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World Public Holidays Calendar
World Public Holidays Calendar is a free Android app that shows the public holidays, bank holidays and school holidays of 230 countries and territories for 2026, 2027 and beyond — and lets you add your own events, appointments and days off to the same calendar. Switch country in one tap, filter a year's holidays by type, and see the long weekends coming in any of ten calendar views.
In one paragraph
What this app is
World Public Holidays Calendar is a free public holiday calendar app for Android. Pick any of 230 countries and territories and it lists that country's official days off for the year you choose — national and federal holidays, bank holidays when banks and government offices close, state and local holidays, school holidays, religious holidays and observances. The same app is also a personal calendar: your meetings, birthdays, trips and appointments sit in the grid beside the official holidays, in day, week, work-week, month, year, schedule or timeline view.
It is free, carries no advertising, has no in-app purchases, requires no account and collects no personal data. Most apps in this category do at least one of those things. This one does none of them.
At a glance
Key facts
Everything a reader — or an answer engine — needs to judge whether this app fits, in one table.
| App name | World Public Holidays Calendar |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Holiday Calendar & Planner, World Holiday Calendar |
| What it is | A public holiday calendar and event planner. It shows the official holidays of any country for a chosen year, and lets you add your own events and reminders to the same calendar. |
| Platform | Android phones and tablets |
| Price | Free. No subscription, no in‑app purchase, and no advertising. |
| Account required | No. There is no sign‑up, login or email address to give. |
| Countries covered | 230 countries and territories, across every continent |
| Years available | The current year and coming years, including 2026 and 2027, switchable from the year filter |
| Holiday types | Public, national and federal holidays; bank holidays; state and local holidays; school holidays; observances and local observances; Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Orthodox Christian holidays; seasons; clock changes and daylight saving; sporting events; annual monthly observances |
| Calendar views | Ten — day, week, work week, month, month (full), year, schedule, timeline day, timeline week and timeline work week |
| Your own events | Add, edit, delete and share events, appointments, birthdays and personal days off, with a month-by-month list and full event details |
| Offline | Your own events are stored on the device and always available. A country's holiday list needs a connection the first time you open it. |
| Themes | Light and dark mode |
| Data collection | No personal data collected and no data shared with third parties, as declared in the Google Play Data safety section |
| Content rating | Everyone |
| Store category | Productivity |
| Developer | NewsMediaLists |
| Package name | com.newsmedialists.holidaycalendar |
| Play rating | Not yet rated — the app is new enough that no user ratings have been published |
| Last store update | 18 February 2026 |
Figures verified against the Google Play listing on 20 September 2026
The data
Every kind of holiday, labelled and filterable
"Holiday" means different things in different countries, and the difference matters: a bank holiday closes the banks, an observance does not close anything. Every date in the app carries its type, and the type filter narrows a year's list to just the ones you care about.
- Public holidayThe official national day off. Most workplaces close.
- Federal holidaySet by the national government — in federal countries, distinct from state holidays.
- State holidayObserved in one state or province, not nationwide.
- Bank holidayBanks and government offices are closed. The one that matters for payments and clearing.
- Local holidayObserved in a single city or district.
- School holidaySchools and colleges are closed.
- ObservanceMarked and named, but an ordinary working day.
- Local observanceMarked in one region only, still a working day.
- Annual monthly observanceAwareness months and recurring commemorations.
- Christian holidayChristmas, Good Friday, Easter, Epiphany and the rest of the liturgical calendar.
- Muslim holidayRamadan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and other dates that move each year.
- Hindu holidayDiwali, Holi and the festivals that follow the lunar calendar.
- Jewish holiday and commemorationRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Passover and memorial days.
- Orthodox Christian holidayThe Julian-calendar dates, which differ from the Western ones.
- SeasonEquinoxes and solstices — the start of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
- Clock change and daylight savingThe dates the clocks go forward and back in that country.
- Sporting eventNational fixtures and championships that affect the working day.
