Singapore public holidays 2026
Singapore has 11 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 251 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Nationwide |
| 18 Feb | Wednesday | Chinese New Year | Nationwide |
| 21 Mar | Saturday rest day | Hari Raya Puasa | Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day | Nationwide |
| 27 May | Wednesday | Hari Raya Haji | Nationwide |
| 1 Jun | Monday | Vesak Day | Nationwide |
| 10 Aug | Monday | National Day | Nationwide |
| 9 Nov | Monday | Deepavali | Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 2 holidays
March 1 holiday
April 1 holiday
May 2 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August 1 holiday
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 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
What the numbers say about Singapore in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Singapore. 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.
1 holiday lands on a rest day this year: Hari Raya Puasa (21 Mar). 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 February 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, Q1 is the leanest at 61 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 11, Singapore sits below the middle of the range, around the 37th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 6 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 3 April to 5 April (Good Friday). There are also 2 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.