World Holidays
ALBANIA
May 1: Labor Day
ALGERIA
May 1: Labor Day
ANDORRA
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
ANGOLA
May 1: International Workers’ Day
May 25: Africa Day
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
May 1: Labor Day
May 16: 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 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Whit Monday
May 26: Corpus Christi
AZREBAIJAN
May 9: Victory Day
May 28: Republic Day
BAHAMAS
May 16: Whit Monday
BARBADOS
May 1: Labor Day
May 16: Whit Monday
BELARUS
May 1: Labor Day
May 1: Easter (Orthodox)
May 8: Day of National Emblem and National Flag
May 9: Victory Day
May 10: Radunitsa (Orthodox)
BELGIUM
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
BELIZE
May 1: Labor Day
May 24: Commonwealth Day
BENIN
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Whit Monday
BOLIVIA
May 1:
Labor Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
May 1: Labor Day
BOTSWANA
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
BRAZIL
May 1: Labor Day
BRUNEI
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 the Bulgarian Culture
BURKINA FASO
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
BURMA (MYANMAR)
May 1: May Day
BURUNDI
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
CAMBODIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 22: Visaka Bochea
May 26: Royal Ploughing Ceremony
CAMEROON
May 1: Labor Day
May 20: National Day
May 21: Sheep Festival
CANADA
May 23: Victoria Day
CAPE VERDE
May 1: Labor Day
May 19: Municipal Day (Praia Only)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Whit Monday
May 25: Africa Day
CHAD
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: Africa Day
CHILE
May 1: Labor Day
May 21: Battle of Iquique
May 26: Corpus Christi
CHINA
May 1-3: Labor Day
COLOMBIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
May 1: Labor Day
COSTA RICA
May 1: Labor Day
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Whit Monday
CROATIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
CUBA
May 1: International Workers’ Day
CYPRUS
May 1: Labor Day
May 1: Easter (Orthodox)
May 2: Easter Monday (Orthodox)
CZECH REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Prague Uprising
May 8: Liberation Day
DENMARK
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 7: Store Bededag
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
DJIBOUTI
May 1: Labor Day
DOMINICA
May 1: May Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
May 1: Labor Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
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: Africa Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
ERITREA
May 24: Liberation Day
ESTONIA
May 1: Spring Day
May 8: Mother’s Day
May 15: Pentecost
ETHIOPIA
May 2: Victory of Adwa Day
May 28: Downfall of the Dergue
EUROPEAN UNION
May 9: Soloman Day
FIJI
May 6: National Youth Day
May 30: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day
FINLAND
May 1: May Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whitsun
FRANCE
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Victory Day 1945
May 15: Pentecost Sunday
May 16: Pentecost Monday
GABON
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Mother’s Day
May 16: Pentecost Monday
GAMBIA
May 1: Labor Day
GEORGIA
May 26: Independence Day
GERMANY
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Pentecost Sunday
May 16: Pentecost Monday
May 26: Corpus Christi
GHANA
May 1: May Day
GREECE
May 1: Labor Day
May 1: Easter Sunday (Orthodox)
GRENADA
May 16: Whit Monday
May 26: Corpus Christi
GUATEMALA
May 1: Labor Day
GUYANA
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Indian Heritage Day
May 26: Independence Day
HONDURAS
May 1: Labor Day
HUNGARY
May 1: Labor Day
May 16: Whit Monday
ICELAND
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
INDONESIA
May 5: Ascension Day
IRELAND
May 2: Bank Holiday
ISRAEL
May 5: Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron Lashoa Velagvura)
May 11: Israeli Soldiers Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron LeHalely Tzahal)
May 12: Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha’Atzmaut)