How it differs
A calendar you can also plan in
Most apps in this category do one of two things. Single-country apps cover one nation's holidays well and nothing else. General calendar apps plan your life but know nothing about Eid in Malaysia or the August bank holiday in England. This app does both in one place, and does it without ads, an account or data collection.
| Single-country holiday apps | General calendar apps | World Public Holidays Calendar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | One | Your own locale only | 230 countries and territories |
| Holiday detail | Usually a flat list | Major public holidays only | Typed and filterable — bank, state, local, school, religious, observance |
| Religious holidays | Sometimes | Rarely, and rarely non-Christian | Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Orthodox dates, each filterable |
| Switch country | No | Change device locale | One tap, any time |
| Your own events | Usually not | Yes | Yes — add, edit, delete and share, alongside the official holidays |
| Calendar views | One or two | Several | Ten, including three timeline views |
| Advertising | Common | Common in free tiers | None |
| Account | Varies | Usually required | None — no sign-up, no login |
| Data collected | Varies | Typically device and usage data | None declared — no data collected or shared |
The trade-off, stated honestly. Your own events live on your device and work with no connection. A country's holiday list is fetched the first time you open it, so the very first look at a new country or a new year needs a signal. Holiday dates are compiled from published official sources and refreshed regularly; governments do amend and announce holidays at short notice, so confirm anything critical — bank and government office closures above all — with an official source before booking travel or signing contracts.
Screenshots
What the app looks like
Nine screens from the current release, in the order they appear on Google Play.
Features
What the app does
Nothing to configure and nothing to sign up for. The app opens on a calendar.
230 countries, one tap apart
Search the country list by name and switch the entire calendar to that country — useful the moment your work crosses a border.
Typed, filterable holidays
Every date is labelled: public, federal, state, bank, local, school, observance or religious. Filter a year down to only the types you need.
Religious calendars included
Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Orthodox Christian dates — the ones that move each year and are hardest to look up in advance.
2026, 2027 and beyond
Switch year from the filter to plan next year's leave, next year's term dates or next year's shipping schedule.
Ten calendar views
Day, week, work week, month, full month, year, schedule, and timeline day, week and work week — pick the one that suits the task.
Your own events
Add meetings, appointments, birthdays, trips and personal days off with times, notes and colours. Edit, delete and share them.
Month-by-month lists
Read a year as a list rather than a grid — the fastest way to count working days or spot a cluster of closures.
Clock changes and seasons
Daylight saving transitions and the equinoxes and solstices, per country, so a scheduled call does not shift by an hour unannounced.
Light and dark mode
Switch theme in settings, independently of the system setting.
Share an event
Send an event to anyone through the standard Android share sheet — message, email or any app that accepts text.
No ads, no purchases
The app carries no advertising and has no in-app purchases. Nothing is gated and nothing interrupts.
Nothing collected
No account, no sign‑up, no login. No personal data collected and no data shared with third parties, as declared in the Play Data safety section.
Coverage
Countries and festivals
A sample of what is inside. The full database covers 230 countries and territories across every continent.
Countries (sample)
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Colombia
- Chile
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Germany
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Poland
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Portugal
- Greece
- India
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Bahrain
- Turkey
- Israel
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Fiji
- Russia
- Ukraine
- and 170 more
Festivals and moving dates
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Good Friday
- Easter
- Epiphany
- Ramadan
- Eid al-Fitr
- Eid al-Adha
- Islamic New Year
- Diwali
- Holi
- Lunar New Year
- Vesak
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Hanukkah
- Passover
- Orthodox Christmas
- Orthodox Easter
- Nowruz
- Thanksgiving
- Independence Day
- May Day
- Labour Day
- Spring equinox
- Summer solstice
- Daylight saving start and end
Calendar views
- Day
- Week
- Work week
- Month
- Month (full)
- Year
- Schedule
- Timeline day
- Timeline week
- Timeline work week
How it works
Three steps from install to answer
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Choose a country
Open settings, search the list of 230 countries and territories, and select one. No account, no setup questions, no permissions to grant.
