World Holidays / Office Closures 2019 Note that some offices close early the day prior to a holiday

North America Sweden Japan France New Year's Day 1 Jan New Year's Day 1 Jan Canada New Year's Day 1 Jan Good Friday 19 April Bank Holiday 2 2 Jan New Year's Day 1 Jan Easter Monday 22 April Easter Monday 22 April Bank Holiday 3 3 Jan Family Day(BC,ON) 18 Feb Labour Day/May Day 1 May May 1st Day 1 May Coming of Age Day 14 Jan Good Friday 19 April WWII Victory Day 8 May Ascension Day 30 May National Founding Day OBS 11 Feb Easter Monday (QC) 22 April Ascension 30 May National Day (Sverifes nationaldag) 6 Jun Vernal Equinox Day 21 Mar Victoria Day 20 May Whit Monday 10 Jun Midsummer eve (Midsommarafton) 21 Jun Showa Day (formerly Greeery Day) OBS 29 Apr Quebec National Holiday(QC) 24 Jun Bastille Day 14 Jul Christmas Eve 24 Dec People's Holiday 30 Apr Canada Day 1 Jul Assumption Day 15 Aug Christmas Day 25 Dec Cornation Day of the New Emperor 01 May Civic Holiday (ON, BC) 5 Aug All Saints Day 1 Nov Boxing Day 26 Dec People's Holiday 02 May Labour Day 2 Sep Armistice Day 11 Nov Constitution Day 03 May Thanksgiving 14 Oct Christmas Day 25 Dec Switzerland Greenery Day 04 May Christmas 25 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Children's Day (observed) 06 May Boxing Day (ON) 26 Dec Germany St. Berchtold's Day 2 Jan Marine Day 15 Jul New Year's Day Eve (QC) 31 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Sechselaeten (1/2 Day) 8 April Mountain Day (observed) 12 Aug Three Kings Day (Munich) 6 Jan Good Friday 19 April Respect for the Aged Day 16 Sep United States of America Good Friday 19 April Easter Monday 22 April Autumn Equinox OBS 23 Sep New Year's Day 1 Jan Easter Monday 22 April Labor Day 1 May Health-Sports Day 14 Oct Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21 Jan Labour Day 1 May Ascension Day 30 May The Core Enthronement Ceremony 22 Oct Presidents' Day 18 Feb Ascension 30 May Pentecost Monday 10 Jun Culture Day (observed) 4 Nov Good Friday 19 April Whit Monday 10 Jun Swiss National Day 1 Aug Labor Thanksgiving Day 23 Nov Memorial Day 27 May Corpus Christi 20 Jun Kanbenschiessen (1/2 Day) 9 Sep New Year's Eve 31 Dec Day Before Independence Day (closes at 1:00pm) 3 Jul Assumption Day (Munich) 15 Aug Christmas 25 Dec South Korea Independence Day 4 Jul German Unity Day 3 Oct St. Stephen's Day 26 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Labor Day 2 Sep All Saints Day (Munich) 1 Nov Lunar New Year (Sollar) 4-6 Feb Thanksgiving 28 Nov Christmas Day 25 Dec United Arab Emirates Independence Movement Day 1 Mar Day after Thanksgiving 29 Nov St. Stephens Day 26 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Labor Day 1 May Christmas Eve (closes at 1:00pm) 24 Dec Israa & Miaraj Night 3 April Substitution Holiday 6 May Christmas 25 Dec Italy Eid Al Fitr Holiday (probable holiday) 6 June Buddha's Birthday 12 May New Years Day 1 Jan Arafat (Haj) Day 11 Aug Memorial Day 6 Jun Easter Monday 22 April Eid Al Fitr 12 Aug Liberation Day 15 Aug Central and South America Liberation Day 25 April Eid-al-Adha 13 Aug Thanksgiving