When is Christmas Day in 2026?

It depends on the country. In 2026 it falls on January 5, January 6, January 7, December 25, December 26 and December 27 and other dates. The table above shows the date for each country.

Which countries celebrate Christmas Day?

Christmas Day is marked in 195 countries: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas and Bangladesh, and 183 more.

Is Christmas Day a public holiday?

Yes, it's a public holiday in Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia and Austria and 177 other countries. Elsewhere it may be an observance or a regional holiday, so check the table for each country.

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When is Christmas Day 2026?

Christmas Day falls on different dates around the world in 2026. The first is Monday, January 5, 2026 and the last is Monday, December 28, 2026, across 195 countries.

Christmas Day is one of the biggest Christian celebrations and falls on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar.

Also listed as Catholic Christmas Day, Christmas, Christmas Holiday and Christmas Day (Roman Catholic).

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Christmas Day 2026 by country

Country	Date	Type
🇦🇲 ArmeniaՍուրբ Ծնունդ	January 5Monday	Public holiday
🇦🇲 ArmeniaՍուրբ Ծնունդ	January 6Tuesday	Public holiday
🇷🇸 SerbiaBožić	January 7Wednesday	Public holiday
🇦🇽 Åland IslandsJuldagen	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇱 AlbaniaKrishtlindjet	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇩 AndorraNadal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇴 AngolaDia de Natal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇮 Anguilla	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇷 ArgentinaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇼 ArubaEerste Kerstdag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇺 Australia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇹 AustriaWeihnachten	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇸 Bahamas	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇩 Bangladeshবড়দিন	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇧 Barbados	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇾 BelarusCatholic Christmas DayКаляды каталiцкiя	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇪 BelgiumKerstdag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇿 Belize	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇯 Benin	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇲 Bermuda	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇴 BoliviaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇦 Bosnia & HerzegovinaChristmas Day (Roman Catholic)Božić (za rimokatolike)	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇼 Botswana	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇷 BrazilNatal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇬 BulgariaРождество Христово	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇮 Burundi	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇲 Cameroon	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇦 Canada	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇻 Cape VerdeNatal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇶 Caribbean NetherlandsKerstmis	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇩 Chad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇱 ChileNavidad / Natividad del Señor	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇳 China	December 25Friday	Observance
🇨🇽 Christmas Island	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇴 ColombiaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇬 Congo - BrazzavilleNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇰 Cook Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇷 Costa RicaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇷 CroatiaBožić	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇺 CubaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇼 CuraçaoKerstmis	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇾 CyprusΧριστούγεννα	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇿 Czechia1. svátek vánoční	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇰 DenmarkJuledag / 1. juledag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇲 Dominica	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇨 EcuadorDía de Navidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇻 El SalvadorNoche Buena	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇪 Estoniaesimene jõulupüha	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇿 Eswatini	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsJóladagur	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇯 Fiji	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇮 FinlandJoulupäivä	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇷 FranceNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇫 French GuianaNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇫 French PolynesiaNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇦 GabonBožić	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇲 Gambia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇪 GermanyErster Weihnachtstag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇭 Ghana	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇮 Gibraltar	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇷 GreeceΧριστούγεννα	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇱 GreenlandJuullip ullua	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇩 Grenada	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇵 GuadeloupeNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇹 Guatemala	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇬 Guernsey	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇳 Guinea	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇾 Guyana	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇹 HaitiNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇳 HondurasNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China聖誕節	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇺 HungaryKarácsony	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇸 IcelandJóladagur	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇳 IndiaChristmas	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇩 IndonesiaHari Raya Natal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇶 Iraq	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇪 IrelandLá Nollag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇲 Isle of Man	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇹 ItalyNatale	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇯🇲 Jamaica	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇯🇵 JapanChristmas	December 25Friday	Observance
