Fact · holidays · 2026
Gazetted general holidays in 2026
2026年公眾假期（憲報公布的節日）
Figure and reference date
17 named days, plus every Sunday
17 日，另加每個星期日
Notes and definition
General holidays and statutory holidays are different legal lists.
There is more than one official basis
Why do two different counts circulate for holidays in Hong Kong?
The same question has 2 official bases; their figures and scopes cannot be added together or swapped.
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Other figures in this group (holidays)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Holidays.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory holidays in 2026 2026年法定假日 | 15 days 15 日 Easter Monday is added from 2026. The number will rise stepwise to 17 days by 2030. | 2026 | Statutory holidays for 2026 |
| Buddha's Birthday statutory holiday year 佛誕：法定假日生效年份 | Effective from 1999 由 1999 年起 Employment Ordinance guide (Labour Department): Buddha's Birthday became statutory in 1999. | 2026 | Labour Dept: Employment Ordinance Concise Guide |
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “General holidays for 2026” (GovHK). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General holidays / statutory holidays 公眾假期／法定假日 | 17 named days / rising to 17 17 日／逐步增至 17 日 There are 17 named general holidays each year (plus every Sunday); statutory holidays number 15 and are rising stepwise to 17 from 2026. | 2026-10-10 | General holidays for 2026 |
Verified questions that cite this figure
When was the handover, and how long ago was it?
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established on 1 July 1997. Its constitutional basis is the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed on 19 December 1984 and the Basic Law promulgated on 4 April 1990.
When does the school summer holiday start?
The school year starts in September and the summer break normally runs from mid-July to the end of August. Exact dates come from the Education Bureau’s calendar guidelines and each school’s own calendar.
What is there to do in Hong Kong?
Outdoors means hiking, country parks, beaches and outlying islands; indoors there are museums, public libraries, sports centres and children’s play rooms. Everything is listed with practical details in this site’s directories.
In 2026 Hong Kong has 17 public holidays and 14 statutory holidays, and the two concepts are distinct. Public holidays, sometimes called “bank holidays”, apply to banks, educational institutions and government offices; statutory holidays are the minimum leave that every employee is entitled to under the Employment Ordinance.
When is Father’s Day in Hong Kong, and is it a public holiday?
Father’s Day in Hong Kong follows international convention, falling on the third Sunday of June each year. It is not a statutory or general holiday: the gazetted general holidays are typically 17 named days a year plus every Sunday, and the statutory holidays are 15 days, none of which includes Father’s Day.
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How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Gazetted general holidays in 2026”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/public-holidays-2026, data as at 2026 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈2026年公眾假期（憲報公布的節日）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/public-holidays-2026，資料時點 2026（查閱日期 ＿）。
Machine-readable: /api/v1/facts.json (id = public-holidays-2026) · OpenAPI 3.1 ·/llms.txt
Registered source
GovHK
Official document dated 2025-05; last checked by this site 2026-09-05.
This site is a secondary compilation: the official text prevails. If the figure above differs from the official document, the official document is correct.