🇮🇳 India in May 2026
2 events in India
India has 2 holidays, festivals, and observances in May 2026, including 2 public holidays: Buddha Purnima, Eid al-Adha. This month falls during the Heat Wave Season (India), making it a distinctive time to experience the country.
Weather & Conditions in May
Weather
★★☆☆☆
Crowds
low
Prices
low
Temperature
26–40°C
Pre-Monsoon
Extreme heat in north; humidity building.
Very hot — avoid plains; Kerala and northeast still OK.
Events & Holidays This Month
May 1
May 28–May 30
When Can You Go? Holiday Windows by Country
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See which countries have public holidays and long weekends in May — plan your trip around days off.
Malaysia4 holidays4 long weekends8 days off
Vietnam2 holidays2 long weekends3 days off
Mongolia1 holidays1 long weekends2 days off
Iraq4 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Egypt2 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Ethiopia8 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
United Kingdom0 holidays0 long weekends10 days off
Japan7 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
China2 holidays3 long weekends6 days off
Pakistan2 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Nigeria4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Bangladesh4 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Guatemala2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Netherlands3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Ecuador3 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Zimbabwe7 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Senegal12 holidays6 long weekends23 days off
Chad6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Somalia5 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Guinea7 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Rwanda6 holidays2 long weekends10 days off
Tunisia6 holidays2 long weekends10 days off
Benin8 holidays4 long weekends15 days off
Belgium7 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
Bolivia1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Cuba1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Greece2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Dominican Republic2 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Turkey5 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Tibet0 holidays1 long weekends2 days off
Russia3 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Mexico1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
DR Congo3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Germany4 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Iran1 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
France5 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Italy3 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
South Africa1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Tanzania2 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
South Korea4 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Yemen7 holidays4 long weekends11 days off
Burundi6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Haiti6 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
Brazil1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Kenya2 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
Spain5 holidays1 long weekends6 days off
Ukraine6 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
Uganda2 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Algeria2 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Poland6 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Canada3 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Morocco6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Uzbekistan1 holidays0 long weekends1 days off
Angola3 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Ghana9 holidays4 long weekends17 days off
Mozambique5 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Venezuela3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Madagascar14 holidays6 long weekends23 days off
Syria4 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
North Korea1 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Cameroon12 holidays7 long weekends29 days off
Côte d'Ivoire12 holidays6 long weekends23 days off
United States0 holidays0 long weekends3 days off
Svalbard and Jan Mayen6 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Niger6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Sri Lanka4 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Burkina Faso13 holidays6 long weekends21 days off
Romania2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Mali9 holidays5 long weekends19 days off
Kazakhstan3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Malawi8 holidays5 long weekends18 days off
Zambia6 holidays4 long weekends12 days off
Czechia2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Portugal2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Azerbaijan4 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
Sweden4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Jordan2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Hungary5 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Honduras1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Belarus2 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Tajikistan3 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
Israel1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Austria8 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Switzerland6 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
South Sudan5 holidays3 long weekends9 days off
Togo8 holidays5 long weekends15 days off
Sierra Leone3 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Hong Kong3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Argentina3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Chile2 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Colombia4 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Peru2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Bulgaria6 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
Serbia2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Paraguay3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Libya5 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Nicaragua2 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
El Salvador5 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Kyrgyzstan3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Eritrea7 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
Turkmenistan2 holidays1 long weekends6 days off
Denmark7 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
Finland4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Slovakia2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Norway9 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Congo7 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Costa Rica1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
New Zealand0 holidays1 long weekends2 days off
Ireland1 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Liberia2 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Mauritania6 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Panama1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Croatia3 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Georgia4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Moldova5 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Uruguay3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Bosnia and Herzegovina5 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
Puerto Rico1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Armenia3 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Jamaica1 holidays0 long weekends1 days off
Albania3 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Lithuania2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Namibia10 holidays5 long weekends15 days off
Gambia6 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Botswana4 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Gabon8 holidays5 long weekends20 days off
Lesotho6 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
North Macedonia3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Slovenia2 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Latvia6 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Guinea-Bissau4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Kosovo3 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