🇯🇪 Jersey	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇯🇴 Jordan	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇪 Kenya	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇮 Kiribati	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇻 LatviaPirmie Ziemassvētki	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇧 Lebanon	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇸 Lesotho	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇷 Liberia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇮 LiechtensteinWeihnachten	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇹 LithuaniaŠv. Kalėdos	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇺 LuxembourgChrëschtdag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇬 Madagascar	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇼 Malawi	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇾 Malaysia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇱 Mali	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇹 MaltaIl-Milied	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇶 MartiniqueNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇺 Mauritius	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇽 MexicoNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇩 MoldovaCraciun pe stil Nou (Western Christmas)	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇨 MonacoNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇪 MontenegroCatholic Christmas DayBožić	December 25Friday	Optional holiday
🇲🇸 Montserrat	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇿 MozambiqueNatal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇦 Namibia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇷 Nauru	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇵 Nepal	December 25Friday	Optional holiday
🇳🇱 NetherlandsEerste Kerstdag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇿 New Zealand	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇪 Niger	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇬 Nigeria	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇺 Niue	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇫 Norfolk Island	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	December 25Friday	Optional holiday
🇳🇴 NorwayFørste juledag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇰 Pakistan	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇼 Palau	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇦 Panama	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇾 ParaguayDía de Navidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇪 PeruNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇭 PhilippinesAraw ng Pasko	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇱 PolandBoże Narodzenie	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇹 PortugalNatal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇷 Puerto RicoNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇷🇴 RomaniaCrăciunul	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇷🇼 Rwanda	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇼🇸 Samoa	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇲 San Marino	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇹 São Tomé & PríncipeNatal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇳 Senegal	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇨 Seychelles	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇬 Singapore	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇽 Sint MaartenKerstmis	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇰 SlovakiaPrvý sviatok vianočný	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇮 Sloveniabožič	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇿🇦 South Africa	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇷 South Korea크리스마스	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇸 South Sudan	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇸 SpainNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇱 St. BarthélemyNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇭 St. Helena	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇨 St. Lucia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇫 St. MartinNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇲 St. Pierre & MiquelonNoël	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇩 Sudan	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇷 Suriname	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan MayenFørste juledag	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇪 SwedenJuldagen	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandWeihnachten	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇾 Syriaعيد الميلاد المجيد	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇼 Taiwan	December 25Friday	Observance
🇹🇿 TanzaniaKrismasi	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇭 Thailand	December 25Friday	Observance
🇹🇬 Togo	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇰 Tokelau	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇴 Tonga	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇻 TuvaluKilisimasi	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇬 Uganda	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇦 UkraineРіздво Христове	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇸 United States	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇾 UruguayDía de la Familia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇦 Vatican CityNatale	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇪 VenezuelaNavidad	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇳 Vietnam	December 25Friday	Observance
🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇿🇲 Zambia	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	December 25Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇴 Tonga	December 26Saturday	Public holiday
🇫🇰 Falkland IslandsChristmas Holiday	December 27Sunday	Public holiday
🇧🇬 BulgariaChristmas holiday	December 28Monday	Public holiday
🇺🇸 United StatesChristmas Holiday	December 28Monday	Regional holiday

Questions about Christmas Day

When is Christmas Day in 2026?: It depends on the country. In 2026 it falls on January 5, January 6, January 7, December 25, December 26 and December 27 and other dates. The table above shows the date for each country.
Which countries celebrate Christmas Day?: Christmas Day is marked in 195 countries: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas and Bangladesh, and 183 more.
Is Christmas Day a public holiday?: Yes, it's a public holiday in Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia and Austria and 177 other countries. Elsewhere it may be an observance or a regional holiday, so check the table for each country.

Other holidays around the same time

New Year's Day January 1
Independence Day January 1
Father's Day January 4
Christmas Eve January 5
New Year January 1
Constitution Day January 7
Epiphany January 5
Victory Day January 2
Republic Day January 1
Children's Day January 6
Liberation Day January 1
Orthodox Christmas Day January 6