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Long weekends in Hong Kong, 2026

In 2026, holidays give Hong Kong7 runs of at least three consecutive days off, the longest lasting 5 days. Below they are listed in calendar order, followed by the bridge days that stretch a short break into a long one.

7Long weekends
4Bridge days
5Longest break (days)
23Days inside breaks

Every long weekend, in date order

Starts Ends Days off Because of
Tue 17 Feb Thu 19 Feb 3 days Lunar New Year, Second day of Lunar New Year, Third day of Lunar New Year
Fri 3 Apr Tue 7 Apr 5 days Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Ching Ming Festival, Easter Monday
Fri 1 May Sun 3 May 3 days Labour Day
Sat 23 May Mon 25 May 3 days Buddha's Birthday
Fri 19 Jun Sun 21 Jun 3 days Dragon Boat Festival
Sat 17 Oct Mon 19 Oct 3 days Chung Yeung Festival
Fri 25 Dec Sun 27 Dec 3 days Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Bridge days

A bridge day is a lone working day sitting between a holiday and the weekend. Book that one day as leave and the time off joins up into four days or more. Offices tend to be quiet on these dates even though nobody is officially off.

Date Weekday Next to
2 Jan 2026 Friday New Year's Day
16 Feb 2026 Monday Lunar New Year
20 Feb 2026 Friday Third day of Lunar New Year
2 Oct 2026 Friday National Day

The cheapest leave of the year: spending 4days of annual leave on the bridges above gives you 4 breaks of at least four days. Expect colleagues to have the same idea, so request these early.

How we find them

Each day of 2026 is marked as a working day or a day off, using Hong Kong's weekend pattern and its nationwide holidays. Consecutive days off are joined into runs; a run of three days or more that includes at least one holiday counts as a long weekend. A plain two-day weekend never qualifies.

Regional holidays are not part of this calculation. If your region has its own dates, you may get extra long weekends that do not appear in the national list.

Back to the Hong Kong2026 holiday calendar or check working days between two dates.