Mongolia public holidays 2026
Mongolia has 10 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 254 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Шинэ жил (Shine jil) |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Олон Улсын Эмэгтэйчүүдийн Баяр |
Nationwide |
| 1 Jun | Monday | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 11 Jul | Saturday rest day | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jul | Sunday rest day | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 13 Jul | Monday | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jul | Tuesday | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 15 Jul | Wednesday | Naadam Holiday
Наадам |
Nationwide |
| 26 Nov | Thursday | Republic Day
Улс тунхагласны өдөр |
Nationwide |
| 29 Dec | Tuesday | Independence Day
Тусгаар Тогтнолын Өдөр |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February
March 1 holiday
April
May
June 1 holiday
July 5 holidays
August
September
October
November 1 holiday
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
What the numbers say about Mongolia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Mongolia. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
3 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Naadam Holiday (11 Jul), Naadam Holiday (12 Jul). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
March is the longest working month with 22 days, and November the shortest with 20. A gap of 2 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 63 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 10, Mongolia sits below the middle of the range, around the 24th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 2 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 11 July to 15 July (Naadam Holiday). There are also 3 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.