When is Good Friday in 2026?

It depends on the country. In 2026 it falls on April 3 and April 10. The table above shows the date for each country.

Which countries celebrate Good Friday?

Good Friday is marked in 155 countries: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas and Bangladesh, and 143 more.

Is Good Friday a public holiday?

Yes, it's a public holiday in Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados and Belgium and 126 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 Good Friday 2026?

Good Friday falls on different dates around the world in 2026. The first is Friday, April 3, 2026 and the last is Friday, April 10, 2026, across 155 countries.

Good Friday is a global Christian observance two days before Easter Sunday.

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Good Friday 2026 by country

Country	Date	Type
🇦🇽 Åland IslandsLångfredag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇱 Albania	April 3Friday	Observance
🇦🇩 AndorraDivendres Sant	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇴 AngolaSexta Feira Santa	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇮 Anguilla	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇷 ArgentinaViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇲 Armenia	April 3Friday	Observance
🇦🇼 ArubaGoede Vrijdag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇺 Australia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇦🇹 Austria	April 3Friday	Religious holiday
🇧🇸 Bahamas	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	April 3Friday	Optional holiday
🇧🇧 Barbados	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇪 BelgiumGoede Vrijdag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇿 Belize	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇲 Bermuda	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇴 BoliviaViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	April 3Friday	Optional holiday
🇧🇼 Botswana	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇷 BrazilSexta-feira Santa	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇲 Cameroon	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇦 Canada	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇻 Cape Verde	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇶 Caribbean NetherlandsGoede Vrijdag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇱 ChileViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇽 Christmas Island	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇴 ColombiaViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇰 Cook Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇷 Costa RicaViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇺 Cuba	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇼 CuraçaoGoede Vrijdag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇿 CzechiaVelký pátek	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇰 DenmarkLangfredag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇲 Dominica	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇨 Ecuador	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇻 El Salvador	April 3Friday	Religious holiday
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇷 EritreaArbi Siklet ዓርቢ ስቅለት	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇪 Estoniasuur reede	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇿 Eswatini	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsLangifríggjadagur	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇯 Fiji	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇮 FinlandPitkäperjantai	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇫🇷 France	April 3Friday	Regional holiday
🇵🇫 French PolynesiaVendredi Saint	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇲 Gambia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇩🇪 GermanyKarfreitag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇭 Ghana	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇮 Gibraltar	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇱 GreenlandTallimanngorneq tannaartoq	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇩 Grenada	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇹 Guatemala	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇬 Guernsey	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇾 Guyana	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇹 HaitiVendredi saint	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇳 Honduras	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China耶穌受難節	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇭🇺 HungaryNagypéntek	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇸 IcelandFöstudagurinn langi	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇳 India	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇩 IndonesiaWafat Isa Almasih	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇪 IrelandAoine an Chéasta	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇲 Isle of Man	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇮🇹 Italy	April 3Friday	Observance
🇯🇲 Jamaica	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇯🇪 Jersey	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇯🇴 Jordan	April 3Friday	Observance
🇰🇪 Kenya	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇮 Kiribati	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇻 LatviaLielā Piektdiena	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇧 Lebanon	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇸 Lesotho	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇮 LiechtensteinKarfreitag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇹 Lithuania	April 3Friday	Observance
🇱🇺 LuxembourgKarfreideg	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇼 Malawi	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇾 Malaysia	April 3Friday	Regional holiday
🇲🇹 MaltaIl-Ġimgħa l-Kbira	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇽 MexicoViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇨 Monaco	April 3Friday	Observance
🇲🇪 MontenegroVeliki petak	April 3Friday	Optional holiday
🇲🇸 Montserrat	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇿 Mozambique	April 3Friday	Observance
🇳🇦 Namibia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇷 Nauru	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇱 NetherlandsGoede Vrijdag	April 3Friday	Observance
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇿 New Zealand	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	April 3Friday	Religious holiday
🇳🇬 Nigeria	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇺 Niue	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇳🇫 Norfolk Island	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	April 3Friday	Observance
🇳🇴 NorwayLangfredag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇰 Pakistan	April 3Friday	Optional holiday
🇵🇦 Panama	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇾 ParaguayViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇪 PeruViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇭 PhilippinesBiyernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇱 Poland	April 3Friday	Observance
🇵🇹 PortugalSexta-feira Santa	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇵🇷 Puerto RicoViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇷🇼 Rwanda	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇼🇸 Samoa	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇲 San Marino	April 3Friday	Observance
🇸🇨 Seychelles	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇬 Singapore	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇽 Sint MaartenGoede vrijdag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇰 SlovakiaVeľkonočný piatok	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇿🇦 South Africa	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇸 South Sudan	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇸 SpainViernes Santo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇭 St. Helena	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇱🇨 St. Lucia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇷 Suriname	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan MayenLangfredag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇸🇪 SwedenLångfredagen	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandKarfreitag	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇿 TanzaniaIjumaa Kuu	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇰 Tokelau	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇴 Tonga	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇹🇻 Tuvalu	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇬 Uganda	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇸 United States	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇺🇾 UruguaySemana de Turismo	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇻🇪 Venezuela	April 3Friday	Religious holiday
🇿🇲 Zambia	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	April 3Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇦 Bosnia & HerzegovinaVeliki petak	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇧🇬 BulgariaРазпети петък	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇨🇾 CyprusΜεγάλη Παρασκευή	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇪🇹 Ethiopiaስቅለት	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇪 Georgiaძველი პარასკევი	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇬🇷 GreeceΜεγάλη Παρασκευή	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇲🇪 MontenegroVaskrs	April 10Friday	Optional holiday
🇲🇰 North MacedoniaВелики Петок, Veliki Petok	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇷🇴 RomaniaVinerea mare	April 10Friday	Public holiday
🇷🇸 SerbiaVeliki petak	April 10Friday	Public holiday

Questions about Good Friday

When is Good Friday in 2026?: It depends on the country. In 2026 it falls on April 3 and April 10. The table above shows the date for each country.
Which countries celebrate Good Friday?: Good Friday is marked in 155 countries: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas and Bangladesh, and 143 more.
Is Good Friday a public holiday?: Yes, it's a public holiday in Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados and Belgium and 126 other countries. Elsewhere it may be an observance or a regional holiday, so check the table for each country.

When is Good Friday 2026?

Good Friday 2026 by country

Questions about Good Friday

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