Public holidays in South Korea, 2026
South Korea has 22 public holidays in 2026 (public holidays, including Lunar New Year and Chuseok). 10 fall on a Monday or Friday, which means a three-day weekend. The next one is ๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ on Friday, December 25.
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All holidays
| Date | Holiday | Long weekend |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1 | ์ ์ ์ฐํด | |
| Mon, Feb 16 | ์ค๋ ์ ๋ | โ |
| Tue, Feb 17 | ์ค๋ | |
| Wed, Feb 18 | ์ค๋ ๋ค์๋ | |
| Sun, Mar 1 | ์ผ์ผ์ | |
| Mon, Mar 2 | ์ผ์ผ์ ๋์ฒด ํด์ผ | โ |
| Fri, May 1 | ๋ ธ๋์ | โ |
| Tue, May 5 | ์ด๋ฆฐ์ด๋ | |
| Sun, May 24 | ๋ถ์ฒ๋์ค์ ๋ | |
| Mon, May 25 | ๋ถ์ฒ๋์ค์ ๋ ๋์ฒด ํด์ผ | โ |
| Wed, Jun 3 | ์ง๋ฐฉ์ ๊ฑฐ์ผ | |
| Sat, Jun 6 | ํ์ถฉ์ผ | |
| Fri, Jul 17 | ์ ํ์ | โ |
| Sat, Aug 15 | ๊ด๋ณต์ | |
| Mon, Aug 17 | ๊ด๋ณต์ ๋์ฒด ํด์ผ | โ |
| Thu, Sep 24 | ์ถ์ ์ ๋ | |
| Fri, Sep 25 | ์ถ์ | โ |
| Sat, Sep 26 | ์ถ์ ๋ค์๋ | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | ๊ฐ์ฒ์ | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | ๊ฐ์ฒ์ ๋์ฒด ํด์ผ | โ |
| Fri, Oct 9 | ํ๊ธ๋ | โ |
| Fri, Dec 25 | ๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ | โ |
Planning tip
Holidays on a Tuesday or Thursday are the classic bridge days. Take the Monday or Friday off, and one day of leave buys you four days in a row.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does South Korea have in 2026?
22 in our list for 2026.
What is the next public holiday in South Korea?
๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ on December 25, 2026.
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