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🇹🇼 Taiwan public holidays 2026

Taiwan has 20 public holidays in 2026. 7 of them fall on a weekend. The longest continuous break is 9 days. A further 4 days are granted at administrative discretion.

Who decides these days

Taiwan's holiday rules were upgraded in 2025: what had been an administrative regulation became a statute, the Act on Commemorative Days and Holidays. It names twenty commemorative days, but only six of them close offices; the other fourteen are marked without a day off, and the same holds for many festival days. Which days are actually taken, and which are made up, is settled each year by the personnel directorate's official calendar.

DateNameLegal status
January 1, 2026Founding Day of the Republic of ChinaPublic holiday
January 19, 2026Firefighters' DayDiscretionary day off
February 4, 2026Farmers' DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
February 15, 2026Day before Lunar New Year's EvePublic holiday
February 16, 2026Lunar New Year's EveSee this topicPublic holiday
February 17, 2026 – February 19, 2026Lunar New YearSee this topicPublic holiday
February 17, 2026 · overlaps the previous entryTaoism DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
February 20, 2026Lunar New Year holidays (substitute day off)Public holiday
February 27, 2026Peace Memorial Day (substitute day off)Public holiday
February 28, 2026Peace Memorial DayPublic holiday
March 3, 2026Lantern FestivalSee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
March 8, 2026Women's DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
March 12, 2026Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
March 12, 2026 · overlaps the previous entryArbor DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
March 14, 2026Anti-Aggression DayCommemorative, not a day off
March 21, 2026Ethnic Equality Memorial DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
March 29, 2026Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial DayCommemorative, not a day off
March 29, 2026 · overlaps the previous entryYouth DayCommemorative, not a day off
March 30, 2026International Doctors' DayCommemorative, not a day off
April 3, 2026Children's Day (substitute day off)Public holiday
April 4, 2026Children's DaySee this topicPublic holiday
April 5, 2026Tomb-Sweeping DaySee this topicPublic holiday
April 6, 2026Tomb-Sweeping Day (substitute day off)Public holiday
April 7, 2026Freedom of Speech DayCommemorative, not a day off
May 1, 2026Labour DaySee this topicPublic holiday
May 10, 2026Mother's DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
May 12, 2026International Nurses DayCommemorative, not a day off
May 24, 2026Buddha's BirthdayCommemorative, not a day off
June 5, 2026Environment DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
June 8, 2026National Ocean DayCommemorative, not a day off
June 15, 2026Police DayDiscretionary day off
June 19, 2026Dragon Boat FestivalSee this topicPublic holiday
June 26, 2026Indigenous Peoples' Resistance DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
July 1, 2026Fishermen's DayCommemorative, not a day off
July 15, 2026Martial Law Lifting Memorial DayCommemorative, not a day off
August 1, 2026Indigenous Peoples' DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
August 8, 2026Father's DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
August 15, 2026End of War Memorial DayCommemorative, not a day off
August 23, 2026August 23 Memorial DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
August 23, 2026 · overlaps the previous entryGrandparents' DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
August 27, 2026Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)Commemorative, not a day off
September 3, 2026Armed Forces DaySee this topicDiscretionary day off
September 9, 2026National Sports DayCommemorative, not a day off
September 21, 2026National Disaster Prevention DayCommemorative, not a day off
September 25, 2026Mid-Autumn FestivalSee this topicPublic holiday
September 28, 2026Confucius' Birthday / Teachers' DaySee this topicPublic holiday
October 9, 2026National Day (substitute day off)Public holiday
October 10, 2026National DaySee this topicPublic holiday
October 18, 2026Double Ninth FestivalCommemorative, not a day off
October 24, 2026Taiwan United Nations DayCommemorative, not a day off
October 25, 2026Taiwan Retrocession and Guningtou Victory Memorial DayPublic holiday
October 26, 2026Taiwan Retrocession and Guningtou Victory Memorial Day (substitute day off)Public holiday
November 8, 2026Coast Guard DayDiscretionary day off
November 12, 2026Dr. Sun Yat-sen's BirthdaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
November 12, 2026 · overlaps the previous entryChinese Cultural Renaissance DaySee this topicCommemorative, not a day off
December 3, 2026Day of Persons with DisabilitiesCommemorative, not a day off
December 10, 2026Human Rights DayCommemorative, not a day off
December 18, 2026Immigrants' DayCommemorative, not a day off
December 25, 2026Constitution DaySee this topicPublic holiday
December 28, 2026National Hakka DayCommemorative, not a day off

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