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Public Holidays in May 2028 Around the World

In May 2028, 37 of the countries and regions we track take at least one day off — 77 public holidays in total, listed in date order below. The month's headline dates include Labour Day.

The busiest calendars this month are Indonesia (5), Malaysia (4) and France (3). 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.

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DateCountryHoliday
Apr 29 – May 1TaiwanLabour DayLabour Day (May 1) is a Monday — a 3-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028ArgentinaLabour DayFalls on Monday — a three-day break. Fixed.Public holiday
May 1, 2028AustriaRepublic Day (Staatsfeiertag)Falls on a Monday — a free three-day weekend, no leave needed. Austria’s official national day, doubling as Labour Day.Public holiday
May 1, 2028BelgiumLabour DayFalls on Monday, creating an immediate three-day holiday weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028BrazilLabour DayMonday.Public holiday
May 1 – 2ChinaLabour DayTwo statutory days (Mon May 1 – Tue May 2) — May 2 was added by the 2024 amendment. They follow the Apr 29–30 weekend, so at least a four-day break even before any make-up-workday extension.Public holiday
May 1, 2028ColombiaLabour Day (Día del Trabajo)1 May 2028 is a Monday by itself: no transfer needed, and May opens with a three-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028Czech RepublicLabour DayMonday — Svátek práce (§2). In 2027 this same fixed date was a Saturday and bought nothing; in 2028 it pulls the weekend through to Monday, giving Saturday April 29 to Monday May 1.Public holiday
May 1, 2028FranceLabour DayFalls on a Monday — three-day break. The only holiday where paid leave is legally mandatory.Public holiday
May 1, 2028GermanyLabour DayFalls on a Monday in 2028 — a three-day weekend after two consecutive years of Saturday losses.Public holiday
May 1, 2028GhanaWorkers’ Day (May Day)Falls on Monday in 2028, delivering a natural three-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028GreeceLabour Day (Ergatiki Protomagia)Monday — a compulsory closure day under Article 14 of Law 4468/2017, and the transfer clause in the same article does not bite: 1 May 2028 is neither a Sunday, nor a day of Holy Week, nor Easter Monday (that was April 17, two weeks back). A Monday hands out a three-day break, demonstrations in Athens and the flower wreath on the door — a pre-Christian custom older than the law behind the day off.Public holiday
May 1, 2028Hong KongLabour DayMonday — and with the Buddha's Birthday the next day, the weekend stretches into a four-day break (Apr 29–May 2).General holiday
May 1, 2028IndonesiaInternational Labour DayMonday — a natural 3-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028IrelandMay DayPublic holiday
May 1, 2028ItalyLabour DayFalls on Monday, creating an immediate three-day holiday weekend in May.Public holiday
May 1, 2028KenyaLabour DayPublic holiday
May 1, 2028MacauLabour DayMonday — and Buddha’s Birthday follows on Tuesday, so the weekend of April 29–30 merges into a four-day break ending May 2.Public holiday
May 1, 2028MalaysiaLabour DayMonday — a three-day weekend from Apr 29.Federal holiday
May 1, 2028MexicoLabour DayMonday — three-day break including the preceding weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028NigeriaWorkers' DayPublic holiday
May 1, 2028NorwayLabour DayMonday — the friendliest placement a fixed date can have, and a three-day opening to May. Første mai is a høgtidsdag under the 1947 Act rather than a § 2 helligdag, but the retail closure applies to it in exactly the same way.Public holiday
May 1, 2028PhilippinesLabor DayMonday, giving a three-day weekend (Apr 29–May 1).Public holiday
May 1, 2028PortugalLabour DayFalls on Monday, delivering an automatic three-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028SingaporeLabour DayFalls on a Monday — a 3-day weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028South AfricaWorkers' DayPublic holiday
May 1, 2028South KoreaLabour DayFalls on a Monday — with the weekend and Buddha's Birthday (May 2) it makes a four-day break (Apr 29–May 2).Public holiday
