The following countries will observe holidays in February, 2026 and delays should be expected.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
INDIA: Guru Ravidas Jayanti / Magha Purnima (BR* HP HR JH* JK* MP* PB) (regional)
INDIA: Bir Chilarai Divas (AS*) (regional)
INDIA: Thaipoosam (TN) (regional)
MALAYSIA: Federal Territory Day (KUL LBN PJY) (regional)
MALAYSIA: Thaipusam (JHR KDH KUL NSN PJY PNG PRK SGR) (regional)
MAURITIUS: Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery
MAURITIUS: Thaipoosam Cavadee
NAURU: Independence Day Holiday
RWANDA: National Heroes’ Day
SEYCHELLES: Abolition of Slavery Day
SRI LANKA: Navam Full Moon Poya Day
Monday, February 2, 2026
IRELAND: St Brigid’s Day (Imbolc)
LIECHTENSTEIN: Candlemas (Mariä Lichtmess)
MALAYSIA: Thaipusam Holiday (KUL NSN PJY PNG PRK SGR)
MEXICO: Constitution Day Holiday
NAURU: Independence Day Holiday
NEW ZEALAND: Nelson Provincial Anniversary Day (NSN)
NICARAGUA: DÃa Nacional de la Reconciliación y la Paz
RWANDA: National Heroes Holiday
SEYCHELLES: Abolition of Slavery Day Holiday
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
HONDURAS: Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (afternoon)(tentative)
IRAN: Imam Mahdi’s Birthday
MALAYSIA: Federal Territory Holiday (KUL LBN PJY)
MOZAMBIQUE: Mozambique’s Heroes’ Day
NAURU: Independence
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Martyrs’ Day
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
ANGOLA: Liberation Day
BANGLADESH: Shab e-Barat (Night of Records)
INDIA: Shab-e-Barat (BR* WB*)
SRI LANKA: National Day (Independence Day)
Thursday, February 5, 2026
BURUNDI: Unity Day
MALDIVES: Public Holiday (First Sitting of the People’s Majlis)
PAKISTAN: Kashmir Solidarity Day
SAN MARINO: Liberation Day / Saint Agatha’s Day
Friday, February 6, 2026
NEW ZEALAND: Waitangi Day
NIUE: Waitangi Day
Saturday, February 7, 2026
GRENADA: Independence Day (National Day)
Sunday, February 8, 2026
NORTH KOREA: Korean People’s Army Foundation Day
SLOVENIA: Preseren’s Day (Day of Slovenian Culture)
Monday, February 9, 2026
LEBANON: Saint Maroun’s Day
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
BANGLADESH: Public Holiday (workers in industrial areas only)
BOLIVIA: Oruro Day (Feriado Departamental) (O)
MALTA: Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck
QATAR: National Sports Day
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
BANGLADESH: Public Holiday
CAMEROON: Youth Day
IRAN: Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
JAPAN: Foundation Day
LIBERIA: Armed Forces Day
VATICAN CITY (HOLY SEE): Lateran Treaty Day
Thursday, February 12, 2026
BANGLADESH: Public Holiday (13th Parliamentary Election and Constitutional Referendum)
MYANMAR: Union Day
Friday, February 13, 2026
MYANMAR: Union Day Holiday
Saturday, February 14, 2026
INDIA: Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma (WB*) (regional)
MYANMAR: Union Day Holiday
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Sunday, February 15, 2026
AFGHANISTAN: Liberation Day
CHINA: Spring Festival
INDIA: Maha Shivaratri (AP BR* CG DH* GA* GJ HP HR JH JK KA KL MH MP OR PB RJ TR* TS UK UP WB*) (regional)
INDIA: Lui-Ngai-Ni (MN) (regional)
MAURITIUS: Maha Shivaratree
MYANMAR: Union Day Holiday
NEPAL: Maaha Shivaratri
SERBIA: National Day (Sretenje)
SRI LANKA: Mahasivarathri Day
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Monday, February 16, 2026
AMERICAN SAMOA: Presidents’ Day
ANDORRA: Carnival
ANGOLA: Carnival Holiday
ARGENTINA: Lunes de Carnaval
ARUBA: Carnival Monday (Dialuna prome cu diaranson di shinish)
BOLIVIA: Carnaval
BRAZIL: Carnival (banks ponto facultativo)
CANADA: Family Day (AB BC NB ON SK) (regional)
CANADA: Islander Day (PE) (regional)
CANADA: Louis Riel Day (MB) (regional)
CANADA: Heritage Day (NS) (Honouring Joseph William Comeau) (regional)
CHINA: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year’s Eve)
CURACAO: Carnival Holiday
DOMINICA: Carnival Monday
ECUADOR: Carnaval
