Macao announces 2026 public holidays and rest days for public employees

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Office workers and public employees in Macao can look forward to 10 long weekends in the coming year.

The Macao SAR Government has released the official list of public holidays, work exemptions and compensatory rest days for public employees in 2026.

Same as in 2025, the coming year (2026) will feature 20 public holidays, alongside with six compensatory rest days.

These will give office workers and government staff 10 long weekends, spread across major festivals and commemorative days, including:

• Easter & Cheng Ming Festival
• Labour Day
• The Buddha’s Birthday
• Tung Ng Festival
• Mid-Autumn Festival
• National Day
• Chong Yeung Festival
• All Soul’s Day
• Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day & Winter Solstice
• Christmas

Additionally, public employees will be exempted from work on the afternoons of Lunar New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

Below is the full list of public holidays and compensatory rest days in Macao for 2026.

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New Year’s Day

• 1 January 2026 (Thursday)

Lunar New Year

• 16 February 2026 (Monday) (afternoon) Lunar New Year's Eve, exemption from work granted to public employees
• 17 February 2026 (Tuesday) Lunar New Year's Day
• 18 February 2026 (Wednesday) The second day of the Lunar New Year
• 19 February 2026 (Thursday) The third day of the Lunar New Year
  

Easter & Cheng Ming Festival

• 3 April 2026 (Friday) Good Friday
• 4 April 2026 (Saturday) The Day before Easter
• 5 April 2026 (Sunday) Cheng Ming Festival
• 6 April 2026 (Monday) Compensatory rest day for the Day before Easter
• 7 April 2026 (Tuesday) Compensatory rest day for Cheng Ming Festival
  – long weekend

Labour Day

• 1 May 2026 (Friday)
  – long weekend

The Buddha’s Birthday (Feast of Buddha)

• 24 May 2026 (Sunday)
• 25 May 2026 (Monday) Compensatory rest days for public employees
  – long weekend

Tung Ng Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)

• 19 June 2026 (Friday)
  – long weekend

The Day following Chong Chao (Mid-Autumn) Festival

• 26 September 2026 (Saturday)
• 28 September 2026 (Monday) Compensatory rest days for public employees
  – long weekend

National Day of the People’s Republic of China

• 1 October 2026 (Thursday)
• 2 October 2026 (Friday)
  – long weekend

Chong Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors)

• 18 October 2026 (Sunday)
• 19 October 2026 (Monday) Compensatory rest days for public employees
  – long weekend

All Soul’s Day

• 2 November 2026 (Monday)
  – long weekend

Feast of Immaculate Conception

• 8 December 2026 (Tuesday)

Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day & Winter Solstice

• 20 December 2026 (Sunday) Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day
• 21 December 2026 (Monday) Compensatory rest day for Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day
• 22 December 2026 (Tuesday) Winter Solstice
  – long weekend

Christmas

• 24 December 2026 (Thursday)
• 25 December 2026 (Friday)
  – long weekend

New Year's Eve

• 31 December 2026 (Thursday) (afternoon) exemption from work granted to public employees