May 1, 2028SpainLabour DayFalls on Monday, creating an immediate three-day spring holiday weekend.Public holiday
May 1, 2028SwedenMay Day (Första maj)Monday. Falls on a weekday in 2028, extending the weekend to a three-day break.Public holiday
May 1, 2028ThailandNational Labour DayMonday — three-day weekend Apr 29–May 1.Public holiday
May 1, 2028United KingdomEarly May bank holidayFirst Monday of May — unusually early in 2028, just two weeks after Easter Monday.Public holiday
May 1, 2028VietnamInternational Labour DayMonday — combines with Reunification Day, the weekend and the compensatory day for a four-day break (Apr 29–May 2).Public holiday
May 2, 2028Hong KongThe Birthday of the BuddhaGeneral holiday
May 2, 2028MacauThe Buddha's Birthday (Feast of Buddha)Tuesday (lunar 4/8), the day after Labour Day — two consecutive holidays rounding off a four-day break.Public holiday
May 2, 2028South KoreaBuddha's BirthdayEighth day of the fourth lunar month; falls on a Tuesday in 2028.Public holiday
May 3, 2028JapanConstitution Memorial DayPublic holiday
May 4, 2028JapanGreenery DayPublic holiday
May 4, 2028ThailandCoronation DayThursday — with Visakha Bucha on Mon May 8, one day of leave (May 5) makes a five-day break.Public holiday
May 5, 2028GhanaEid-Ul-AdhaEstimated date. Subject to lunar observation and gazette announcement by the Ministry of the Interior.Public holiday
May 5, 2028IndiaId-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Friday (tentative — subject to moon sighting; some calendars show Saturday, May 6). If the Friday holds, it makes a three-day weekend.Public holiday
May 5, 2028IndonesiaIdul Adha 1449HFriday, estimated — a 3-day weekend if the moon-sighting holds.Public holiday
May 5, 2028JapanChildren's DayFriday, so the May 3–5 holidays flow straight into the weekend for a 5-day Golden Week.Public holiday
May 5, 2028KenyaIdd-ul-AzhaProvisional date based on astronomical calculation of 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1449 AH. Idd-ul-Azha is in Part II of the Schedule, so even if it falls on a Sunday, the Public Holidays Act's Sunday-substitution rule does not apply. The Cabinet Secretary will confirm the date by Gazette notice after moon sighting.Public holiday
May 5, 2028MalaysiaHari Raya Aidiladha (Hari Raya Haji)Friday (estimated) — a three-day weekend. Islamic date subject to moon-sighting.Federal holiday
May 5, 2028NetherlandsLiberation DayFalls on Friday. Standard working day under most private CAOs in 2028.Public holiday
May 5, 2028NigeriaEid-el-KabirProjected for 10–11 Dhu al-Hijjah 1449 AH, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May 2028. The official dates follow the Dhu al-Hijjah crescent sighting (late April 2028); the two declared days can differ from the projection by a day.Public holiday
May 5, 2028PhilippinesEid'l AdhaTentative — expected Friday, May 5, 2028, which would create a three-day weekend; the exact date follows the Islamic lunar calendar and is set by a separate proclamation only days before.Public holiday
May 5, 2028SingaporeHari Raya HajiExpected Friday, May 5 — tentative: the exact date depends on the MUIS moon sighting. As projected it creates a 3-day weekend.Public holiday
May 5, 2028South KoreaChildren's DayFalls on a Friday, giving a three-day weekend (May 5–7).Public holiday
May 6, 2028NigeriaEid-el-Kabir (2nd day)Public holiday
May 8, 2028Czech RepublicVictory DayMonday — Den vítězství, the anniversary of the 1945 end of the war and the Prague Uprising, renamed from Liberation Day by Act No. 101/2004 Sb. Seven days after Labour Day and a Monday again, so early May hands out two three-day weekends and May itself loses nothing.Public holiday
May 8, 2028FranceVictory in Europe DayFalls on a Monday — another three-day break one week after Labour Day.Public holiday
May 8, 2028IndiaBuddha PurnimaMonday — a three-day weekend.Public holiday
May 8, 2028ThailandVisakha Bucha DayMonday — three-day weekend May 6–8. Date follows the Thai lunar calendar (provisional).Public holiday
May 9, 2028IndonesiaWaisak Day 2572 BE (Vesak)Tuesday, estimated — the full moon of Vesakha.Public holiday
