August 2018 Calendar | All Countries Holidays List | Global Holidays

Between the months of July and September, comes the month of August which has a span of 31 days. August is the eighth month in Julian and Gregorian calendar and it is the fourth month to have 31 days after March, May and July. Aughttps://www.diarystore.com/country-info/country-moldovaust is the only month to consist of 31 days immediately after July, in quick succession. All the other months recur alternately to have 31 days or 30 days, barring February every year. Prior to addition of January and February in the ancient Julian calendar which had previously only ten months in year, the month of August ranked 6^th in seriation. Hence, it had been referred as “Sextilis”, denoting its sixth position. However, after addition of January and February in Julian calendar as in the case of Gregorian calendar, August has come to occupy the 8^th serial rank permanently. The month was named in honour of the first Roman Emperor “Augustus” and the founder of the Roman Principate.

Calendar Holidays In August 2018:

1. National Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 1: Swiss National Day (Switzerland)

Aug 3: Friday Freedom Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Aug 4: Celebrations of San Salvador (El Salvador), Constitution Day (Cook Islands)

Aug 5: Celebrations of San Salvador (El Salvador), Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia) 

Aug 6: Celebrations of San Salvador (El Salvador), Independence Day (Bolivia), Bank Holiday (Iceland, Ireland)

Aug 7:Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

Aug 9: National Day (Singapore)

Aug 10: Independence Day (Ecuador)

Aug 11: Mountain Day (Japan)

Aug 12: The Queen's Birthday, Mother's Day (Thailand), Hajj season begins (United Arab Emirates)

Aug 13: The Queen's Birthday observed, Mother's Day observed (Thailand)

Aug 14: Vigil of Assumption Day (Holy See (Vatican City)), Anniversary of the Recovery Oued Ed-Dahab (Morocco)

Aug 15: Mother Day (Costa Rica), Assumption of Mary (Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Cyprus, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Holy See (Vatican City), Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain), Founding of Asuncion (Paraguay), Liberation Day (South Korea), Liechtenstein National Day (Liechtenstein), Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Aug 16: Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

Aug 20: San Martín Day (Argentina), Eid al-Adha (Saudi Arabia), Arafat (Hajj) Day (United Arab Emirates), Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), Hungary National Day (Hungary), Anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco)

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Aug 21: Eid-e-Ghorban (Feast of Sacrifice)(Iran, Turkey, Egypt ), Eid al-Adha (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates ), Youth Day (Morocco)

Aug 22: Eid al-Adha National holiday (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Morocco), Kurman Ait (Kyrgyzstan), Hari Raya Haji (Malaysia, Singapore), Sacrifice Feast Day 2(Turkey, Albania, Egypt)

Aug 23: Eid al-Adha National holiday (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco), Sacrifice Feast Day 3(Turkey, Egypt)

Aug 24: Eid al-Adha National holiday (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt),                         Independence Day (Ukraine),

Aug 25: Independence Day (Uruguay), Eid al-Adha (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt)

Aug 26: Eid al-Adha

Aug 27: Independence Day (Moldova)

Aug 28: Independence Day (Moldova)

Aug 29: Eid-e-Ghadir (Iran), National Uprising Day (Slovakia)

Aug 30: Santa Rosa De Lima (Peru), Victory Day (Turkey)

Aug 31: Language Day (Moldova)

2. Public Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 1: Emancipation Day (Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana), Festival Wednesday (British Virgin Islands,), Independence Day (Benin),Parents' Day (Congo Democratic Republic)

Aug 2: Emancipation Day (Bermuda)

Aug 3: Friday Somers’ Day (Bermuda), Martyrs' Day (Guinea-Bissau), Nigerien Independence Day (Niger)

Aug 6: Kadooment Day (Barbados), Festival Monday (British Virgin Islands),Emancipation Day (Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands), Independence Day (Jamaica),Youth Day (Kiribati), National Children's Day (Tuvalu),Farmers Day (Zambia)

You Can Also Check The Holidays In Other Months,

            January                February                      March           April               May       June   

Aug 7: Festival Tuesday (British Virgin Islands), Independence Day (Cote d'Ivoire)

Aug 8: Peasants' Day (Tanzania)

Aug 9: Indigenous Peoples Day (Suriname), National Women's Day (South Africa)

Aug 11: Independence Day (Chad)

Aug 13: Carnival (First Day)(Grenada), Lotu (Samoa), Independence Day (Central African Republic), Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)

Aug 14: Independence Day (Pakistan), Defence Forces Day (Zimbabwe)

Aug 15: Assumption of Mary (Martinique, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, St. Barts, Vanuatu, Burkina a Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic , Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion,  Senegal, Seychelles, Togo  ), National Mourning Day, Feast of the Assumption (Lebanon), Dormition of the Holy Virgin (Greece), Independence Day (Congo), Assumption Day (Rwanda)

Aug 16: Independence Day (Gabon)

Aug 17: Indonesian Independence Day (Indonesia), Independence Day (Gabon)     

Aug19: Constitution Day (Anguilla), Independence Day (National Day) (Afghanistan), Crown Princess Mette Marit's day (Norway)

