Philippines public holidays 2026
Philippines has 18 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 246 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Bagong Taon |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Huwebes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Biyernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 4 Apr | Saturday rest day | Holy Saturday
Sabado de Gloria |
Nationwide |
| 9 Apr | Thursday | Day of Valor
Araw ng Kagitingan |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Araw ng Paggawa |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jun | Friday | Independence Day
Araw ng Kalayaan |
Nationwide |
| 21 Aug | Friday | Ninoy Aquino Day
Araw ng Kamatayan ni Senador Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. |
Nationwide |
| 31 Aug | Monday | National Heroes Day
Araw ng mga Bayani |
Nationwide |
| 31 Oct | Saturday rest day | All Saints' Day Eve | Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints' Day
Araw ng mga Santo |
Nationwide |
| 30 Nov | Monday | Bonifacio Day
Araw ni Gat Andres Bonifacio |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Kapistahan ng Immaculada Concepcion |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Araw ng Pasko |
Nationwide |
| 30 Dec | Wednesday | Rizal Day
Araw ng Kamatayan ni Dr. Jose Rizal |
Nationwide |
| 31 Dec | Thursday | Last Day of The Year
Huling Araw ng Taon |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 1 holiday
March
April 4 holidays
May 1 holiday
June 1 holiday
July
August 2 holidays
September
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December 5 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 144 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 15 | 246 | 1,968 |
What the numbers say about Philippines in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Philippines. 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: Holy Saturday (4 Apr), All Saints' Day Eve (31 Oct), All Saints' Day (1 Nov). 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.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and December the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 60 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 18, Philippines sits above the middle of the range, around the 94th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 7 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 2 April to 5 April (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday). There are also 4 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.