Is Assumption Day a Public Holiday?
Assumption Day 2027 falls on Sunday, August 15.
Assumption Day is fixed on 15 August, so the question is never which day but which weekday — and in 2026 and 2027 the answer is the weekend. France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Chile and Greece keep the holiday where it falls, so a Saturday in 2026 and a Sunday in 2027 mostly cost them the day. Colombia moves it to a Monday by law, and Germany gives it only to Saarland and part of Bavaria. This page lines the calendars up year by year, including Greece, where the same feast is called the Dormition of the Virgin.
Also known as: August 15 · Ferragosto · Assomption · Mariä Himmelfahrt · Asunción · Assunção · Dormition (Kimisi)
The short answer
9 countries and regions in our calendar mark it. Dates and days off below cover 2025–2028.
- 2025
- Friday, August 15
- 2026
- Saturday, August 15
- 2027
- Sunday, August 15
- 2028
- Tuesday, August 15
Dates year by year
Dates by country and year
Compare the festival date across countries and every year we publish.
| Country / region | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Italy | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Spain | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027Provisional | August 15, 2028Provisional |
| Portugal | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Austria | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Belgium | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027Provisional | August 15, 2028Provisional |
| Chile | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Colombia | August 18, 2025 | August 17, 2026 | August 16, 2027 | August 21, 2028 |
| Greece | August 15, 2025 | August 15, 2026 | August 15, 2027 | August 15, 2028 |
| Germany | August 15, 2025Not a public holiday | August 15, 2026Not a public holiday | August 15, 2027Not a public holiday | August 15, 2028Not a public holiday |
| United Kingdom | August 15, 2025Not a public holiday | August 15, 2026Not a public holiday | August 15, 2027Not a public holiday | August 15, 2028Not a public holiday |
| United States | August 15, 2025Not a public holiday | August 15, 2026Not a public holiday | August 15, 2027Not a public holiday | August 15, 2028Not a public holiday |
Who gets the day off
Every row is derived from that country’s official calendar on this site, so the day counts include substitute days and government bridge days exactly as gazetted.
Assumption Day 2025
| Country / region | Called | Date | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Assumption Day (Assomption)A fixed-date public holiday; landing on a weekend gives no replacement day. | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Italy | Assumption Day (Ferragosto)Called Ferragosto, it sits in the middle of the August break, when many businesses close for the week around it. | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Spain | Assumption Day (Asunción)On a Saturday, as in 2026, nothing moves; on a Sunday, as in 2027, the autonomous communities typically transfer the day off to Monday 16 August. | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Portugal | Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Nossa Senhora) | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Austria | Assumption of Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Belgium | Assumption Day (Assomption / O.-L.-V.-Hemelvaart)Belgian law replaces a public holiday that lands on a Sunday or a normal day off with another paid day, set by the sector or the employer — so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are not lost. | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Chile | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen) | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
| Colombia | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen, moved to Monday)Under the Emiliani law (Ley 51 of 1983) the rest moves to the following Monday, so a Saturday or Sunday 15 August still produces a paid Monday. | August 18, 2025 | 1days |
| Germany | Regional only (Saarland and part of Bavaria)A public holiday in Saarland and, in Bavaria, only in municipalities with a mostly Catholic population; an ordinary working day in the rest of Germany. | August 15, 2025 | Working day |
| United Kingdom | Ordinary workday (not a bank holiday) | August 15, 2025 | Working day |
| United States | Ordinary workday (not a federal holiday) | August 15, 2025 | Working day |
| Greece Same date, local festival | Dormition of the Virgin (Kimisi)The Orthodox name for the same 15 August feast. Greek law transfers nothing when it lands on a weekend, so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are simply lost. | August 15, 2025 | 1days |
Assumption Day 2026
