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Public holidays in Taiwan

22 days in 2026 · 24 in 2027

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Next public holiday

National Day (substitute day)

國慶日

After it: National Day, Saturday 10 October

Friday, 9 October 2026

Taiwan's days off are set by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, which publishes a calendar for government agencies and schools each summer for the following year: the 2026 calendar on 17 June 2025 and the 2027 calendar on 7 July 2026. Most days off follow the lunar calendar or commemorate the Republic of China, and when one falls on a Saturday or Sunday a weekday is given instead, so 2026 has substitute days on 20 February, 27 February, 3 April, 6 April, 9 October and 26 October.

The rules changed in 2025. On 9 May 2025 the Legislative Yuan passed the Memorial Days and Holidays Implementation Act, which raised the old administrative rules to statute, made Lunar New Year's Eve, Confucius' Birthday on 28 September, Taiwan Retrocession Day on 25 October and Constitution Day on 25 December national holidays again, and extended Labour Day on 1 May from workers to everyone. The Lunar New Year break now lasts at least seven days.

The calendar mixes two kinds of day. Six memorial days carry a day off: the founding of the Republic of China, Peace Memorial Day, Confucius' Birthday, National Day, Retrocession Day and Constitution Day. The others are festivals and customary days: the Lunar New Year, Children's Day, the Qingming Festival, Labour Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Days off in 2026
22Nationwide public holidays
On a weekday
16Monday to Friday
On a weekend
6Saturday or Sunday
Long weekends
9and 1 with one day of leave

2026

Public holidays in Taiwan in 2026

  1. 1 January: Founding Day of the Republic of China中華民國開國紀念日Founding Day of the Republic of China, also New Year's Day. It marks the provisional government set up in Nanjing on 1 January 1912.Thursday
  2. 15 February: Lunar New Year holiday (day before the eve)農曆新年The Lunar New Year. By law a five-day break runs from the day before New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month, and weekend days inside it are replaced with weekdays at the end.SundayDate moves
  3. 16 February: Lunar New Year's Eve農曆除夕Lunar New Year's Eve, the last day of the twelfth lunar month, made a national holiday in its own right by the law of 2025.MondayDate moves
  4. 17 February: Lunar New Year農曆新年The Lunar New Year. By law a five-day break runs from the day before New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month, and weekend days inside it are replaced with weekdays at the end.TuesdayDate moves
  5. 18 February: Lunar New Year (second day)農曆新年The Lunar New Year. By law a five-day break runs from the day before New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month, and weekend days inside it are replaced with weekdays at the end.WednesdayDate moves
  6. 19 February: Lunar New Year (third day)農曆新年The Lunar New Year. By law a five-day break runs from the day before New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month, and weekend days inside it are replaced with weekdays at the end.ThursdayDate moves
  7. 20 February: Lunar New Year holiday (substitute day)農曆新年The Lunar New Year. By law a five-day break runs from the day before New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month, and weekend days inside it are replaced with weekdays at the end.FridayDate moves
  8. 27 February: Peace Memorial Day (substitute day)228和平紀念日Peace Memorial Day, for the February 28 Incident of 1947 and the suppression that followed it.FridayDate moves
  9. 28 February: Peace Memorial Day228和平紀念日Peace Memorial Day, for the February 28 Incident of 1947 and the suppression that followed it.Saturday
  10. 3 April: Children's Day (substitute day)兒童節Children's Day on 4 April. When it coincides with the Qingming Festival, the law adds a day off on the day before, or on the Friday after if the day before is a Thursday.FridayDate moves
  11. 4 April: Children's Day兒童節Children's Day on 4 April. When it coincides with the Qingming Festival, the law adds a day off on the day before, or on the Friday after if the day before is a Thursday.Saturday
  12. 5 April: Qingming Festival淸明節The Qingming Festival, on the fifth of the twenty-four solar terms, when families visit and sweep the graves of their ancestors.Sunday
  13. 6 April: Qingming Festival (substitute day)淸明節The Qingming Festival, on the fifth of the twenty-four solar terms, when families visit and sweep the graves of their ancestors.MondayDate moves
  14. 1 May: Labour Day勞動節Labour Day on 1 May. Until the 2025 law it was a day off for workers only; it is now a national holiday for everyone.Friday
  15. 19 June: Dragon Boat Festival端午節The Dragon Boat Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which commemorates the death of the patriot Qu Yuan.FridayDate moves
  16. 25 September: Mid-Autumn Festival中秋節The Mid-Autumn Festival, on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, a family gathering at the end of the harvest season.FridayDate moves
  17. 28 September: Confucius' Birthday (Teachers' Day)孔子誕辰紀念日Confucius' Birthday on 28 September, also Teachers' Day. Restored as a national holiday by the law of 2025.Monday
  18. 9 October: National Day (substitute day)國慶日National Day, or Double Tenth Day, on 10 October. It commemorates the Wuchang Uprising of 1911, which began the revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.FridayDate moves
  19. 10 October: National Day國慶日National Day, or Double Tenth Day, on 10 October. It commemorates the Wuchang Uprising of 1911, which began the revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.Saturday
  20. 25 October: Taiwan Retrocession Day and Kuningtou Victory Memorial Day臺灣光復暨金門古寧頭大捷紀念日Taiwan Retrocession Day and the Memorial Day of the Great Victory at Kuningtou, Kinmen, on 25 October: the Republic of China took over Taiwan from Japan on that date in 1945, and its forces fought off the People's Liberation Army on Kinmen in a battle that began on the same date in 1949. Restored as a national holiday by the law of 2025. The Wikipedia account of Taiwan's holidays notes that the Republic of China's claim that Taiwan returned to it in 1945 is disputed.Sunday
  21. 26 October: Taiwan Retrocession Day (substitute day)臺灣光復暨金門古寧頭大捷紀念日Taiwan Retrocession Day and the Memorial Day of the Great Victory at Kuningtou, Kinmen, on 25 October: the Republic of China took over Taiwan from Japan on that date in 1945, and its forces fought off the People's Liberation Army on Kinmen in a battle that began on the same date in 1949. Restored as a national holiday by the law of 2025. The Wikipedia account of Taiwan's holidays notes that the Republic of China's claim that Taiwan returned to it in 1945 is disputed.MondayDate moves
  22. 25 December: Constitution Day行憲紀念日Constitution Day on 25 December, the anniversary of the constitution taking effect in 1947. Restored as a national holiday by the law of 2025.Friday

