Fact · holidays · 2026
Statutory holidays in 2026
2026年法定假日
Figure and reference date
15 days
15 日
Notes and definition
Easter Monday is added from 2026. The number will rise stepwise to 17 days by 2030.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gazetted general holidays in 2026 2026年公眾假期（憲報公布的節日） | 17 named days, plus every Sunday 17 日，另加每個星期日 General holidays and statutory holidays are different legal lists. | 2026 | General 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 |
Verified questions that cite this figure
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.
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, “Statutory holidays in 2026”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/statutory-holidays-2026, data as at 2026 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈2026年法定假日〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/statutory-holidays-2026，資料時點 2026（查閱日期 ＿）。
Machine-readable: /api/v1/facts.json (id = statutory-holidays-2026) · OpenAPI 3.1 ·/llms.txt
Registered source
Labour Department
The official document carries no registered publication date, so only the retrieval date 2026-09-05 is given — no publication year is invented.
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