Day (Chuseok) 12-14 th Sep Labour Day 1 May Eid-al-Adha (probable holiday) 14 Aug Substitution Holiday 26 Sep Brazil Assumption Day 15 Aug Hijra (Islamic New Year) 1 Sep National Foundation Day 3 Oct New Year's Day 1 Jan All Saints Day 1 Nov Martyrs Day 30 Nov Hangeul Day (Korean Alphabet Day) 9 Oct Carnival (Common local Holiday) 4 Mar Feast of St. Ambrose (Milan) 7 Dec Prophet Mohammed's Birthday 10 Nov Christmas 25 Dec Carnival (Common local Holiday) 5 Mar Immacolata 8 Dec National Day 3 Dec End of Year Holiday 31 Dec Good Friday 19 April Christmas Day 25 Dec Labour Day 1 May St. Stephen's Day 26 Dec United Kingdom Corpus Christi (Common local holiday) 20 Jun New Year's Day 1 Jan New Zealand Independence Day 7 Sep Luxembourg Good Friday 19 April New Year's Day 1 Jan Our Lady of Aparecida 12 Oct New Year's Day 1 Jan Easter Monday 22 April Day after New Year's Day 2 Jan All Souls' Day 2 Nov Good Friday 19 April May Bank Holiday 6 May Waitangi Day 6 Feb Republic Day 15 Nov Easter Monday 22 April Spring Bank Holiday 27 May Good Friday 19 Apr Christmas Eve 24 Dec Labor Day 1 May Summer Bank Holiday 26 Aug Easter Monday 22 Apr Christmas Day 25 Dec Ascension 30 May Christmas Day 25 Dec ANZAC Day 25 Apr New Year's Eve (1/2 Day common local practice) 31 Dec Whit Monday 10 Jun Boxing Day 26 Dec Queen's Birthday 3 Jun Assumption Day 15 Aug Labour Day 28 Oct Chile All Saints' Day 1 Nov Christmas Eve (1/2 day) 24 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Christmas Day 25 Dec Asia-Pacific Christmas Day 25 Dec Good Friday 19 April St. Stephen's Day 26 Dec Boxing Day 26 Dec Labour Day 1 May Australia New Year's Eve (1/2 day) 31 Dec Navy Day 21 May Netherlands New Year's Day 1 Jan St. Peter and St. Paul 29 Jun New Year's Day 1 Jan Australia Day 28 Jan Singapore Our Lady of Mount Carmel 16 Jul Good Friday 19 April Good Friday 19 April New Year's Day 1 Jan Assumption Day 15 Aug Easter Monday 22 April Easter Monday 22 April Chinese New Year 5 Feb National Day 18 Sep King's Birthday 27 April ANZAC Day 25 April Chinese New Year Holiday 6 Feb Army Day 19 Sep Ascension 30 May Queen's Birthday 10 June Good Friday 19 Apr Columbus Day 12 Oct Whit Monday 10 Jun Labour Day 7 Oct Labour Day 1 May All Saints' Day 1 Nov Christmas 25 Dec Christmas 25 Dec Vesak Day 19 May Reformation Day 2 Nov Second Day of Christmas 26 Dec Boxing Day 26 Dec Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan) 5 June Immaculate Conception 8 Dec National Day 9 Aug Christmas Day 25 Dec Norway China Hari Raya Haji 11 Aug New Year's Eve (1/2 Day common local practice) 31 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan New Year's Day 1 Jan Deepavali 27 Oct Maundy Thursday 18 April Spring Festival / Lunar New Year 5-7 Feb Christmas 25 Dec Mexico Good Friday 19 April Ching Ming Festival 1/5 Apr Taiwan New Year's Day 1 Jan Easter Monday 22 April Labour Day 1 May Constitution Day 4 Feb Labour Day 1 May Dragon Boat Festival 7 Jun New Year's Day 1 Jan Benito Juarez's birthday 18 Mar Constitution Day 17 May Mid-Autumn Day 13 Sep Lunar New Year's Eve 4 Feb Maundy Thursday (Common