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11 public holidays
Singapore has 11 public holiday dates recorded for 2026. 11 of the listed dates are treated as non-working days and reduce the working-day count; 1 of those fall at a weekend. For the effect on working days see Singapore business days 2026.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Deducted from working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Yes |
| 2026-02-17 | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Yes |
| 2026-02-18 | Wednesday | Chinese New Year | Yes |
| 2026-03-21 | Saturday | Hari Raya Puasa | Yes |
| 2026-04-03 | Friday | Good Friday | Yes |
| 2026-05-01 | Friday | Labour Day | Yes |
| 2026-05-27 | Wednesday | Hari Raya Haji | Yes |
| 2026-06-01 | Monday | Vesak Day | Yes |
| 2026-08-10 | Monday | National Day | Yes |
| 2026-11-09 | Monday | Deepavali | Yes |
| 2026-12-25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Yes |
Singapore's Public Holidays Act (Chapter 251) fixes a deliberately multicultural list: four "common" days, Chinese New Year (two consecutive gazetted days, Sunday-shift applies), Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Haji (Malay/Islamic), Deepavali and Vesak Day (Indian), Good Friday, and National Day (9 August). The Act's Section 6 mechanism is the hidden gear: when any holiday falls on Sunday, Monday is a gazetted substitute — except for the collision rules (when two holidays collide, or CNY straddles the weekend), the President's office resolves via the annual gazette notice.
Two quirks no automated calendar catches. The "Friday before the last Sunday of the month"-style arithmetic of Islamic-date holidays (Haji moves ~11 days earlier each year, sometimes producing two in one Gregorian year) and the 25 December–1 January commercial freeze are both real, but the bigger planning fact for trade is that Singapore's holiday total is the lowest in ASEAN by intent: a government calculation to keep financial-centre operating days high. Which means the list above, if used to block a project plan for regional teams, should be paired with Malaysia's Johor-Singapore special-day churn — the cause of the perpetual jam at the Tuas causeway — and with Jakarta's longer Islamic list.
Deducted days are national public holidays (the days the dataset records as applying to the whole country). Holidays observed only in part of the country, or only in particular sectors, are listed with “Regional or sector-specific only” and are not deducted from the business-day counts.