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The South Korea 2026 calendar with 18 public holidays and 4 festival. Dates, long weekends and travel impact โ€” plan around crowds or closures.

Seollal, Chuseok, mud festival and Busan film week draw big crowds.

2026 ยท 18 public holidays ยท 4 Festival ยท 1 Travel peak notice

January 2026

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01-01New Year's DayHigh

February 2026

1 public holidays
Seollal break2/14โ€“2/183-day weekend2/28โ€“3/2
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02-16 to 02-18Lunar New YearHigh

March 2026

2 public holidays
3-day weekend2/28โ€“3/2
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03-01Independence Movement DayMedium03-02Independence Movement Day (substitute holiday)Observed holidayMedium

April 2026

No public holidays this month
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May 2026

4 public holidays ยท 1 Festival
3-day weekend5/1โ€“5/33-day weekend5/23โ€“5/25
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05-01Labor DayMedium05-05Children's DayMedium05-16 to 05-17Lotus Lantern FestivalSeoulFestivalMedium
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05-24Buddha's BirthdayMedium05-25Buddha's Birthday (substitute holiday)Observed holidayMedium

June 2026

2 public holidays
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06-03Local Election DayMedium06-06Memorial DayMedium

July 2026

1 public holidays ยท 1 Festival
3-day weekend7/17โ€“7/19
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07-17Constitution DayMedium07-24 to 08-09Boryeong Mud FestivalBoryeongFestivalHigh

August 2026

2 public holidays ยท 1 Festival
3-day weekend8/15โ€“8/17
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07-24 to 08-09Boryeong Mud FestivalBoryeongFestivalHigh08-15Liberation DayHigh08-17Liberation Day (substitute holiday)Observed holidayHigh

September 2026

1 public holidays
Chuseok break9/24โ€“9/27
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09-24 to 09-26ChuseokHigh

October 2026

3 public holidays ยท 2 Festival
3-day weekend10/3โ€“10/53-day weekend10/9โ€“10/11
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10-01 to 10-12Jinju Namgang Yudeung FestivalJinjuFestivalMedium10-03National Foundation DayMedium10-05National Foundation Day (substitute holiday)Observed holidayMedium
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10-06 to 10-15Busan International Film FestivalBusanFestivalHigh10-09Hangul DayMedium

November 2026

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3-day weekend12/25โ€“12/27
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12-25Christmas DayHigh12-31Seoul New Year's EveSeoulTravel tipHigh

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2026

Thu, 1 Jan 2026New Year's Day์ƒˆํ•ดTravel impact: HighMon, 16 Feb 2026 โ€“ Wed, 18 Feb 2026Lunar New Year์„ค๋‚ Travel impact: HighSun, 1 Mar 2026Independence Movement Day์‚ผ์ผ์ ˆTravel impact: MediumMon, 2 Mar 2026Independence Movement Day (substitute holiday)์‚ผ์ผ์ ˆ ๋Œ€์ฒด๊ณตํœด์ผObserved holidayTravel impact: MediumFri, 1 May 2026Labor Day๊ทผ๋กœ์ž์˜ ๋‚ Travel impact: MediumTue, 5 May 2026Children's Day์–ด๋ฆฐ์ด๋‚ Travel impact: MediumSat, 16 May 2026 โ€“ Sun, 17 May 2026Lotus Lantern Festival์—ฐ๋“ฑํšŒSeoulFestivalTravel impact: MediumSun, 24 May 2026Buddha's Birthday๋ถ€์ฒ˜๋‹˜์˜ค์‹ ๋‚ Travel impact: MediumMon, 25 May 2026Buddha's Birthday (substitute holiday)๋ถ€์ฒ˜๋‹˜์˜ค์‹ ๋‚  ๋Œ€์ฒด๊ณตํœด์ผObserved holidayTravel impact: MediumWed, 3 Jun 2026Local Election Day์ „๊ตญ๋™์‹œ์ง€๋ฐฉ์„ ๊ฑฐ์ผTravel impact: MediumSat, 6 Jun 2026Memorial Dayํ˜„์ถฉ์ผTravel impact: MediumFri, 17 Jul 2026Constitution Day์ œํ—Œ์ ˆTravel impact: MediumFri, 24 Jul 2026 โ€“ Sun, 9 Aug 2026Boryeong Mud Festival๋ณด๋ น๋จธ๋“œ์ถ•์ œBoryeongFestivalTravel impact: HighSat, 15 Aug 2026Liberation Day๊ด‘๋ณต์ ˆTravel impact: HighMon, 17 Aug 2026Liberation Day (substitute holiday)๊ด‘๋ณต์ ˆ ๋Œ€์ฒด๊ณตํœด์ผObserved holidayTravel impact: HighThu, 24 Sept 2026 โ€“ Sat, 26 Sept 2026Chuseok์ถ”์„Travel impact: HighThu, 1 Oct 2026 โ€“ Mon, 12 Oct 2026Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival์ง„์ฃผ๋‚จ๊ฐ•์œ ๋“ฑ์ถ•์ œJinjuFestivalTravel impact: MediumSat, 3 Oct 2026National Foundation Day๊ฐœ์ฒœ์ ˆTravel impact: MediumMon, 5 Oct 2026National Foundation Day (substitute holiday)๊ฐœ์ฒœ์ ˆ ๋Œ€์ฒด๊ณตํœด์ผObserved holidayTravel impact: MediumTue, 6 Oct 2026 โ€“ Thu, 15 Oct 2026Busan International Film Festival๋ถ€์‚ฐ๊ตญ์ œ์˜ํ™”์ œBusanFestivalTravel impact: HighFri, 9 Oct 2026Hangul Dayํ•œ๊ธ€๋‚ Travel impact: MediumFri, 25 Dec 2026Christmas Dayํฌ๋ฆฌ์Šค๋งˆ์ŠคTravel impact: HighThu, 31 Dec 2026Seoul New Year's Eve์ œ์•ผ์˜ ์ข… / CountdownSeoulTravel tipTravel impact: High

Dates may shift with official decrees, substitute days, or lunar/Islamic observation. Always re-check closer to travel.