Long weekends

Long weekends in Taiwan in 2026

Runs of three days or more off, with weekends counted, and the working days that join a holiday to a weekend when taken as leave.

  • 4daysThu 1 Jan to Sun 4 JanWith Fri 2 Jan taken as leave · Founding Day of the Republic of China
  • 9daysSat 14 Feb to Sun 22 FebLunar New Year holiday (day before the eve), Lunar New Year's Eve, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year (second day), Lunar New Year (third day), Lunar New Year holiday (substitute day)
  • 3daysFri 27 Feb to Sun 1 MarPeace Memorial Day (substitute day), Peace Memorial Day
  • 4daysFri 3 Apr to Mon 6 AprChildren's Day (substitute day), Children's Day, Qingming Festival, Qingming Festival (substitute day)
  • 3daysFri 1 May to Sun 3 MayLabour Day
  • 3daysFri 19 Jun to Sun 21 JunDragon Boat Festival
  • 4daysFri 25 Sept to Mon 28 SeptMid-Autumn Festival, Confucius' Birthday (Teachers' Day)
  • 3daysFri 9 Oct to Sun 11 OctNational Day (substitute day), National Day
  • 3daysSat 24 Oct to Mon 26 OctTaiwan Retrocession Day and Kuningtou Victory Memorial Day, Taiwan Retrocession Day (substitute day)
  • 3daysFri 25 Dec to Sun 27 DecConstitution Day

2027

Public holidays in Taiwan in 2027

  1. 1 January: Founding Day of the Republic of China中華民國開國紀念日Friday
  2. 4 February: Lunar New Year holiday農曆新年ThursdayDate moves
  3. 5 February: Lunar New Year holiday農曆新年FridayDate moves
  4. 6 February: Lunar New Year holiday農曆新年SaturdayDate moves
  5. 7 February: Lunar New Year holiday農曆新年SundayDate moves
  6. 8 February: Lunar New Year holiday農曆新年MondayDate moves
  7. 9 February: Lunar New Year holiday (substitute day)農曆新年TuesdayDate moves
  8. 10 February: Lunar New Year holiday (substitute day)農曆新年WednesdayDate moves
  9. 28 February: Peace Memorial Day228和平紀念日Sunday
  10. 1 March: Peace Memorial Day (substitute day)228和平紀念日MondayDate moves
  11. 4 April: Children's Day兒童節Sunday
  12. 5 April: Qingming Festival淸明節Monday
  13. 6 April: Children's Day (substitute day)兒童節TuesdayDate moves
  14. 30 April: Labour Day (substitute day)勞動節FridayDate moves
  15. 1 May: Labour Day勞動節Saturday
  16. 9 June: Dragon Boat Festival端午節WednesdayDate moves
  17. 15 September: Mid-Autumn Festival中秋節WednesdayDate moves
  18. 28 September: Confucius' Birthday (Teachers' Day)孔子誕辰紀念日Tuesday
  19. 10 October: National Day國慶日Sunday
  20. 11 October: National Day (substitute day)國慶日MondayDate moves
  21. 25 October: Taiwan Retrocession Day and Kuningtou Victory Memorial Day臺灣光復暨金門古寧頭大捷紀念日Monday
  22. 24 December: Constitution Day (substitute day)行憲紀念日FridayDate moves
  23. 25 December: Constitution Day行憲紀念日Saturday
  24. 31 December: Founding Day of the Republic of China, 2028 (substitute day)中華民國開國紀念日FridayDate moves

