday, October 16, 2026 National Food Day
Moldova
Friday, October 16, 2026 World Food Day
United States
Friday, October 16, 2026 Boss's Day
United States
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Day of Dignity
Bolivia
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Finno-Ugric Day
Estonia
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Dessalines Day
Haiti
Saturday, October 17, 2026 First Day of Durga Puja Festivities
India
Saturday, October 17, 2026 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
United States
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Sweetest Day
United States
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Mothers' Day
Argentina
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Healthcare Aide Day
Canada
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Double Ninth Festival
China
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Aliyah Day School Observance
Israel
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Chong Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors)
Macau
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Fathers' Day
Russia
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Double Ninth Day
Taiwan
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Alaska Day
United States
Sunday, October 18, 2026 Prayer Day
Zambia
Monday, October 19, 2026 Maurice Bishop Day
Grenada
Monday, October 19, 2026 Chung Yeung Festival
Hong Kong
Monday, October 19, 2026 National Heroes' Day
Jamaica
Monday, October 19, 2026 Alaska Day observed
United States
Monday, October 19, 2026 Heroes and Forefathers Day
British Virgin Islands
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Revolution of 1944
Guatemala
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Dussehra
India
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Mashujaa Day
Kenya
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Dussehra
United States
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Vietnamese Women's Day
Vietnam
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Dussehra
South Africa
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 President Ndadaye's Day
Burundi
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Fathers' Day
Belarus
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Army Day
Honduras
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 World War II Victims Remembrance Day
Serbia
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Overseas Chinese Day
Taiwan
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Saint Ursula's Day
British Virgin Islands
Thursday, October 22, 2026 Royal Hobart Show
Australia
Friday, October 23, 2026 United Nations Day observed
Micronesia
Friday, October 23, 2026 1956 Revolution Memorial Day
Hungary
Friday, October 23, 2026 Liberation Day
Libya
Friday, October 23, 2026 Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle
North Macedonia
Friday, October 23, 2026 Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
New Zealand
Friday, October 23, 2026 Day off for United Nations Day
Palau
Friday, October 23, 2026 Chulalongkorn Day
Thailand
Saturday, October 24, 2026 United Nations Day
Micronesia
Saturday, October 24, 2026 World Development Information Day
United States
Saturday, October 24, 2026 Independence Day
Zambia
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Thanksgiving
Grenada
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Republic Day
Kazakhstan
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Repentance Day
Norway
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Sovereignty Day
Slovenia
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Taiwan's Retrocession Day
Taiwan
Sunday, October 25, 2026 Hurricane Thanksgiving
US Virgin Islands
Saturday, October 24, 2026 Daylight Saving Time ends
Lebanon
Monday, October 26, 2026 National Heroes Day
Antigua and Barbuda
Monday, October 26, 2026 National Day
Austria
Monday, October 26, 2026 Gospel Day
Cook Islands
Monday, October 26, 2026 Day off for Thanksgiving
Grenada
Monday, October 26, 2026 October Bank Holiday
Ireland
Monday, October 26, 2026 Angam Day
Nauru
Monday, October 26, 2026 Labour Day
New Zealand
Monday, October 26, 2026 Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Day
Venezuela
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Černová Tragedy Day
Slovakia
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
United States
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Independence Day
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Public Service Holiday
Brazil
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Ochi Day
Cyprus
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Independent Czechoslovak State Day
Czechia
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 The Ochi day
Greece
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Establishment of the Independent Czecho-Slovak State
Slovakia
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Republic Day Eve
Turkey
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Day of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders
Ukraine
Thursday, October 29, 2026 Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)
India
Thursday, October 29, 2026 King's Coronation Day
Cambodia
Thursday, October 29, 2026 Capital City Day
Mongolia
Thursday, October 29, 2026 Birth of Ľudovíta Štúr
Slovakia
Thursday, October 29, 2026 Republic Day
Turkey
Thursday, October 29, 2026 World Stroke Day
United States
Friday, October 30, 2026 World Thrift Day
Germany
Friday, October 30, 2026 All Saints' Eve
Sweden
Friday, October 30, 2026 Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation
Slovakia
Friday, October 30, 2026 Nevada Day
United States
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Albania
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Reformation Day
Austria
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Australia
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Martyrs' Day
Burkina Faso
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Bermuda
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Reformation Day
Chile
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Colombia
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Reformation Day
Germany
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Germany
Saturday, October 31, 2026 All Saints' Day
Finland
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Gibraltar
Saturday, October 31, 2026 All Saints' Day
Sweden
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Reformation Day
Slovenia
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
Thailand
Saturday, October 31, 2026 World Cities Day
United States
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Halloween
United States
API icon

Start using our Holiday API

Use our Holiday data in your applications programmatically. No credit card is required to start.

Worldwide 2026 Holidays By Months
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
June 2026
July 2026
August 2026
September 2026
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026