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Global holiday guide

Office Holidays Around the World

Office holidays identify dates whose stored scope includes offices or workplace closure. They are a planning category, not a claim that every private employer, public body, remote team or essential service must close.

265active date records
23countries represented
53holiday identities
34dates awaiting confirmation

Office Holidays in 2026

A bounded selection from the category data; country calendars remain the source for complete annual schedules.

Countries represented in 2026

Only explicitly reviewed country/type guides are linked.

🇧🇭 Bahrain4 dates
🇧🇩 Bangladesh4 dates
🇨🇦 Canada9 dates
🇨🇳 China33 dates
🇫🇷 France6 dates
🇩🇪 Germany7 dates
🇮🇩 Indonesia5 dates
🇮🇶 Iraq7 dates
🇯🇵 Japan2 dates
🇰🇼 Kuwait3 dates
🇱🇻 Latvia2 dates
🇲🇾 Malaysia6 dates
🇳🇵 Nepal4 dates
🇳🇿 New Zealand8 dates
🇵🇰 Pakistan13 dates
🇵🇭 Philippines5 dates
🇸🇬 Singapore12 dates
🇿🇦 South Africa4 dates
🇰🇷 South Korea7 dates
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1 dates
🇸🇾 Syria4 dates
🇹🇭 Thailand1 dates
🇻🇳 Vietnam1 dates

Related holiday identities

Identities are deduplicated even when a holiday carries several classifications.

New Year's Day15 dates · 15 countries
Christmas Day12 dates · 12 countries
Labour Day11 dates · 10 countries
Good Friday6 dates · 6 countries
National Day9 dates · 5 countries
Eid al-Fitr7 dates · 5 countries
Eid al-Adha6 dates · 4 countries
Independence Day4 dates · 4 countries
Easter Monday3 dates · 3 countries
Vesak Day3 dates · 2 countries
Ascension Day2 dates · 2 countries
Boxing Day2 dates · 2 countries
Constitution Day2 dates · 2 countries
Liberation Day2 dates · 2 countries
Spring Festival (Official Closure Day)5 dates · 1 countries
National Day (Official Closure Day)4 dates · 1 countries
Public-Sector Closure4 dates · 1 countries
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)3 dates · 1 countries

What qualifies for this category

This collection resolves active national rows through the explicit office-holiday flag. It excludes dates merely mapped to an office-related holiday identity when the country/date record does not carry office scope.

Legal and geographic variation

Workplace effects depend on labour law, collective agreements, employment contracts, sector rules and operational necessity. Public and office holidays frequently overlap, but neither label alone determines an individual employee’s pay or attendance.

Dates and confirmation

The calendar includes fixed, movable and announcement-dependent dates. Projected entries remain visibly qualified until the relevant annual authority confirms them.

Workplace planning

Use these dates to identify potential staffing and deadline risks, then confirm the applicable workplace rule. International teams should check the employee’s work location rather than only the employer’s headquarters.

Banking and payments

Office closure does not guarantee bank or market closure. Payment and filing deadlines should be checked against the responsible institution’s own calendar.

Schools and institutions

Office calendars do not replace school calendars. Schools may observe additional term breaks, regional days or institution-specific closure periods.

Travel planning

Government counters, consular services and commercial offices may use reduced schedules. Verify appointments and document-processing times before travel.

Frequently asked questions

Does an office holiday require every business to close?

No. Coverage depends on local law, sector and the applicable employment arrangement.

How are international teams affected?

Teams should plan around the rules and calendar applying to each worker’s location.

Are projected dates treated as confirmed closures?

No. Projected and announcement-dependent dates remain explicitly labelled.

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