Public Holidays in January 2028 Around the World
In January 2028, 39 of the countries and regions we track take at least one day off — 71 public holidays in total, listed in date order below. The month's headline dates include New Year's Day and Spring Festival (Chinese New Year).
The busiest calendars this month are Vietnam (6), Hong Kong (4) and Macau (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2028 | Argentina | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday. Fixed; absorbed by the weekend, no transfer.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Australia | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028, so an additional public holiday is declared on Monday Jan 3.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Austria | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday — the only holiday lost to a weekend in 2028. Fireworks on Silvesterabend, then an ordinary Sunday: no substitute day is granted.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Belgium | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday in 2028 — replaced by a statutory paid day off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Brazil | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday — Brazil grants no substitute weekday, so the day off is lost. The only holiday lost to a weekend in 2028.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Canada | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028, so the day off moves to Monday Jan 3.Statutory holiday | Statutory holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | China | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028, a leap year. One statutory day; the official arrangement is not yet published.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Colombia | New Year's DaySaturday and immovable — the only 2028 date a Monday-to-Friday worker loses, and no substitute exists.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Czech Republic | New Year's DaySaturday — swallowed outright. The Act carries this date twice (Den obnovy samostatného českého státu in §1, Nový rok in §2) but it is one day off, and in 2028 that one day falls inside the weekend it already was. After a Wednesday in 2025, a Thursday in 2026 and a Friday in 2027, the opening day finally comes up short.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | France | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday — no substitute day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Germany | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028 — Germany has no substitute-day rule, so it is lost for Monday-to-Friday workers. The only nationwide holiday lost to a weekend this year.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Ghana | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday in 2028; expected to be observed on Monday January 3 under Act 601.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Greece | New Year's Day (Protochronia)Saturday — 2028 opens with a holiday it cannot use. It is also the feast of Saint Basil, whose name the vasilopita carries: the coin baked into the New Year’s cake is still cut at the table, but for a Monday-to-Friday worker the day falls inside the weekend and Greek law returns nothing.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Hong Kong | The first day of JanuaryFalls on a Saturday in 2028. Hong Kong only substitutes a general holiday that falls on a Sunday, so no extra day off is added.General holiday | General holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Indonesia | New Year's DaySaturday — no substitute day; the year opens quietly.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Ireland | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday — no automatic substitute day; your employer owes you a benefit within a month. The only holiday on a weekend in 2028.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Italy | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday — no statutory Monday replacement.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Japan | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028. Japan only grants a substitute day when a holiday falls on a Sunday, so no extra day off is added.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Kenya | New Year's DayNew Year's Day falls on a Saturday in 2028. The Public Holidays Act only provides a Monday substitute for Part I holidays that fall on a Sunday, so there is no extra weekday off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Macau | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028. When a holiday overlaps a weekend, the annual notice usually grants public administration staff a compensatory rest day (補假) on the next working day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Malaysia | New Year's DaySaturday — Malaysia does not replace Saturday holidays, so the day off is absorbed by the weekend. Not observed in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis or Terengganu.Federal holiday | Federal holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Mexico | New Year's DaySaturday — no substitute weekday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Netherlands | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday — no statutory substitute day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Nigeria | New Year's DayNew Year's Day falls on a Saturday in 2028 and is observed on 1 January itself; Nigeria has no substitute-day rule, though the Federal Government sometimes adds an extra day ad hoc.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Norway | New Year's DaySaturday — 2028’s only real casualty. Første nyttårsdag is a helligdag under § 2 b), but on a Saturday it gives a Monday-to-Friday worker nothing, and there is no substitute: January 2028 has no weekday holiday at all.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Philippines | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028. The Philippines has no automatic substitute-day rule, so no extra weekday off is created.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Portugal | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028; no replacement weekday is granted under Portuguese law.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Singapore | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday; Saturdays do not get an in-lieu day in Singapore.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | South Africa | New Year's DayNew Year's Day falls on a Saturday in 2028. The Act grants a substitute only for Sunday holidays, so there is no Monday day off.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | South Korea | New Year's DayFalls on a Saturday in 2028; New Year's Day is not covered by the substitute-holiday rules, so the day is simply absorbed by the weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Spain | New Year's DayFalls on Saturday across Spain.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Sweden | New Year's Day (Nyårsdagen)Saturday. The one holiday you might expect on a weekday is lost to the weekend — with no substitute.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Taiwan | New Year's Day (Founding Day of the ROC)Falls on a Saturday. Under Taiwan’s substitution rule the holiday is observed on Friday, December 31, 2027 — documented on the 2027 calendar page.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Thailand | New Year's DaySaturday — observed in lieu on Mon Jan 3.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | United States | New Year's DayThe statutory date is January 1 (a Saturday in 2028); most federal employees observed it on Friday, December 31, 2027.Federal holiday | Federal holiday |