Aug 20: Eid-al-Adha Holiday (Qatar)

Aug 21: Muslim Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha) (Indonesia, Oman, Qatar), Waqfat Arafat Day (Kuwait, Libya)

Aug 22: Eid-al-Adha (Guyana, Suriname, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, East Timor, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Maldives,  Kosovo, Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia,  Uganda ), Feast of the Sacrifice (Azerbaijan), Kurban Bairam (Kazakhstan, Burkina  Faso, Burundi ), Tabaski (Benin, Senegal, Sierra Leone ), Aid el-Kebir (Cote d'Ivoire), Id el Kabir (Nigeria),Eid el Hajj (Tanzania)

Aug 23: Feast of the Sacrifice (day 2) (Azerbaijan), Eid ul-Adha Day 2 (Bangladesh, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya), Id el Kabir (Nigeria)

Aug 24: Eid ul-Adha Day 3 (Bangladesh, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Djibouti, Libya), Sacrifice Feast Day 4 (Turkey), Flag Day (Liberia)

Aug 25: Eid ul-Adha Day 4 (Bangladesh, Pakistan), Day of Songun (North Korea)

Aug 26: National Day of Repentance (Papua New Guinea), Raksha Bandhan (Malaysia), Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka), Heroes' Day (Namibia)

Aug 27: National Heroes Day holiday (Philippines), Late Summer Bank Holiday (Gibraltar), Summer Bank Holiday (Isle of Man, Jersey)

Aug 28: Day of the Assumption of Mary (Georgia)

Aug 30: Popular Consultation Day (East Timor), Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)

Aug 31: Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago, Kyrgyzstan), Umhlanga Reed Dance (Swaziland)

3. Common Local / State Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 1: The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) (Canada), Gualdalcanal Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Aug 3: Makira-Ulawa Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Aug 5: The Day of Our Lady of Africa (Spain)

Aug 6: Heritage Day in Alberta, Civic/Provincial Day, Terry Fox Day, New Brunswick Day, British Columbia Day, Natal Day(Canada), New South Wales Bank Holiday, Northern Territory Picnic Day(Australia), Summer Bank Holiday (only Alderney) (Guernsey, United Kingdom)

Aug 8: Peace Festival (Germany)

You Can Also Check The Holidays In Other Months,

           July                 September            October             November             December      January

Aug 12: The Day of Cantabria (Spain)

Aug 15: Assumption of Mary (Canada, Haiti, Australia, Germany), Foundation of Old Panama City (Panama), Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland (Australia), Malaita Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Aug 16: Bennington Battle Day (United States)

Aug 17: Gold Cup Parade (Canada), Statehood Day in Hawaii (United States)

Aug 20: Discovery Day (Canada)

Aug 21: Gospel Day (Kosrae) (Micronesia), Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Aug 22: Eid-al-Adha (Canada, United States, Argentina, Australia, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, South Africa)

Aug 23: Id-ul-Adha Day 2 (Philippines)

Aug 25: Raksha Bandhan (United States)

Aug 26: Raksha Bandhan (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Mauritius, South Africa)

Aug 27: Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (United States), Summer Bank Holiday (except Alderney) (Guernsey, United Kingdom)      

4. Observance Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 1: Santo Domingo Celebrations Start (Nicaragua), Colorado Day (United States), Army Day (China)

Aug 2: Our Lady of Los Angeles (Costa Rica)

Aug 3: Flag´s Day (Venezuela)       

Aug 4: Coast Guard Birthday (United States), National Guard´s Day (Venezuela), Matice Slovenska Day (Slovakia)

Aug 5: Friendship Day (India)

Aug 7: Culturama Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Purple Heart Day (United States), Flag Day (Bolivia)

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Aug 8: Father's Day (Taiwan)        

Aug 13: Victory Day (United States), Women's and Family Day (Tunisia)

Aug 10: Last Day of Santo Domingo Celebrations (Nicaragua)

Aug 12: Father's Day (Brazil), Turkmen Melon Da (Turkmenistan)

Aug 14: Falkland Day (Falkland Islands)

Aug 15: Assumption Day (Guatemala), Assumption of Mary (Mexico, United States), Flooding of the Nile (Egypt)

Aug 17: Chinese Valentine's Day (China, Taiwan), FridaySlovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day (Slovenia)

Aug 19: National Aviation Day (United States)                

Aug 21: Senior Citizens Day (United States), Arafat Day (Bahrain)

Aug 24: Friday National Parks´ Day (Costa Rica)

Aug 25: Spirit Festival (China), Youth's Day (Mongolia), Ghost Festival (Taiwan)

Aug 26: Women's Equality Day (United States)

Aug 27: Father's Day (South Sudan)

5. Restricted Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 17: Parsi New Year (India)

Aug 15: Assumption of Mary (Mayotte)               

Aug 22: Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) (Pakistan), Eid al-Adha (Mayotte Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Republic of)

Aug 25: Onam (India)

Aug 26: Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) (India)

Aug 28: Feast of the Assumption of Mary (Orthodox)( Macedonia, Republic of)

6. Gazetted Holidays In August 2018:

Aug 15: Independence Day (India)

Aug 22: Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha (India)