World Holidays
AFGHANISTAN
May 16: Birth of Prophet Mohammed
ALBANIA
May 1: Labor Day
ALGERIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Mawlid Ennabaoui
ANDORRA
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 31: Whit Monday
ANGOLA
May 1: International Workers’ Day
May 25: Africa Day
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
May 3: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
ARGENTINA
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: Anniversary of the May Revolution
ARMENIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 9: Victory and Peace Day
May 28: Republic Day
AUSTRIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
AZERBAIJAN
May 28: Republic Day (Respublika Gunu)
BAHAMAS
May 31: Whit Monday
BAHRAIN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
BANGLADESH
May 3: Eid-e-Miladun Nabi
BARBADOS
May 1: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
BELARUS
May 1: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
May 9: Day of Coat of Arms and the State Flag of Belarus
May 15: Family Day
May 30: Radunitsa
BELGIUM
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
BELIZE
May 1: Labor Day
May 24: Commonwealth Day
BENIN
May 1: Labor Day
May 2:
Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
BOLIVIA
May 1: Labor Day
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
May 1-2: Labor Day
BOTSWANA
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
BRAZIL
May 1: Labor Day
BRUNEI
May 3: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed (Substitution for May 2)
May 31: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day
BULGARIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 6: St. George’s Day/Day of the Bulgarian Army
May 24: Day of the Slavic Alphabet and Bulgarian Culture
BURKINA FASO
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Mouloud
May 20: Ascension Day
BURMA (MYANMAR)
May 1: May Day
BURUNDI
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
CAMBODIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 3: Visaka Bochea
May 7: Royal Ploughing Ceremony
CAMEROON
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: National Day
May 21: Sheep Festival
CANADA
May 24: Victoria Day
CAPE VERDE
May 1: Labor Day
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
CHAD
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 25: Africa Freedom Day
CHILE
May 1: Labor Day
May 21: Battle of Iquique
CHINA
May 1: Labor Day
COLOMBIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Party Day or Popular Movement Day
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
May 1: Labor Day
CUBA
May 1: International Workers Day
COSTA RICA
May 1: Labor Day
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
CROATIA
May 1: Labor Day
CUBA
May 1: International Workers’ Day
CYPRUS
May 1: Labor Day
May 31: Pentecost-Kataklysmos
CZECH REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Liberation Day (End of WWII)
DENMARK
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 7: Store Bededag
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
DJIBOUTI
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Mouloud
DOMINICA
May 3: May Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
EAST TIMOR:
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Independence Day
ECUADOR
May 1: Labor Day
May 24: Anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha
EL SALVADOR
May 1: Labor Day
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
May 1: May Day
May 25: Organization of African Unity Day
ERITREA
May 24: Liberation Day
ESTONIA
May 1: Spring Day
May 9: Mother’s Day
May 30: Pentecost
ETHIOPIA
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 28: Downfall of the Dergue
EUROPEAN UNION
May 9: Solomon Day
FIJI
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 3: National Youth Day
FINLAND
May 1: May Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
FRANCE
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Victory Day 1945
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Pentecost Sunday
May 31: Pentecost Monday
GABON
May 1: Labor Day
May 6: Martyrs Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Pentecost Monday
GAMBIA
May 1: Labor Day
GEORGIA
May 26: Independence Day
GERMANY
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Pentecost Sunday
May 31: Pentecost Monday
GHANA
May 1: May Day
GREECE
May 1: May Day
May 31: Holy Ghost
GRENADA
May 1: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
GUATEMALA
May 1: Labor Day
GUYANA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 5: Indian Heritage Day
May 26: Independence Day
HONDURAS
May 1: Labor Day
HUNGARY
May 1: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
ICELAND
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
INDIA
May 2: Milad-Un-Nabi
May 4: Buddha Purnima
INDONESIA
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 20: Ascension Day
IRAN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
IRAQ
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
IRELAND
May 3: Public Holiday
ISRAEL
May 19: Yom Yerushalayim
May 26-27: Shavout
ITALY
May 1: Labor Day
JAMAICA
May 24: Labor Day