| January 1, 2028 | Vietnam | New Year's DaySaturday. Under the Labour Code, workers whose weekly rest days are Sat–Sun normally receive the next working day (Mon Jan 3) as a compensatory day off — to be confirmed by the official schedule.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 3, 2028 | Australia | Additional public holiday (New Year)Under the public holiday standard in each state’s Act, when New Year’s Day falls on a weekend an additional public holiday is granted on the following Monday.Substitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 3, 2028 | Canada | New Year's Day (observed)Substitute day off for New Year’s Day, which falls on Saturday Jan 1.Substitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 3, 2028 | New Zealand | New Year's Day (observed)New Year's Day (Jan 1) falls on a Saturday, so it is Mondayised to Monday Jan 3.Substitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 3, 2028 | Thailand | Substitution for New Year's DaySubstitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 3, 2028 | United Kingdom | New Year's Day (substitute day)New Year’s Day (Jan 1) falls on a Saturday, so the bank holiday moves to Monday Jan 3.Substitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 4, 2028 | New Zealand | Day after New Year's Day (observed)The day after New Year's Day (Jan 2) falls on a Sunday, so it is Mondayised to Tuesday Jan 4.Substitute holiday | Substitute holiday |
| January 6, 2028 | Austria | Epiphany (Three Kings’ Day)Falls on a Thursday, so Friday 7 January is the first Fenstertag of the year — four days off in the middle of the ski season for one vacation day.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 6, 2028 | Greece | Epiphany (Theofaneia)Thursday — the blessing of the waters and the cross dive, from Piraeus to the smallest harbour: whoever surfaces with the cross carries the year’s blessing. A Thursday alone, three days before the weekend it cannot reach; one of the nine dates on which all businesses must close.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 6, 2028 | Italy | EpiphanyFalls on Thursday — taking Friday Jan 7 creates a 4-day bridge holiday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 6, 2028 | Spain | Epiphany / Three Kings DayFalls on Thursday — taking Friday January 7 off creates a 4-day bridge break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 6, 2028 | Sweden | Epiphany (Trettondedag jul)Thursday. Fixed on January 6 — the 13th day of Christmas, not January 13.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 7, 2028 | Ghana | Constitution DayFalls on Friday in 2028, creating an immediate three-day long weekend.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 10, 2028 | Colombia | Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos)6 January 2028 is a Thursday, so the rest is Monday 10 January.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 10, 2028 | Japan | Coming of Age DaySecond Monday of January.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 17, 2028 | United States | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.Third Monday of January.Federal holiday | Federal holiday |
| Jan 25 – 28 | China | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)Statutory block: Chinese New Year's Eve (Tue Jan 25) plus the first three days of the lunar year — Chinese New Year itself is Wed Jan 26, Year of the Monkey. The four days run straight into the Jan 29–30 weekend, giving at least six consecutive days off even before the official arrangement extends it.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Jan 25 – 30 | Taiwan | Lunar New Year (Spring Festival)New Year’s Eve is Tue Jan 25 and New Year’s Day is Wed Jan 26 (Year of the Monkey). Statutory days 初一–初三 (Wed–Fri) run straight into the weekend — six days off with no substitution needed.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 25, 2028 | Vietnam | Tet Eve (Lunar New Year's Eve)Tuesday — the first of the five statutory Tet days.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Australia | Australia DayFalls midweek on a Wednesday in 2028.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Hong Kong | Lunar New Year's DayWednesday. With the second and third days (Thu–Fri) running into the weekend, the break lasts five days, Jan 26–30.General holiday | General holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | India | Republic DayWednesday. National holiday — mandatory for all establishments.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Indonesia | Chinese New Year (Imlek 2579)Wednesday — midweek, so no long weekend by itself; the SKB may still add a cuti bersama beside it, as it did in 2026.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Macau | Lunar New Year (First Day)Wednesday — the first day of the Year of the Monkey, projected from the lunar calendar. With the second and third days it starts a five-day break through Sunday January 30.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Jan 26 – 27 | Malaysia | Chinese New YearTwo days, Wed–Thu — a midweek break; take Friday off for a five-day stretch.Federal holiday | Federal holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Philippines | Chinese New YearSpecial (non-working) day. Falls midweek on a Wednesday in 2028.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Jan 26 – 27 | Singapore | Chinese New YearWednesday–Thursday. Both days are midweek, so no in-lieu day is created; take Friday Jan 28 off for a 5-day break.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Jan 26 – 28 | South Korea | Seollal (Lunar New Year)New Year's Eve (Jan 26), the day itself (Jan 27, Thursday) and the day after. No day falls on a Sunday, so there is no substitute — but the following weekend turns it into a five-day break (Jan 26–30).Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 | Vietnam | Tet Day 1 (Lunar New Year)Lunar New Year's Day (Mùng 1). Wednesday — the Year of the Monkey (Mậu Thân).Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 27, 2028 | Hong Kong | The second day of Lunar New YearGeneral holiday | General holiday |
| January 27, 2028 | Macau | Lunar New Year (Second Day)Thursday, the middle of the Lunar New Year block.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 27, 2028 | Vietnam | Tet Day 2Thursday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 28, 2028 | Hong Kong | The third day of Lunar New YearGeneral holiday | General holiday |
| January 28, 2028 | Macau | Lunar New Year (Third Day)Friday, flowing straight into the weekend — five consecutive days off without using any leave.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 28, 2028 | Vietnam | Tet Day 3Friday.Public holiday | Public holiday |
| January 29, 2028 | Vietnam | Tet Day 4Saturday — the statutory Tet block runs straight into Sunday Jan 30, giving at least six consecutive days off (Jan 25–30) before any government extension.Public holiday | Public holiday |
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Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays are there in January 2028 worldwide?
We count 71 public holidays in January 2028, spread across 39 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 January 2028?
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil and Canada and 33 more — 39 countries and regions in all. The table above gives the exact date for every holiday.
What are the first and last public holidays of January 2028?
The month opens with New Year's Day in Argentina on Jan 1, and closes with Tet Day 4 in Vietnam, ending Jan 29.
Can I download the January 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.