Bahrain3 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Trinidad and Tobago1 holidays0 long weekends1 days off
Estonia3 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Equatorial Guinea2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Mauritius2 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Cyprus2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Eswatini4 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Djibouti6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Fiji1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Central African Republic8 holidays4 long weekends15 days off
Comoros4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Guyana4 holidays4 long weekends14 days off
Reunion9 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Macao2 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
Montenegro6 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Luxembourg7 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Suriname3 holidays3 long weekends12 days off
Cabo Verde2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Maldives1 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Malta2 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Guadeloupe5 holidays5 long weekends18 days off
Martinique5 holidays5 long weekends14 days off
Brunei1 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Bahamas1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Belize2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Iceland5 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Vanuatu4 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Barbados5 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
New Caledonia4 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Mayotte9 holidays5 long weekends18 days off
French Polynesia5 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Western Sahara5 holidays2 long weekends9 days off
São Tomé and Príncipe2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
French Guiana4 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Saint Lucia3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Guam1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Curacao2 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Grenada3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
US Virgin Islands1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Aruba3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Seychelles4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Antigua and Barbuda2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Jersey4 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Isle of Man2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Andorra3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Dominica2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Guernsey3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Cayman Islands1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Bermuda1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Greenland6 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
American Samoa1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Saint Kitts and Nevis3 holidays3 long weekends7 days off
Faroe Islands5 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Sint Maarten3 holidays3 long weekends8 days off
Monaco7 holidays3 long weekends10 days off
Liechtenstein5 holidays4 long weekends10 days off
Turks and Caicos Islands1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Saint Martin5 holidays5 long weekends18 days off
San Marino1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Gibraltar3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
British Virgin Islands1 holidays1 long weekends3 days off
Aland Islands5 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Cook Islands0 holidays1 long weekends2 days off
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba2 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Wallis and Futuna4 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Anguilla3 holidays2 long weekends7 days off
Montserrat2 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Saint Barthelemy4 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Saint Helena4 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Saint Pierre and Miquelon6 holidays4 long weekends13 days off
Christmas Island1 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Vatican City4 holidays3 long weekends11 days off
Cocos (Keeling) Islands1 holidays1 long weekends5 days off
Indonesia5 holidays4 long weekends12 days off
Singapore4 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Thailand4 holidays3 long weekends6 days off
Laos3 holidays2 long weekends6 days off
Philippines2 holidays2 long weekends8 days off
Myanmar4 holidays4 long weekends11 days off
Saudi Arabia1 holidays1 long weekends4 days off
United Arab Emirates2 holidays2 long weekends5 days off
Afghanistan3 holidays3 long weekends7 days off
Sudan5 holidays3 long weekends11 days offPlan Your Trip to India
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is India like in May?
- May in India is the Pre-Monsoon with temperatures of 26–40°C. Extreme heat in north; humidity building. There are 2 holidays and events this month.
- Is May a good time to visit India?
- Very hot — avoid plains; Kerala and northeast still OK. Weather score: 2/5. Crowds: low. Prices: low.
- Is May peak season in India?
- May has low crowd levels and low prices in India. No, this is low season — expect fewer tourists and better deals.
- What holidays are in India in May 2026?
- Public holidays in India in May 2026: Buddha Purnima, Eid al-Adha.
- Which countries have holidays in May?
- Countries with public holidays in May: Malaysia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Iraq, Egypt, Ethiopia, Japan, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Netherlands, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Chad, Somalia, Guinea, Rwanda, Tunisia, Benin, Belgium, Bolivia, Cuba, Greece, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Russia, Mexico, DR Congo, Germany, Iran, France, Italy, South Africa, Tanzania, South Korea, Yemen, Burundi, Haiti, Brazil, Kenya, Spain, Ukraine, Uganda, Algeria, Poland, Canada, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Venezuela, Madagascar, Syria, North Korea, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Niger, Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Romania, Mali, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Zambia, Czechia, Portugal, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Jordan, Hungary, Honduras, Belarus, Tajikistan, Israel, Austria, Switzerland, South Sudan, Togo, Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bulgaria, Serbia, Paraguay, Libya, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Congo, Costa Rica, Ireland, Liberia, Mauritania, Panama, Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, Uruguay, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Puerto Rico, Armenia, Jamaica, Albania, Lithuania, Namibia, Gambia, Botswana, Gabon, Lesotho, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo, Bahrain, Trinidad and Tobago, Estonia, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Cyprus, Eswatini, Djibouti, Fiji, Central African Republic, Comoros, Guyana, Reunion, Macao, Montenegro, Luxembourg, Suriname, Cabo Verde, Maldives, Malta, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Brunei, Bahamas, Belize, Iceland, Vanuatu, Barbados, New Caledonia, Mayotte, French Polynesia, Western Sahara, São Tomé and Príncipe, French Guiana, Saint Lucia, Guam, Curacao, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands, Aruba, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Jersey, Isle of Man, Andorra, Dominica, Guernsey, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Greenland, American Samoa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Faroe Islands, Sint Maarten, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Martin, San Marino, Gibraltar, British Virgin Islands, Aland Islands, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Wallis and Futuna, Anguilla, Montserrat, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Christmas Island, Vatican City, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Myanmar, India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Sudan. Travelers from these countries may have time off to visit India.