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May 2004
JAPAN
May 3: Constitution Memorial Day (Kenpou Kinen bi)
May 4: Citizen’s Holiday (Kokumin no Kyujitsu)
May 5: Children’s Day (Kodomo no hi)
JORDAN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 25: Independence Day
KAZAKHSTAN
May 1: Day of Unity of the People of Kazakhstan
May 9: Victory Day
KENYA
May 1: Labor Day
KUWAIT
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
KYRGYZSTAN
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Constitution Day
May 9: Victory Day
LAOS
May 1: Labor Day
LATVIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 4: Declaration of Independence of Latvia
May 11: Mother’s Day
LEBANON
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 6: Martyr’s Day
May 25: Liberation Day of South Lebanon
LESOTHO
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 25: Africa Day/Heroes’ Day
LIBYA
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
LIECHTENSTEIN
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Pentecost Sunday
May 31: Pentecost Monday
LITHUANIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Mother’s Day
LUXEMBOURG
May 1: May Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
MACEDONIA
May 1-2: Labor Day
MADAGASCAR
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 25: Organization of African Unity Day
May 31: Pentecost Monday
MALAWI
May 1: Labor Day
MALAYSIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 3: Wesak Day (Buddhist Holiday)
MALI
May 25: Africa Freedom Day
MALTA
May 1: Labor Day
MARSHALL ISLANDS
May 1: Constitution Day
MAURITANIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 25: African Unity Day
MAURITIUS
May 1: Labor Day
MEXICO
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo/Mexican Defeat of the French Army in Puebla in 1862
MICRONESIA
May 10: Constitution Day
MOLDOVA
May 1: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
MOROCCO
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
MOZAMBIQUE
May 1: Workers’ Day
NAMIBIA
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 4: Cassinga Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 25: Africa Day
NETHERLANDS
May 5: Liberation Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
NICARAGUA
May 1: Labor Day
NIGER
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
NIGERIA
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 27: Children’s Day
NORWAY
May 1: May Day
May 17: National Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
OMAN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
PAKISTAN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
PALAU
May 5: Senior Citizens’ Day
PANAMA
May 1: Labor Day
PARAGUAY
May 1: Labor Day
May 15: Independence Day
PERU
May 1: Labor Day
PHILIPPINES
May 1: Labor Day
POLAND
May 1: Labor Day
May 3: Constitution Day
PORTUGAL
May 1: Labor Day
ROMANIA
May 1: Labor Day
RUSSIA
May 1-2: Spring and Labor Holiday
May 9: Victory Day
RWANDA
May 1: Labor Day
ST. KITTS and NEVIS
May 3: May Day
May 31: Whit Monday
ST. LUCIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
May 3: Labor Day
May 31: Whit Monday
SENEGAL
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday
May 31: Whit Monday
SERBIA and MONTENEGRO
May 1: Labor Day
SEYCHELLES
May 1: Labor Day
SINGAPORE
May 1: Labor Day
SLOVAKIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Triumph Over Fascism Day
SLOVENIA
May 1-2: Labor Day
SOUTH AFRICA
May 1: Workers’ Day
SPAIN
May 1: May Day/Labor Day
SRI LANKA
May 1: May Day
May 2: Milad-Un-Nabi
SUDAN
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 25: May Revolution Anniversary
SWEDEN
May 1: May Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 31: Whit Monday
SWITZERLAND
May 20: Ascension Day
May 31: Whit Monday
SYRIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
TAJIKISTAN
May 1: Labor Day
TANZANIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Maulid Day
THAILAND
May 5: Coronation Day
TOGO
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
May 30: Pentecost Sunday
May 31: Pentecost Monday
TONGA
May 4: The Crown Prince’s Birthday
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
May 30: Indian Arrival Day
TUNISIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Mouled
TURKEY
May 19: Youth and Sports Day
TURKMENISTAN
May 9: Victory Day
May 18: Revival and Unity Day
May 19: Holiday of the Poetry of Magtymguly
May 30: Turkmen Carpet Day
UGANDA
May 1: Labor Day
UKRAINE
May 1-2: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
May 30: Holy Trinity
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
UNITED KINGDOM
May 3: May Day Bank Holiday
May 31: Spring Bank Holiday
URUGUAY
May 1: Labor Day
May 18: Battle of Las Piedras
UZBEKISTAN
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 9: Victory Day
VENEZUELA
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: Ascension Day
VIETNAM
May 1: Labor Day
YEMEN
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
May 22: National Day
ZAMBIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: Africa Freedom Day
ZIMBABWE
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 25: Africa Day
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