Under Article 8 of the act, a memorial day or festival that falls on a regular day off is replaced by a substitute day. In the government's calendars a Saturday holiday moves to the Friday before and a Sunday holiday to the Monday after: in 2027 Labour Day on Saturday 1 May gives Friday 30 April off, and Constitution Day on Saturday 25 December gives Friday 24 December. Friday 31 December 2027 is the substitute for Founding Day 2028, which falls on a Saturday.

The act also lets the authorities set make-up workdays, weekend days worked in exchange for an extra day off, and this page has no way to show one. Neither the 2026 nor the 2027 government calendar contains any: no Saturday or Sunday in either year is marked as a workday.

The calendars are for government agencies and schools. Agencies that work around the clock, such as transport, police, fire services, the coast guard, hospitals and customs, set their own days off under Article 9, and the armed forces adjust theirs to operational needs.

Indigenous people may take three days off a year for the ceremonies of their own people, on dates the Council of Indigenous Peoples announces after consulting each community. Those days are not on this page because they differ by people.

The act names twenty memorial days in all, among them the lifting of martial law on 15 July, Indigenous Peoples Day on 1 August, the 823 Artillery Bombardment Memorial Day on 23 August and National Hakka Day on 28 December. Only the six listed above are days off.

Common questions

Questions about public holidays in Taiwan

When is the Lunar New Year break in Taiwan in 2026 and 2027?

In 2026 the break runs from Saturday 14 February to Sunday 22 February, nine days counting the weekends: the five-day holiday from 15 to 19 February plus Friday 20 February in place of the Sunday it included. In 2027 the government calendar gives days off from Thursday 4 February to Wednesday 10 February, seven days in a row, two of them substitutes for the weekend.

Is 25 October a holiday in Taiwan again?

Yes. Taiwan Retrocession Day, which the act combines with the memorial of the victory at Kuningtou on Kinmen in 1949, became a national holiday again under the law passed on 9 May 2025. In 2026 it falls on a Sunday and Monday 26 October is the day off; in 2027 it falls on a Monday.

What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend in Taiwan?

A substitute day is given, under Article 8 of the Memorial Days and Holidays Implementation Act. In both government calendars a Saturday holiday moves to the Friday before and a Sunday holiday to the Monday after, so National Day on Saturday 10 October 2026 brings Friday 9 October off, and Peace Memorial Day on Sunday 28 February 2027 brings Monday 1 March.

Does Taiwan have make-up working Saturdays?

Not in 2026 or 2027. The act lets the authorities set make-up workdays, but the calendars published by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration mark no Saturday or Sunday as a workday in either year. Every day off in both years therefore comes without a weekend day to work back.

What is Peace Memorial Day?

The day off on 28 February, for the February 28 Incident of 1947, when widespread unrest was put down by troops sent from the mainland in March and the months that followed. The act lists it among the six memorial days that carry a day off. In 2026 it falls on a Saturday and Friday 27 February is the day off; in 2027 it falls on a Sunday and Monday 1 March is.

Is Confucius' Birthday a day off in Taiwan?

Yes, again since the law of 2025, which restored it as a national holiday after years as a working day. Confucius' Birthday on 28 September is also Teachers' Day. It falls on Monday 28 September 2026, giving a four-day weekend after the Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday 25 September, and on Tuesday 28 September 2027.

Are the Indigenous ceremonies public holidays?

For Indigenous people, yes, but not for the whole country. The act grants three days off a year for the ceremonies of each Indigenous people, on dates the Council of Indigenous Peoples announces after consulting the communities. The Saisiyat Pas-ta'ai, held on the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month, is one such ceremony.

Dates from Written from the sources, read 2026-10-02. The page counts from Saturday, 3 October 2026, the day it was built.