local Holiday) 18 April Ascension Day 30 May China National Day 1st to 3rd Oct Spring Festival 5-8th Feb Good Friday (Common local Holiday) 19 April Whit Monday 10 Jun Bridge Day / Peace Memorial Day 28 Feb Labour Day 1 May Christmas 25 Dec Hong Kong Children's Day 4 Apr Independence Day 16 Sep Boxing Day 26 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Tomb Sweeping Day 5 Apr Revolution Day 18 Nov Lunar New Year 1 5th-7th Feb Labour Day 1 May Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Common local Holiday) 12 Dec South Africa Ching Ming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) 5th Apr Dragon Boat Festival 7 Jun Christmas 25 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Good Friday 19 Apr Moon Festival (mid-Autumn festival) 13 Sep Human Rights Day 21 Mar Easter Monday 22 Apr National Day 10 Oct Good Friday 30 Mar Labour Day 1 May Europe, Middle East, and Africa Family Day 2 April Buddha's Birthday 13 May Thailand Freedom Day 27 April Tuen Ng Day 7 June New Year’s Day 1 Jan Belgium Workers' Day 1 May SAR Establishment Day OBS 1 July Chinese New Year 5 Feb New Year's Day 1 Jan Youth Day 16 June The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 14 Sept Makha Bucha Day 19 Feb Easter Monday 22 April National Women's Day 9 Aug Chinese National Day 1 Oct Chakri Day 8 Apr Labour Day 1 May Heritage Day (public holiday) 24 Sep Chung Yeung Day 7 Oct Songkran Festival 13-16 Apr Ascension 30 May Day of Reconciliation 17 Dec Christmas Day 25 Dec Whit Monday 10 Jun Christmas Day 25 Dec The first weekday after Christmas Day 26 Dec Labour Day 1 May Assumption of Mary 15 Aug Day of Good Will 26 Dec Royal Ploughing Ceremony 22 May All Saints Day 1 Nov India Visakha Bucha Day 20 May Christmas Day 25 Dec Spain New Years Day 1 Jan Asahna Bucha Day 16 Jul New Years Day 1 Jan Republic Day 26 Jan Buddhist Lent 17 Jul Denmark Epiphany 7 Jan Dhulivandan / Holi 21 Mar King Vajiralongkorn's Birthday 29 Jul New Year's Day 1 Jan Good Thursday 18 April Chaitra Sukhladi/Gudi Padwa 6 Apr H.M. the Queen’s Birthday 12 Aug Maundy Thursday 18 April Good Friday 19 April Rama Navami 13 Apr Anniversary of the Death of King Bhumibol 13 Oct Vaisakhi/Baisakhi /Ambedkar Jayanti 14 Apr Good Friday 19 April Labour Day 1 May Chulalongkorn Day 23 Oct Good Friday 19 Apr Easter Monday 22 April Day of Madrid 2 May King's Bhumibol's Birthday 5 Dec Hazarat Ali's Birthday / Easter Day 21 Apr Prayer Day 17 May Assumption of Mary 15 Aug May Day/Labour Day 1 May Constitution Day 10 Dec Ascension 30 May Hispanic Day 12 Oct Independence Day 15 Aug New Year’s Eve 31 Dec Whit Monday 10 Jun All Saints Day 1 Nov Parsi New Year 17 Aug Constitution Day 5 Jun Our Lady of the Almudena 9 Nov Janmashtami 24 Aug Christmas Day 25 Dec Constitution Day 6 Dec Ganesh Chaturthi 2 Sep Second Day of Christmas 26 Dec Immaculada 9 Dec Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2 Oct Christmas Day 25 Dec Dussehra (Maha Navami) 8 Oct Deepavali 27 Oct Govardhan Puja/Deepavali Padwa 28 Oct Bhai Duj 29 Oct Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad 10 Nov Christmas 25 Dec