Worldwide Public Holidays This Week

Monday, August 3, 2026

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• Andorra
• regional
• Andorra La Vella Festival
• regional

• 
• Anguilla
• August Monday (Start of Carnival)

• 
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Carnival Holiday

• 
• Australia
• regional banks
• August Bank Holiday (ACT NSW)
• regional banks

• 
• Australia
• regional
• Picnic Day (NT)
• regional

• 
• Bahamas
• Emancipation Day

• 
• Barbados
• Kadooment Day

• 
• Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba
• regional
• Carnival Monday (SA)
• regional

• 
• British Virgin Islands
• August Festival (Emancipation Monday)

• 
• Canada
• Civic/Provincial Holiday (widely observed but statutory only in BC NB NU NT SK)

• 
• Canada
• regional
• Heritage Day (AB) (optional)
• regional

• 
• Congo (DRC)
• Parents' Day Holiday

• 
• Dominica
• Emancipation Day (August Monday)

• 
• El Salvador
• municipal
• Fiesta de San Salvador (San Salvador)
• municipal

• 
• El Salvador
• government
• Public Sector Holiday
• government

• 
• El Salvador
• banks
• Bank Holiday (optional)
• banks

• 
• Guernsey and Alderney
• regional
• Summer Bank Holiday (Alderney)
• regional

• 
• Equatorial Guinea
• Freedom Day (Golpe de la Libertad)

• 
• Iceland
• banks other
• Frídagur verslunarmanna (Commerce Day)
• banks other

• 
• Ireland (Eire)
• August Bank Holiday

• 
• Kiribati
• National Youth and Children's Day

• 
• Macedonia
• Iliden Day Holiday

• 
• Malaysia
• regional
• Public Holiday (Post-Election) (NSN*)
• regional

• 
• Montserrat
• August Monday (Emancipation Day Holiday)

• 
• Niger
• Martyrs of Colonization and Anti-Desertification Day

• 
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• August Monday / Culturama

• 
• Solomon Islands
• regional
• Makira Ulawa Province Holiday
• regional

• 
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Emancipation Day

• 
• Tuvalu
• National Children's Day

• 
• UK (United Kingdom)
• regional
• Summer Bank Holiday (SCT*) (banks are open)
• regional

• 
• Zambia
• Farmers' Day

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• 
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Carnival Holiday

• 
• British Virgin Islands
• August Festival (Emancipation Tuesday)

• 
• Cook Islands
• Constitution Day

• 
• El Salvador
• government
• Public Sector Holiday
• government

• 
• India
• regional
• Chehlum (BR*)
• regional

• 
• India
• regional
• Ker Puja (TR)
• regional

• 
• India
• regional
• Arbayeen (LA*)
• regional

• 
• Iran
• Arbaeen of Hosseini (40th day after Ashura)

• 
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• August Tuesday / Culturama

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• 
• Bangladesh
• July Mass Uprising Day

• 
• British Virgin Islands
• August Festival (Emancipation Wednesday)

• 
• Croatia
• Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti)

• 
• El Salvador
• municipal
• Fiesta de San Salvador (San Salvador)
• municipal

• 
• El Salvador
• government
• Public Sector Holiday
• government

• 
• El Salvador
• banks
• Bank Holiday (optional)
• banks

• 
• Iraq
• The day after the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein

• 
• Spain
• regional
• Nuestra Señora de África (CE)
• regional

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• 
• Anguilla
• August Thursday

• 
• Bolivia
• National Day

• 
• El Salvador
• Celebración del Divino Salvador del Mundo

• 
• Jamaica
• Independence Day

• 
• Peru
• Battle of Junín Day

Friday, August 7, 2026

• 
• Anguilla
• Constitution Day

• 
• Bolivia
• National Day Holiday

• 
• Colombia
• Battle of Boyacá Day

• 
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Independence Day (National Day)

• 
• Rwanda
• Umuganura (Harvest Thanksgiving)

Saturday, August 8, 2026

• 
• India
• regional
• Tendong Lho Rum Faat (SK)
• regional

• 
• Tanzania
• Wakulima ya Nane Nane (Peasants' Day)

Sunday, August 9, 2026

• 
• India
• regional
• Vishwa Adivasi Diwas / World Tribal Day (CG* JH* RJ)
• regional

• 
• Singapore
• National Day

• 
• South Africa
• National Women’s Day

• 
• Suriname
• Indigenous People's Day (Dag der Inheemsen)