Public holidays in Micronesia, 2026
Micronesia observes 8 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 253 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 11 Jan | Sunday Weekend | Constitution Day | FM-KSA |
| Sun, 1 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Yap Day | FM-YAP |
| Mon, 2 Mar | Monday | Yap Day | FM-YAP |
| Tue, 31 Mar | Tuesday | Culture Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | FM-TRK, FM-PNI |
| Mon, 11 May | Monday | Constitution Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 21 Aug | Friday | Gospel Day | FM-KSA |
| Tue, 8 Sep | Tuesday | Liberation Day | FM-KSA |
| Fri, 11 Sep | Friday | Liberation Day | FM-PNI |
| Thu, 1 Oct | Thursday | Constitution Day | FM-TRK |
| Fri, 9 Oct | Friday | Teachers' Appreciation Day | FM-TRK |
| Fri, 23 Oct | Friday | United Nations Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Satowan Day | FM-TRK |
| Tue, 3 Nov | Tuesday | Independence Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Constitution Day | FM-PNI |
| Wed, 11 Nov | Wednesday | Veterans Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 23 Nov | Monday | Presidents Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 26 Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving | FM-KSA |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Constitution Day | FM-YAP |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
13 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 8 | 253 | 2,024 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Micronesia. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is November at 18. That spread of 5 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q4, carrying 61 working days across October, November, December.
Compared with 2025, which held 254 working days, 2026 is 1 working day shorter. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Micronesia's 8 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 12th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 9 May 2026 to 11 May 2026, built around Constitution Day. A further 3 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Constitution Day, United Nations Day. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.