| Country / region | Called | Date | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Assumption Day (Assomption)A fixed-date public holiday; landing on a weekend gives no replacement day. | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Italy | Assumption Day (Ferragosto)Called Ferragosto, it sits in the middle of the August break, when many businesses close for the week around it. | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Spain | Assumption Day (Asunción)On a Saturday, as in 2026, nothing moves; on a Sunday, as in 2027, the autonomous communities typically transfer the day off to Monday 16 August. | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Portugal | Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Nossa Senhora) | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Austria | Assumption of Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Belgium | Assumption Day (Assomption / O.-L.-V.-Hemelvaart)Belgian law replaces a public holiday that lands on a Sunday or a normal day off with another paid day, set by the sector or the employer — so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are not lost. | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Chile | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen) | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
| Colombia | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen, moved to Monday)Under the Emiliani law (Ley 51 of 1983) the rest moves to the following Monday, so a Saturday or Sunday 15 August still produces a paid Monday. | August 17, 2026 | 1days |
| Germany | Regional only (Saarland and part of Bavaria)A public holiday in Saarland and, in Bavaria, only in municipalities with a mostly Catholic population; an ordinary working day in the rest of Germany. | August 15, 2026 | Working day |
| United Kingdom | Ordinary workday (not a bank holiday) | August 15, 2026 | Working day |
| United States | Ordinary workday (not a federal holiday) | August 15, 2026 | Working day |
| Greece Same date, local festival | Dormition of the Virgin (Kimisi)The Orthodox name for the same 15 August feast. Greek law transfers nothing when it lands on a weekend, so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are simply lost. | August 15, 2026 | 1days |
Assumption Day 2027
| Country / region | Called | Date | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Assumption Day (Assomption)A fixed-date public holiday; landing on a weekend gives no replacement day. | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Italy | Assumption Day (Ferragosto)Called Ferragosto, it sits in the middle of the August break, when many businesses close for the week around it. | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Spain Provisional | Assumption Day (Asunción)On a Saturday, as in 2026, nothing moves; on a Sunday, as in 2027, the autonomous communities typically transfer the day off to Monday 16 August. | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Portugal | Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Nossa Senhora) | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Austria | Assumption of Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Belgium Provisional | Assumption Day (Assomption / O.-L.-V.-Hemelvaart)Belgian law replaces a public holiday that lands on a Sunday or a normal day off with another paid day, set by the sector or the employer — so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are not lost. | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Chile | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen) | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
| Colombia | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen, moved to Monday)Under the Emiliani law (Ley 51 of 1983) the rest moves to the following Monday, so a Saturday or Sunday 15 August still produces a paid Monday. | August 16, 2027 | 1days |
| Germany | Regional only (Saarland and part of Bavaria)A public holiday in Saarland and, in Bavaria, only in municipalities with a mostly Catholic population; an ordinary working day in the rest of Germany. | August 15, 2027 | Working day |
| United Kingdom | Ordinary workday (not a bank holiday) | August 15, 2027 | Working day |
| United States | Ordinary workday (not a federal holiday) | August 15, 2027 | Working day |
| Greece Same date, local festival | Dormition of the Virgin (Kimisi)The Orthodox name for the same 15 August feast. Greek law transfers nothing when it lands on a weekend, so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are simply lost. | August 15, 2027 | 1days |
Rows marked provisional show only the dates already fixed. Where a government sets the length of the break by annual decree — mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia — the full arrangement has not been published for that year yet, so treat those day counts as a floor and any blank as "not announced", not as a working day.