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Pick a year and a type
Switch to 2026, 2027 or a later year, then filter the list to public holidays, bank holidays, school holidays, religious dates or observances.
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Add your own dates
Drop your meetings, trips, birthdays and leave into the same calendar, in whichever of the ten views suits you, and share any of them.
Audience
Who uses this app
- Travellers and tourists checking whether banks, offices, embassies and shops will be open on the days they are there.
- HR and payroll teams building a leave calendar across offices in several countries, where every location has a different set of days off.
- Remote and distributed teams scheduling calls and deadlines without landing them on someone else's national holiday.
- Students and teachers tracking term dates, school holidays and exam windows.
- Importers, exporters and freight planners working around closed ports, customs offices and banks in the countries they ship to.
- Finance and operations staff who need bank holidays specifically, because clearing and settlement stop on them.
- Expats, migrants and diaspora families keeping both calendars — the country they live in and the one they came from.
- Anyone planning leave who wants to see where the long weekends fall before booking anything.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many countries are included?
230 countries and territories.
Is the app free?
Yes, free to download and free to use.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no login.
Which years can I see?
The current year and coming years, including 2026 and 2027.
Does it work offline?
Your own events are stored on your device and are always available. A country's holiday list needs a connection the first time you open it.
Does it collect my data?
No. The Google Play Data safety section declares no data collected and no data shared with third parties.
Can I add my own holidays?
Yes. Personal days off and events sit alongside the official ones.
What is World Public Holidays Calendar?
It is a free public holiday calendar app for Android, published by NewsMediaLists. It shows the public holidays, bank holidays, school holidays, religious holidays and observances of 230 countries and territories for a chosen year, and works as a personal calendar at the same time — your own events, appointments and days off sit in the same grid, in any of ten view modes.
Does it show bank holidays as well as public holidays?
Yes, and it distinguishes them. A bank holiday is a day when banks and government offices close, which is not always the same as a general public holiday — in some countries the two lists differ substantially. Every date in the app carries its type, and you can filter a year down to bank holidays alone.
Does it include religious holidays like Eid, Diwali and Orthodox Easter?
Yes. The holiday type filter includes Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Orthodox Christian dates. These are the hardest holidays to plan around because most of them move every year against the Gregorian calendar, which is exactly why they are in the app rather than left to the user to look up.
Can I see next year's holidays?
Yes. The year filter switches the whole list to a future year, so you can plan 2027 leave, term dates or shipping schedules while you are still in 2026. Dates are refreshed as governments publish them.
Does it have ads?
No. The app carries no advertising and no in-app purchases. There is no paid tier and nothing is locked.
Does it work on tablets?
Yes. The app runs on Android phones and tablets.
Where do the holiday dates come from, and how accurate are they?
They are compiled from published official sources and refreshed regularly. Governments do amend and announce holidays at short notice, particularly for religious dates that depend on a moon sighting and for one-off national days. Please confirm critical dates — bank and government office closures above all — with an official source before booking travel or signing contracts.
How is this different from the calendar already on my phone?
A stock calendar knows your own locale's major public holidays and nothing about anyone else's. This app carries 230 countries, labels each date by type, includes the religious and regional calendars a stock calendar omits, and lets you switch country in one tap — while still taking your own events the way a normal calendar does.
Publisher
About OnlineWebToolkit
OnlineWebToolkit (onlinewebtoolkit.com) publishes more than 150 free browser-based tools — text and SEO utilities, encoders and decoders, converters, data generators, and financial and health calculators — all of which run in the browser with no sign-up. World Public Holidays Calendar is the Android app in the same tradition: one job, done completely, with nothing asked of the user in return.
Accuracy notice. Holiday dates are compiled from published official sources and provided without warranty of completeness or accuracy. Governments amend and announce holidays at short notice. Confirm any date on which money, travel or a legal deadline depends with the relevant national authority.
Report a wrong date, request a country or ask a question: [email protected]