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