New Year's Day
Details
- Country
Eritrea- Scope
- Nationwide
- Type
- Public Holiday
- Gazetted
- Yes — official day off
- Month
- January 2026
- Long Weekends
- View opportunities
Business Impact
- Impact Description
- Government offices, banks, schools, and most businesses are typically closed.
Notes
Marks the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, celebrated with festivities, fireworks, and resolutions as people welcome the year ahead.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is New Year's Day a public holiday in Eritrea?
- Yes, New Year's Day is an official public holiday in Eritrea. Government offices, banks, and most businesses are typically closed.
- When is New Year's Day 2026?
- New Year's Day 2026 falls on January 1, 2026.
New Year's Day
The first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with festivities in most countries.
| Country | Date | Day | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea(current) | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Togo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turkmenistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cameroon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zimbabwe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brunei | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Benin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Macao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gabon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Wallis and Futuna | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mayotte | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kosovo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nigeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Guyana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Andorra | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malawi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Finland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Albania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belize | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 DR Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bulgaria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Costa Rica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gibraltar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Curacao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brazil | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Germany | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominican Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Spain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mali | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guatemala | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 North Macedonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hong Kong | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Honduras | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liechtenstein | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Armenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tanzania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montserrat | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lithuania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lesotho | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kazakhstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Namibia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Argentina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Georgia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Romania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Latvia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Moldova | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Netherlands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malta | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mexico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Niger | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bolivia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liberia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 New Zealand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Peru | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uruguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Croatia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Africa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greece | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Morocco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 China | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 France | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guernsey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ireland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cyprus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Grenada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Martinique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tunisia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iceland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ecuador | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Kingdom | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Helena | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea-Bissau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Barthelemy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bermuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahrain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Western Sahara | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Comoros | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cayman Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guadeloupe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Eswatini | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Central African Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Equatorial Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Senegal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tonga | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovakia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greenland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kuwait | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uzbekistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Papua New Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mauritania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tokelau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kenya | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Azerbaijan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nicaragua | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Somalia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Algeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sint Maarten | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Guiana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 US Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Madagascar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 British Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kyrgyzstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 North Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United States | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Panama | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jamaica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Pakistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Paraguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ukraine | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belarus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Italy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Faroe Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Falkland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sweden | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Russia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Puerto Rico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 American Samoa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Djibouti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Christmas Island | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Maldives | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Suriname | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burundi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ghana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sri Lanka | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sierra Leone | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Australia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chad | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Anguilla | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Isle of Man | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Sudan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Seychelles | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cabo Verde | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chile | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Angola | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jordan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cook Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Estonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tajikistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Rwanda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uganda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Martin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Czechia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahamas | Jan 2, 2026 | Fri | — |