Assumption Day 2028
| Country / region | Called | Date | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Assumption Day (Assomption)A fixed-date public holiday; landing on a weekend gives no replacement day. | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Italy | Assumption Day (Ferragosto)Called Ferragosto, it sits in the middle of the August break, when many businesses close for the week around it. | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Spain Provisional | Assumption Day (Asunción)On a Saturday, as in 2026, nothing moves; on a Sunday, as in 2027, the autonomous communities typically transfer the day off to Monday 16 August. | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Portugal | Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Nossa Senhora) | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Austria | Assumption of Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Belgium Provisional | Assumption Day (Assomption / O.-L.-V.-Hemelvaart)Belgian law replaces a public holiday that lands on a Sunday or a normal day off with another paid day, set by the sector or the employer — so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are not lost. | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Chile | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen) | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
| Colombia | Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen, moved to Monday)Under the Emiliani law (Ley 51 of 1983) the rest moves to the following Monday, so a Saturday or Sunday 15 August still produces a paid Monday. | August 21, 2028 | 1days |
| Germany | Regional only (Saarland and part of Bavaria)A public holiday in Saarland and, in Bavaria, only in municipalities with a mostly Catholic population; an ordinary working day in the rest of Germany. | August 15, 2028 | Working day |
| United Kingdom | Ordinary workday (not a bank holiday) | August 15, 2028 | Working day |
| United States | Ordinary workday (not a federal holiday) | August 15, 2028 | Working day |
| Greece Same date, local festival | Dormition of the Virgin (Kimisi)The Orthodox name for the same 15 August feast. Greek law transfers nothing when it lands on a weekend, so Saturday 2026 and Sunday 2027 are simply lost. | August 15, 2028 | 1days |
Rows marked provisional show only the dates already fixed. Where a government sets the length of the break by annual decree — mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia — the full arrangement has not been published for that year yet, so treat those day counts as a floor and any blank as "not announced", not as a working day.
Two weekend years in a row
15 August is a Friday in 2025, a Saturday in 2026, a Sunday in 2027 and a Tuesday in 2028. For the places that keep the date where it falls, 2026 and 2027 are the lean years: the holiday disappears into the weekend and nothing replaces it, with two exceptions: Belgian law gives a replacement day, and in 2027 Spain’s autonomous communities typically transfer the Sunday to Monday 16 August. 2025 gives a three-day weekend, and 2028’s Tuesday is the year to bridge — take Monday 14 August and you are off from Saturday to Tuesday.
Colombia moves it; Italy turns it into a season
Colombia shifts the holiday to the following Monday under the Emiliani law: 18 August 2025, 17 August 2026, 16 August 2027 and 21 August 2028 — so even a Saturday or Sunday 15 August buys a paid Monday. In Italy the day is called Ferragosto and sits in the middle of the August break, when many businesses close for the week around it, so what the official calendar shows as one day is in practice a week of shut doors.
Catholic Europe, not the whole of it
The holiday follows the Catholic and Orthodox calendars. Germany treats it as regional — a holiday in Saarland and in Bavarian municipalities with a mostly Catholic population, an ordinary working day elsewhere — and neither the United Kingdom nor the United States lists it at all. They appear below as working days so that “no day off” is an answer rather than a blank.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Assumption Day a public holiday?
In France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium and Chile, yes, on 15 August itself; Colombia observes it on the following Monday; Greece observes the same feast as the Dormition of the Virgin. In the United Kingdom and the United States it is an ordinary working day, and in Germany only Saarland and part of Bavaria take it.
What happens when Assumption Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday?
In most places the day is simply lost: France, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Chile and Greece give no replacement. Belgium replaces it with another paid day by law, Colombia moves it to the following Monday, and in 2027 Spain’s autonomous communities typically transfer the Sunday to Monday 16 August. 15 August is a Saturday in 2026 and a Sunday in 2027.
Why does Colombia take Assumption Day on a Monday?
The Emiliani law (Ley 51 of 1983) moves most religious holidays to the following Monday to create long weekends. The dates are 18 August 2025, 17 August 2026, 16 August 2027 and 21 August 2028.
Is 15 August a public holiday in Germany?
Only regionally: it is a public holiday in Saarland and, in Bavaria, only in municipalities with a mostly Catholic population. In the rest of Germany it is an ordinary working day, so it is not on the national list.
What is Ferragosto?
Ferragosto is the Italian name for 15 August, the Assumption holiday. It marks the middle of the traditional August break, when many Italian businesses close for the week around it, so the long weekend matters less than the shut-down that surrounds it.