Public Holidays in April 2028 Around the World
In April 2028, 36 of the countries and regions we track take at least one day off — 80 public holidays in total, listed in date order below. The month's headline dates include Shōwa Day, Songkran Festival (Thai New Year) and Labour Day.
The busiest calendars this month are Hong Kong (4), Netherlands (4) and Norway (4). Breaks that span a month boundary appear in full on both months' pages, so cross-border trips and business schedules can be planned straight off the tables.
| Date | Country | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2028 | Argentina | Malvinas Veterans DayFalls on Sunday. Fixed; lost to the weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 3, 2028 | India | Ram NavamiMonday — a three-day weekend to open April.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 4, 2028 | China | Qingming FestivalQingming falls on a Tuesday in 2028 — a single statutory day midweek. Whether it bridges into a longer break depends on the official arrangement.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 4, 2028 | Hong Kong | Ching Ming FestivalTuesday. Take Monday Apr 3 as leave and it joins the weekend for four days off (Apr 1–4).General holiday | General holiday |
| April 4, 2028 | Macau | Ching Ming FestivalTuesday in 2028 (the leap year moves Ching Ming to April 4). Take Monday April 3 off and the break runs four days, April 1–4.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 4, 2028 | Taiwan | Children's Day & Tomb-Sweeping DayBoth fall on Tuesday, April 4 — a single day off midweek, no long weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 4, 2028 | Vietnam | Hung Kings' Commemoration DayTuesday — the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month. Take Monday Apr 3 as leave for a four-day break (Apr 1–4).Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 6, 2028 | Thailand | Chakri Memorial DayThursday — take Apr 7 and Apr 10–12 off and it bridges straight into the Songkran break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 7, 2028 | India | Mahavir JayantiFriday — the second of three long weekends in April.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 9, 2028 | Philippines | Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)Falls on a Sunday in 2028, so it is effectively absorbed by the weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 12, 2028 | South Korea | General Election DayThe 23rd National Assembly election is set for Wednesday April 12, 2028 under the Public Official Election Act, and election day is a day off for public agencies by law. Formal designation comes closer to the date.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 13, 2028 | Colombia | Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo)Easter 2028 is 16 April, putting Maundy Thursday on 13 April — immovable.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 13, 2028 | Norway | Maundy ThursdayThursday. Skjærtorsdag, Easter minus three, opens the longest automatic break of 2028 — five days through Easter Monday. Påskeaften on Saturday April 15 is not a red day, but § 5 closes consumer retail at 16:00.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 13, 2028 | Philippines | Maundy ThursdayOpens the four-day Holy Week break (Apr 13–16).Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Apr 13 – 15 | Thailand | Songkran Festival (Thai New Year)Three days, Thu–Sat in 2028 — with the Saturday made up on Mon Apr 17, the break runs five days.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Argentina | Good FridayFalls on Friday — a three-day Easter weekend; Easter 2028 is on April 16.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Australia | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Brazil | Good FridayGuaranteed nationwide as a religious holiday under Lei 9.093/1995. Friday — the first of two bridging Fridays in 2028.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Canada | Good FridayIn Quebec, employers may choose either Good Friday or Easter Monday (Apr 17) as the statutory day off.Statutory holiday | Statutory holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Colombia | Good FridayWith Thursday, the weekend and Easter Sunday this is 2028’s only automatic four-day break — and the peak Semana Santa travel window.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Czech Republic | Good FridayFriday — Velký pátek, two days before Easter Sunday (April 16). The newest member of the list: Act No. 359/2015 Sb. made it a day of rest from 2016. As a Friday it needs no rescue; it opens the year’s first four-day break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Germany | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Ghana | Good FridayMarks the start of the Easter four-day national break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Greece | Holy and Great Friday (Megali Paraskevi)Friday — Pascha minus 2. The Epitaphios is carried through the streets at night and candles are handed out; retail reopens only after midday. It is the opening day of 2028’s longest automatic break, and this time it coincides with Western Good Friday as well.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Hong Kong | Good FridayStart of the four-day Easter break (Apr 14–17).General holiday | General holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | India | Good FridayFriday — the third long weekend in April.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Indonesia | Good FridayFriday — a 3-day Easter weekend with Easter Sunday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Kenya | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Macau | Good FridayFriday — Easter Sunday falls on April 16 in 2028, so Good Friday opens the three-day Easter break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Netherlands | Good FridayPublic offices and banks closed; private sector subject to CAO.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | New Zealand | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Nigeria | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Norway | Good FridayFriday. Langfredag (Easter minus two) carries the § 3 helligdagsfred for a full 24 hours; together with Maundy Thursday and Easter Monday it forms the year’s best no-leave stretch.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Philippines | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Portugal | Good FridayFalls on Friday, creating a three-day Easter weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Singapore | Good FridayFalls on a Friday — a 3-day weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | South Africa | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Spain | Good FridayFalls on Friday, creating a nationwide 3-day Easter weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | Sweden | Good Friday (Långfredagen)Friday, derived from Easter. Opens a four-day break with the weekend and Easter Monday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 14, 2028 | United Kingdom | Good FridayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 15, 2028 | Hong Kong | The day following Good FridayGeneral holiday | General holiday |
