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Public holidays in United States Virgin Islands, 2026

United States Virgin Islands observes 18 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 245 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
18Public holidays
245Working days
104Weekend days
1Fall on a weekend
1,960Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2026

United States Virgin Islands, 2026. Dates marked as falling on a weekend do not create an extra day away from work.
Date Day Holiday Scope
Thu, 1 Jan Thursday New Year's Day Nationwide
Tue, 6 Jan Tuesday Epiphany
Three Kings Day 		Nationwide
Mon, 19 Jan Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Nationwide
Mon, 16 Feb Monday Presidents Day
President's Day 		Nationwide
Tue, 31 Mar Tuesday Transfer Day Nationwide
Thu, 2 Apr Thursday Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday 		Nationwide
Fri, 3 Apr Friday Good Friday Nationwide
Mon, 6 Apr Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Mon, 25 May Monday Memorial Day Nationwide
Fri, 19 Jun Friday Juneteenth National Independence Day Nationwide
Fri, 3 Jul Friday Emancipation Day Nationwide
Fri, 3 Jul Friday Independence Day Nationwide
Mon, 7 Sep Monday Labour Day
Labor Day 		Nationwide
Mon, 12 Oct Monday Columbus Day
Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day & Columbus Day 		Nationwide
Wed, 11 Nov Wednesday Veterans Day Nationwide
Thu, 26 Nov Thursday Thanksgiving Day Nationwide
Fri, 25 Dec Friday Christmas Day Nationwide
Sat, 26 Dec Saturday Weekend St. Stephen's Day
Second Day of Christmas 		Nationwide

Working days month by month

Calendar days less weekends and nationwide public holidays.
Month Calendar days Weekend Holidays Working days Hours
January 31 9 3 19 152
February 28 8 1 19 152
March 31 9 1 21 168
April 30 8 3 19 152
May 31 10 1 20 160
June 30 8 1 21 168
July 31 8 1 22 176
August 31 10 0 21 168
September 30 8 1 21 168
October 31 9 1 21 168
November 30 9 2 19 152
December 31 8 1 22 176
Year 365 104 16 245 1,960

Reading these figures

The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in United States Virgin Islands. 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.

1 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore adds no time away from work: St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.

The longest working month is July at 22 days; the shortest is November at 19. That spread of 3 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 Q1, carrying 59 working days across January, February, March.

Compared with 2025, which held 243 working days, 2026 is 2 working days longer. 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, United States Virgin Islands's 18 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 94th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.

The holidays produce 9 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 2 April 2026 to 6 April 2026, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Easter Monday. A further 5 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.

10 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Memorial Day and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.

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