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Australia Holidays 2026

All public holidays, festivals and observances in Australia for 2026

Total holidays

99

Public holidays

7

Long weekends

6

Next holiday

All Saints' Day

Sun, Nov 1

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Australia holidays 2026

Showing 99 of 99 holidays

  • Nov1Sun

    All Saints' Day

    Sunday, November 1, 2026Today!

  • Nov2Mon

    All Souls' Day

    Monday, November 2, 2026

  • Nov2Mon

    Recreation Day

    Monday, November 2, 2026

  • Nov3Tue

    Melbourne Cup Day

    Tuesday, November 3, 2026

  • Nov8Sun

    Diwali/Deepavali

    Sunday, November 8, 2026

  • Nov11Wed

    Remembrance Day

    Wednesday, November 11, 2026

  • Nov29Sun

    First Sunday of Advent

    Sunday, November 29, 2026

  • Dec5Sat

    First Day of Hanukkah

    Saturday, December 5, 2026

  • Dec8Tue

    Feast of the Immaculate Conception

    Tuesday, December 8, 2026

  • Dec12Sat

    Last day of Hanukkah

    Saturday, December 12, 2026

  • Dec22Tue

    December Solstice

    Tuesday, December 22, 2026

  • Dec24Thu

    Christmas Eve

    Thursday, December 24, 2026

  • Dec25Fri

    Christmas Day

    Friday, December 25, 2026

  • Dec26Sat

    Boxing Day

    Saturday, December 26, 2026

  • Dec31Thu

    New Year's Eve

    Thursday, December 31, 2026

We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday list for Australia. However, some holiday dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.

Frequently asked questions

How many holidays are there in Australia in 2026?

There are 7 public holidays and 99 holidays and observances in total in Australia in 2026. Planning ahead? Check upcoming holidays

How do I add Australia holidays to my calendar?

Use the Subscribe to calendar link above to add an auto-updating feed to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or use Export → Calendar (.ics) to download this year's holidays.

How to retrieve the Australia holidays list via API?

Make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=AU&year=2026 to retrieve this list. Here is an example using our official package on NPM:

// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({
  country: 'AU',
  year: '2026'
});
API Examples
Quick start examples in different programming languages
curl -X GET "https://api.11holidays.com/v1/holidays?country=AU&year=2026" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"