FRENCH GUIANA: Carnaval Monday (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
GIBRALTAR: Winter Midterm Bank Holiday
GUADELOUPE: Carnaval Monday (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
HAITI: Lundi Gras (Carnival Monday) (government afternoon)
INDIA: Mela Dosmochey (LA*)
INDONESIA: Public Holiday (Cuti Bersama 2026) (widespread nationwide)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF: Seol-nal Holiday
LITHUANIA: Independence Day (National Day)
LUXEMBOURG: Carnival (jour férié d’usage) (not official)
MACAU: Lunar New Year’s Eve (afternoon)
MARTINIQUE: Carnaval Monday (jour chômé d’usage)
MYANMAR: Chinese New Year Holiday
NORTH KOREA: Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il’s Birthday)
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: Presidents’ Day
PANAMA: Carnaval (Shrove Monday)
PUERTO RICO: DÃa de los Próceres Puertorriqueños
SAINT BARTHELEMY: Carnaval Monday
SAINT MARTIN: Carnaval Monday
SERBIA: National Day Holiday
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year’s Eve
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Carnival Monday / J’ouvert (widespread but not official)
UGANDA: Archbishop Janani Luwum Memorial Day
UNITED STATES: Presidents’ Day (widespread in gov. and fin. sectors)
URUGUAY: Carnaval
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Presidents’ Day
VENEZUELA: Carnival
VIETNAM: Tet Eve (Vietnamese New Year’s Eve)
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
ANGOLA: Carnival
ARGENTINA: Martes de Carnaval
BOLIVIA: Carnaval (Martes de Ch’alla)
BRAZIL: Carnival (banks ponto facultativo)
BRUNEI: Chinese New Year (Tahun Baru Cina)
CAPE VERDE: Carnaval (government afternoon)
CHINA: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Chinese New Year
COMOROS: Jour de la Réconciliation Nationale
DOMINICA: Carnival Tuesday
EAST TIMOR: Chinese New Year (tentative) (government)
ECUADOR: Carnaval
FRENCH GUIANA: Mardi Gras (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
GUADELOUPE: Mardi Gras (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
HAITI: Mardi Gras (Carnival)
HONG KONG: Lunar New Year’s Day
INDONESIA: Chinese New Year (Tahun Baru Imlek)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF: Seol-nal (Lunar New Year)
KOSOVO: Kosovo Independence Day (Dita e Pavarësisë)
LIBYA: February 17 Revolution Day
LIECHTENSTEIN: Fasnachtsdienstag (banks)
MACAU: Lunar New Year’s Day (Novo Ano Lunar)
MALAYSIA: Chinese New Year
MARTINIQUE: Mardi Gras (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
MAURITIUS: Fête du Printemps (Chinese New Year)
MONGOLIA: Bituun (Lunar New Year’s Eve) (banks)
MYANMAR: Chinese New Year
NORTH KOREA: Seollal Holiday
PANAMA: Carnaval (Mardi Gras)
PHILIPPINES: Chinese Lunar New Year
PORTUGAL: Shrove Tuesday (Carnival) (optional but widespread) (ponto facultativo)
SAINT BARTHELEMY: Mardi Gras (other)
SAINT MARTIN: Mardi Gras (other)
SERBIA: National Day Holiday
SINGAPORE: Chinese New Year
SURINAME: Chinese New Year
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year’s Day
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Carnival Tuesday (widespread but not official) (other)
URUGUAY: Carnaval (banks government)
VENEZUELA: Carnival
VIETNAM: Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnamese New Year)
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
AFGHANISTAN: Start of Ramadan (Awal Ramadan)
BHUTAN: Dangpa Losar (Lunar New Year) (Year of the Fire Male Horse)
BRAZIL: Ash Wednesday (until 2pm) (morning ponto facultativo)
BRAZIL: Bank Holiday (beginning at 12:00 noon) (banks afternoon)
CAPE VERDE: Ash Wednesday (banks government)
CAYMAN ISLANDS: Ash Wednesday
CHINA: Spring Festival
CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Chinese New Year (Day 2)
EAST TIMOR: Ash Wednesday (tentative) (government)
FRENCH GUIANA: Ash Wednesday (Mercredi des Cendres) (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
GAMBIA: Independence Day (National Day)
GUADELOUPE: Ash Wednesday (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