May 27: Lag Ba’Omer
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May 2005
ITALY
May 1: Labor Day
JAMAICA
May 23: Labor Day
JAPAN
May 3: Constitution Memorial Day
May 4: National Holiday
May 5: Children’s Day
JORDAN
May 25: Independence Day
KAZAKHSTAN
May 1: Day of Unity of Peoples of Kazakhstan
May 9: Victory Day
KENYA
May 1: Labor Day
KYRGYZSTAN
May 5: Constitution Day
May 9: Victory Day
LAOS
May 1: Labor Day
LATVIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Mother’s Day
LEBANON
May 1: Labor Day
May 1: Easter Sunday (Orthodox)
May 6: Martyrs’ Day
May 25: Liberation of the South
LESOTHO
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 25: Africa Day/Heroes’ Day
LIECHTENSTEIN
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Pentecost Sunday
May 16: Pentecost Monday
May 26: Corpus Christi
LITHUANIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Mother’s Day
LUXEMBOURG
May 2: May Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Whit Monday
MACEDONIA
May 1-2: Labor Day
MADAGASCAR
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 16: Pentecost Monday
May 25: Africa Day
MALAWI
May 1: Labor Day
MALAYSIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 22: Wesak Day (Buddhist Holiday)
MALI
May 25: Africa Day
MALTA
May 1: Labor Day
MARSHALL ISLANDS
May 1: Constitution Day
MAURITANIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: Africa 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
MIRCONESIA
May 10: Constitution Day
MOLDOVA
May 1: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
MOZAMBIQUE
May 1: Workers’ Day
NAMIBIA
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 4: Cassinga Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 25: Africa Day
NEPAL
May 23: Birthday of Buddha
NETHERLANDS
May 5: Ascension Day
May 5: Liberation Day
May 16: Whit Monday
NICARAGUA
May 1: Labor Day
NIGER
May 1: Labor Day
NIGERIA
May 1: Worker’s Day
May 27: Children’s Day
NORWAY
May 1: May Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
May 17: National Day
PALAU
May 5: Senior Citizen’s 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
May 26: Corpus Christi
PORTUGAL
May 1: Labor Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
ROMANIA
May 1: Easter Sunday (Orthodox)
May 1: Labor Day
May 2: Easter Monday (Orthodox)
RUSSIA
May 1-2: Spring and Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
RWANDA
May 1: Labor Day
ST. KITTS and NEVIS
May 2: May Day
May 16: Whit Monday
ST. LUCIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 16: Whit Monday
May 26: Corpus Christi
ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
May 2: Labor Day
May 16: Whit Monday
SENEGAL
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
SERBIA and MONTENEGRO
May 1: Labor Day
SEYCHELLES
May 1: Labor Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
SINGAPORE
May 1: Labor Day
May 22: Vesak Day
SLOVAKIA
May 1: Labor Day
May 8: Triumph Over Fascism Day
SLOVENIA
May 1-2: Labor Day
May 15: Pentecost
SOUTH AFRICA
May 1: Workers’ Day
SPAIN
May 2: Labor Day
SWEDEN
May 1: May Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
SWITZERLAND
May 1: May Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
May 16: Whit Monday
May 26: Lord’s Day
TAJIKISTAN
May 1: Labor Day
TANZANIA
May 1: Workers’ Day
THAILAND
May 5: Coronation Day
May 23: Substituted for Wisakha Bucha Day
TOGO
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 15: Pentecost Sunday
May 16: Pentecost Monday
TUNISIA
May 1: Labor Day
TURKEY
May 19: Youth and Sports Day
UGANDA
May 1: Labor Day
UKRAINE
May 1-2: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
UNITED KINGDOM
May 2: May Day Bank Holiday
May 30: Spring Bank Holiday
URUGUAY
May 1: Labor Day
May 18: Battle of Las Piedras
UZBEKISTAN
May 1: Labor Day
May 9: Victory Day
VENEZUELA
May 1: Labor Day
May 5: Ascension Day
May 26: Corpus Christi
VIETNAM
May 2: Vietnamese Holiday
May 3: Vietnamese Labor Day
YEMEN
May 1: Labor Day
May 22: National Day
ZAMBIA
May 2: Labor Day
May 25: Africa Day
ZIMBABWE
May 1: Workers’ Day
May 25: Africa Day
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