2026 Holiday Calendar

Today
International Day of Cooperatives		Sat 4
World Population Day		Sat 11
Bastille Day (France)		Tue 14
World Youth Skills Day		Wed 15
World Emoji Day		Fri 17
Nelson Mandela International Day		Sat 18
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly		Sun 26
International Day of Friendship		Thu 30
World Day against Trafficking in Persons		Thu 30

Beginning of Winter		Mon 1
Global Day of Parents		Mon 1
World Bicycle Day		Wed 3
Int'l. Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression		Thu 4
Int'l. Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing		Fri 5
World Environment Day		Fri 5
World Food Safety Day		Sun 7
World Oceans Day		Mon 8
World Day Against Child Labour		Fri 12
International Albinism Awareness Day		Sat 13
World Gin Day		Sat 13
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day		Mon 15
Islamic New Year		Tue 16
Youth Day		Tue 16
International Day of Family Remittances		Tue 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought		Wed 17
Sustainable Gastronomy Day		Thu 18
Int'l. Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict		Fri 19
World Refugee Day		Sat 20
Winter Solstice		Sun 21
Father's Day		Sun 21
Int'l. Day of the Celebration of the Solstice		Sun 21
International Day of Yoga		Sun 21
International Widows' Day		Tue 23
United Nations Public Service Day		Tue 23
Day of the Seafarer		Thu 25
Ashura		Fri 26
Int'l. Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking		Fri 26
United Nations Int'l. Day in Support of Victims of Torture		Fri 26
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day		Sat 27
Saint Peter & Saint Paul		Mon 29
International Day of the Tropics		Mon 29
International Asteroid Day		Tue 30
International Day of Parliamentarism		Tue 30

International Beer Day		Fri 7
International Cat Day		Sat 8
National Women's Day		Sun 9
Int'l. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples		Sun 9
National Women's Day Observed		Mon 10
World Lion Day		Mon 10
International Youth Day		Wed 12
World Elephant Day		Wed 12
International Left-Handers Day		Thu 13
Assumption (of Mary)		Sat 15
World Humanitarian Day		Wed 19
Int'l. Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism		Fri 21
Int'l. Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief		Sat 22
Int'l. Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition		Sun 23
Mawlid Un Nabi		Tue 25
International Day against Nuclear Tests		Sat 29
Int'l. Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances		Sun 30

July 2026 Holidays - South Africa:ℹ