HAITI: Mercredi des Cendres (Carnival) (government)
HONG KONG: The second day of the Lunar New Year
INDIA: Losar (SK) (regional)
JAMAICA: Ash Wednesday
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF: Seol-nal Holiday
MACAU: The second day of the Lunar New Year
MALAYSIA: Chinese New Year, Day 2
MALDIVES: Beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan
MARTINIQUE: Ash Wednesday (jour chômé d’usage) (other)
MONGOLIA: Tsagaan Sar (Lunar New Year) (Year of the Fire Horse)
NEPAL: Gyalpyo/Gyallo Loshar
PAKISTAN: Start of Ramadan Bank Holiday (banks)
SAINT BARTHELEMY: Ash Wednesday (other)
SAINT MARTIN: Ash Wednesday (other)
SIERRA LEONE: Armed Forces Day
SINGAPORE: Chinese New Year Holiday
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Thursday, February 19, 2026
BHUTAN: Losar Holiday
BRUNEI: Start of Ramadan (Awal Ramadan – Puasa)
CHINA: Spring Festival
HONG KONG: The third day of the Lunar New Year
INDIA: Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (MH) (regional)
MACAU: The third day of the Lunar New Year
MALAYSIA: Awal Ramadan (JHR KDH) (regional)
MALAYSIA: Awal Ramadan (MLK) (regional government)
MONGOLIA: Lunar New Year Holiday
NEPAL: Rastraya Prajatantra Dibas (Democracy Day)
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Friday, February 20, 2026
CHINA: Spring Festival (workday moved to Sat. Feb. 14)
INDIA: Statehood Day (AR) (regional)
INDIA: State Day (MZ) (regional)
MALAYSIA: State Public Holiday (Independence Proclamation Day) (MLK) (regional)
MONGOLIA: Lunar New Year Holiday
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Saturday, February 21, 2026
BANGLADESH: Shahid Dibosh (International Mother Language Day)
BHUTAN: Anniversary of His Majesty the King
CHINA: Spring Festival
NICARAGUA: Conmemoración del General Augusto C. Sandino
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Motherland Defenders’ Day Holiday
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VANUATU: In memory of Dr. W. H. Lini (Father of Independence)
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
ZIMBABWE: Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day
Sunday, February 22, 2026
BHUTAN: Anniversary of His Majesty the King Holiday
CHINA: Spring Festival
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Motherland Defenders’ Day Holiday
SAINT LUCIA: Independence Day
SAUDI ARABIA: Founding Day
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Chinese New Year Holiday
VIETNAM: Tet Holiday
Monday, February 23, 2026
BHUTAN: Anniversary of His Majesty the King Holiday
BRUNEI: National Day (Hari Kebangsaan Negara Brunei Darussalam)
CHINA: Spring Festival (workday moved to Sat. Feb. 28)
CYPRUS: Ash Monday / Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera)
ESTONIA: Shortened Workday (other afternoon)
GREECE: Ash Monday / Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera)
GUYANA: Republic Day (Mashramani / National Day)
JAPAN: Emperor’s Birthday
MOLDOVA: Motherland Defenders’ Day
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Motherland Defenders’ Day
SAINT LUCIA: Independence Day Holiday
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
ESTONIA: Iseseisvuspäev (Independence Day)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
KUWAIT: National Day
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Choiseul Province Holiday (regional)
Thursday, February 26, 2026
INDIA: Akhil Sikkim Khas Chettri Bahun Kalyan Sangh’s Foundation Day (SK*) (regional)
KUWAIT: Liberation Day
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: National Remembrance Day (In Memory of Late Grand Chief Michael T. Somare)
Friday, February 27, 2026
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Independence Day Republic
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Peace Memorial Holiday
Saturday, February 28, 2026
MYANMAR: Farmers’ Day Holiday
SPAIN: Community Day (DÃa de AndalucÃa) (AN) (regional)
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA: Peace Memorial Day