| April 15, 2028 | Macau | The day before EasterAlways a Saturday. Together with Good Friday and Easter Sunday it makes a three-day weekend, April 14–16.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 15, 2028 | Philippines | Black SaturdaySpecial (non-working) day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Greece | Pascha — Orthodox Easter SundaySunday — April 16, and Gregorian Easter is on the very same day, as it was in 2025: the two paschalia agree only occasionally, and 2028 is one of those years. The Anastasis ends in the last minute of Holy Saturday, Mayiritsa soup and spit-roasted lamb follow. The feast is the biggest of the Orthodox year; as a Sunday it adds no day off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Indonesia | Easter SundaySunday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Italy | Easter SundayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Netherlands | Easter SundayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Norway | Easter SundaySunday. § 2 e) defines the date in the statute itself — the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March — which in 2028 is April 16. A red day that overlaps the rest day you already had.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Portugal | Easter SundayStatutory holiday under Article 234; falls on Sunday with no substitute day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 16, 2028 | Sweden | Easter Sunday (Påskdagen)Sunday. A legal red day, but already a weekly rest day — no extra day off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Australia | Easter MondayMost states also observe Easter Saturday (Apr 15), and several observe Easter Sunday (Apr 16).Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Austria | Easter MondayEaster Sunday is April 16. Karfreitag (Fri April 14) is not a public holiday in Austria — see the note below — so the four-day Easter break only exists if you claim that Friday yourself.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Belgium | Easter MondayFalls on Monday, creating a nationwide three-day Easter weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Czech Republic | Easter MondayMonday — Velikonoční pondělí, Easter plus one. The first of 2028’s four Monday holidays, and with Good Friday it makes an automatic four-day break, April 14 to 17.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | France | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Germany | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Ghana | Easter MondayStatutory holiday concluding the Easter long weekend break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Greece | Monday of the Orthodox Pascha (Deutera tou Pascha)Monday — Pascha plus 1: the second day of the feast, with leftover lamb, village panigiria and open-air tables all afternoon. One of the nine compulsory closure dates, and the day that closes the joint-longest break of 2028, April 14 to 17.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Hong Kong | Easter MondayGeneral holiday | General holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Ireland | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Italy | Easter MondayPasquetta, traditional day for family outings and picnics.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Kenya | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Netherlands | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | New Zealand | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Nigeria | Easter MondayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Norway | Easter MondayMonday. Annen påskedag, Easter plus one, closes the five-day run — and is the hinge of the year’s biggest purchase: taking Tuesday April 18 to Friday April 21 turns April 17 to April 23 into a week off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | South Africa | Family DayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Sweden | Easter Monday (Annandag påsk)Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | Thailand | Substitution for SongkranSubstitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| April 17, 2028 | United Kingdom | Easter MondayNot a bank holiday in Scotland.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 21, 2028 | Brazil | TiradentesFriday — one week after Good Friday, giving two consecutive three-day weekends in April.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 25, 2028 | Australia | Anzac DayFalls on a Tuesday in 2028, so — unlike 2027 — no state substitution is required.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 25, 2028 | Italy | Liberation DayFalls on Tuesday — taking Monday April 24 off provides a 4-day bridge holiday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 25, 2028 | New Zealand | Anzac DayFalls on a Tuesday in 2028, so no Mondayisation applies. It comes just one week after Easter Monday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 25, 2028 | Portugal | Freedom DayFalls on Tuesday in 2028. Taking Monday April 24 off yields a four-day spring weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 27, 2028 | Netherlands | King's DayFalls on Thursday — taking Friday off yields a 4-day national celebration break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 27, 2028 | South Africa | Freedom DayPublic holiday | Public holiday |
| April 29, 2028 | Japan | Shōwa DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028, so it brings no extra day off. It marks the start of the Golden Week period.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Apr 29 – May 1 | Taiwan | Labour DayLabour Day (May 1) is a Monday — a 3-day weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| April 30, 2028 | Vietnam | Reunification DaySunday. Because it falls on the weekly rest day, the Labour Code moves the day off to the next working day — Tuesday May 2 (Monday May 1 is already Labour Day).Public holiday | Public holiday |
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Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays are there in April 2028 worldwide?
We count 80 public holidays in April 2028, spread across 36 of the 41 countries and regions we track, in date order in the table above. Breaks that spill over a month boundary are shown in full on both months.
Which countries have public holidays in April 2028?
Argentina, India, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and 30 more — 36 countries and regions in all. The table above gives the exact date for every holiday.
What are the first and last public holidays of April 2028?
The month opens with Malvinas Veterans Day in Argentina on Apr 2, and closes with Reunification Day in Vietnam, ending Apr 30.
Can I download the April 2028 holidays as a calendar file?
Yes. Every country's year page offers free ICS, CSV and PDF files that import straight into Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar, and subscribing to the ICS URL keeps the dates updated if a government revises them. Month pages have no file of their own — download per country instead.
Are these days off for everyone in those countries?
Not necessarily. The table aggregates nationwide statutory holidays. Australia, Malaysia, India and Canada add state- or province-level days on top, so the real count there is higher; annual leave and employer shutdowns are not counted either. Observances that are not days off are excluded.