May 9, 2028MalaysiaWesak DayTuesday (provisional lunar date).Federal holiday
May 9, 2028SingaporeVesak DayExpected Tuesday, May 9. The date follows the Buddhist lunar calendar and is confirmed each year by the Singapore Buddhist Federation in the MOM gazette.Public holiday
May 17, 2028NorwayConstitution DayWednesday. Syttende mai marks the constitution signed at Eidsvoll in 1814; the 1947 Act makes it a day off equated with Sundays, and § 4 item 4 lifts the morning ban on public events so the parades can run. Midweek, though, it bridges nothing: it simply cuts the week in two. The eve, Tuesday May 16, is an ordinary working day under § 2 of the same Act.Public holiday
May 22, 2028CanadaVictoria DayThe Monday preceding May 25. Quebec observes the same day as National Patriots’ Day. Not a statutory holiday in some Atlantic provinces.Statutory holiday
May 25, 2028ArgentinaMay Revolution DayFalls on Thursday. Fixed (inamovible), so it is not moved — but taking Friday 26 May off bridges to the weekend.Public holiday
May 25, 2028AustriaAscension DayAlways a Thursday (39 days after Easter). Friday 26 May is the classic Fenstertag: one vacation day buys a four-day break.Public holiday
May 25, 2028BelgiumAscension DayAlways on Thursday — prime 4-day bridge opportunity (faire le pont).Public holiday
May 25, 2028FranceAscension DayPublic holiday
May 25, 2028GermanyAscension DayPublic holiday
May 25, 2028IndonesiaAscension of Jesus ChristThursday — coincides with Islamic New Year this year; a Friday cuti bersama would make it a 4-day break.Public holiday
May 25, 2028IndonesiaIslamic New Year 1450H (1 Muharram)Thursday, estimated — a rare same-day overlap with Ascension Day.Public holiday
May 25, 2028MalaysiaAwal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)Thursday (estimated). Islamic date subject to moon-sighting.Federal holiday
May 25, 2028NetherlandsAscension DayAlways on Thursday — classic 4-day bridge holiday with Friday off.Public holiday
May 25, 2028NorwayAscension DayThursday. Kristi himmelfartsdag, Easter plus 39, is always a Thursday, and the late Easter of 2028 pushes it to May 25 — which makes Friday May 26 the classic bridge day: one leave day, four days off.Public holiday
May 25, 2028SwedenAscension Day (Kristi himmelsfärdsdag)Thursday — the sixth Thursday after Easter (Easter + 39 days). Take Friday off for a four-day bridge.Public holiday
May 27 – 29TaiwanDragon Boat FestivalDragon Boat Festival (May 28) falls on a Sunday, observed on Mon May 29 — a 3-day weekend.Public holiday
May 28, 2028ChinaDragon Boat FestivalFalls on a Sunday. Under the holiday regulation a festival that lands on a weekend is made up on a workday — most likely Monday May 29 — but the exact day awaits the official notice.Public holiday
May 28, 2028MacauTung Ng Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)Falls on a Sunday in 2028 (lunar 5/5). The annual notice usually grants public administration staff the following Monday as a compensatory rest day — confirm when the 2028 order is gazetted.Public holiday
May 29, 2028ColombiaAscension Day (Ascensión del Señor)The Thursday feast is 25 May (Easter + 39); the paid rest transfers to Monday 29 May.Public holiday
May 29, 2028Hong KongTuen Ng FestivalMonday, giving a three-day weekend (May 27–29).General holiday
May 29, 2028United KingdomSpring bank holidayLast Monday of May.Public holiday
May 29, 2028United StatesMemorial DayLast Monday of May.Federal holiday
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Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays are there in May 2028 worldwide?

We count 77 public holidays in May 2028, spread across 37 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 May 2028?

Taiwan, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil and China and 31 more — 37 countries and regions in all. The table above gives the exact date for every holiday.

What are the first and last public holidays of May 2028?

The month opens with Labour Day in Taiwan on Apr 29, and closes with Memorial Day in United States, ending May 29.

Can I download the May 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.

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