Calendar for 2026

Jūrmala: entry fee 3 EUR > 5 EUR New names added to the calendar New Year's Day

Workday moved to Saturday 17.01.2026

Epiphany (Three Kings' Day)

Orthodox Christmas

International Thank You Day

Old New Year

Workday moved from 02.01.2026 Teņa Day

Orthodox and Old Believers' Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)

Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the 1991 Barricades Bašķu Day

Day of International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of Latvia International Customs Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Data Protection Day

Flag Day in Skrunda

Candle Day

Agatha's Day Safer Internet Day

Meteņi (ancient Latvian festival) Olympic Winter Games 2026

27th International Ice Sculpture Festival in Latvia

International Day of Women and Girls in Science European 112 Day

World Radio Day

Valentine's Day

Meteni (Christian)

The start of Pancake Week Independence Day of the Republic of Lithuania

Chinese New Year

Ash Wednesday

World Day of Social Justice

International Mother Language Day

Forgiveness Sunday

Independence Day of the Republic of Estonia Matis's Day

International Cochlear Implant Day

World NGO Day

Winter tires from December 1 to March 1 Annual income tax return due by June 1

Day of Remembrance of the Armed Resistance of National Partisans

International Ear and Hearing Day

2026 Milan–Cortina Winter Paralympic Games

International Women's Day

Spring school holidays (March 9-13)

Pi (π) Day

St. Patrick's Day National Resistance Movement Remembrance Day Gertrude's Day

Customer Day

International Day of Happiness Spring Equinox World Sleep Day

Benedict's Day World Poetry Day International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

World Water Day

World Meteorological Day

World Tuberculosis Day

Day of Remembrance of Victims of Communist Genocide Latvian national flag must be flown with mourning ribbon Māra's Day

World Theatre Day

Earth Hour 2026 at 8:30 PM

Palm Sunday Clocks should be set forward by one hour (turn clocks forward 1 hour at 3:00 AM)

April Fools' Day Shadow Day 2026

World Autism Awareness Day International Children's Book Day

Good Friday

Easter Sunday Orthodox Palm Sunday

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Easter Monday

World Health Day

Orthodox Good Friday

International Day of Human Space Flight Orthodox Easter

World Quantum Day

World Voice Day

World Circus Day

Earth Day

St. George's Day (Jurģi) World Book and Copyright Day

Motorcycle Season Opening 2026 The Great Cleanup 2026

Latgale Congress Day

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

International Dance Day

International Jazz Day

Labour Day, Day of Convening the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Latvia Studded tires prohibited until October 1 Latvian national flag must be flown Leaf Day

World Press Freedom Day

Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia Latvian national flag must be flown

Victory over Nazism Day and Remembrance Day of World War II Victims

Europe Day

Mother's Day

Exams 2026

International Nurses Day

Ascension Day

International Day of Families Start of the swimming season 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship

Firefighters and Rescuers Day World Information Society and Telecommunications Day International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

International Museum Day

International Human Resources Day World Bee Day

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development World Meditation Day

Day of all unusual and calendar-unlisted name days International Day for Biological Diversity

Pentecost

Urban's Day

World Multiple Sclerosis Day

World No Tobacco Day Trinity Sunday. Orthodox Pentecost

International Children's Day Summer school holidays (June 1 - August 31) (Grades 1-8 and 10-11)

World Bicycle Day

World Environment Day

World Oceans Day

Day of Remembrance of Victims of Communist Genocide Latvian national flag must be flown with mourning ribbon

Vitus' Day

Occupation Day of the Republic of Latvia Latvian national flag must be flown with mourning ribbon

World Refugee Day

International Yoga Day Medical Workers' Day Summer Solstice

Heroes' Remembrance Day (Commemoration of the Battle of Cēsis) Workday moved to Saturday 27.06.2026

Līgo Day

Jāņi Day (Summer Solstice)

World Refrigeration Day

Seven Sleepers' Day Workday moved from 22.06.2026 World Deafblind Day

Peter's Day

Summer Māra's Day

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Jewish People Latvian national flag must be flown with mourning ribbon

Seven Brothers' Day

World Population Day Sea Festival

EU Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis

World Emoji Day

International Chess Day

James' Day

Anne's Day

World Hepatitis Day

International Day of Friendship

World Beer Day

World Cat Day

Lawrence's Day

Latvian Freedom Fighters' Remembrance Day

International Youth Day

International Left-Handers Day

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Great Māra's Day

World Photography Day

Day of Adoption of the Constitutional Law "On the State Status of the Republic of Latvia" Latvian national flag must be flown

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism Baltic Way

Bartholomew's Day

Knowledge Day

Autumn Māra's Day International Literacy Day World Physiotherapy Day

World Software Testing Day

Father's Day Programmers' Day

End of the swimming season International Day of Democracy

Usher Syndrome Awareness Day

European Trolleybus Day

International Day of Peace

Baltic Unity Day

International Day of Sign Languages Autumn Equinox

European Day of Languages

World Tourism Day World Day of the Deaf

Miķeļi (Michaelmas) World Heart Day International Coffee Day

Studded tires permitted until May 1 International Day of Older Persons

World Smile Day

World Animal Day

Teachers' Day World Teachers' Day

World Post Day World Egg Day

World Mental Health Day International Porridge Day

International Day of the Girl Child

World Arthritis Day

International White Cane Day State Language Day International Day of Rural Women

World Food Day

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Autumn school holidays (October 19-23)

World Osteoporosis Day World Statistics Day International Chefs Day International Air Traffic Controller Day

World Development Information Day

Karate Day Clocks should be set back by one hour (-1 hour at 4:00 AM) Mother-in-Law's Day

World Audiovisual Heritage Day

Simjūda Day International Animation Day

Halloween

Orphan Sunday

Border Guard Day

Mārtiņi (St. Martin's Day) International Accounting Day World Science Day for Peace and Development

Lāčplēsis Day Latvian national flag must be flown

World Pneumonia Day World Usability Day (WUD)

World Kindness Day

World Diabetes Day

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

International Day for Tolerance

International Students Day

Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia (November 18) Latvian national flag must be flown

International Men's Day World Philosophy Day

World COPD Day Remembrance Day of the Tragedy of November 21, 2013 World Television Day

Candle Evening, Commemoration of the Deceased

Catherine's Day

Black Friday shopping

First Advent

Andrew's Day Cyber Monday shopping

Winter tires from December 1 to March 1 World AIDS Day

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Barbara's Day International Bank Day

Police Officers' Day International Volunteer Day

Nicholas Day Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Genocide against the Latvian People by the Totalitarian Communist Regime Second Advent

International Civil Aviation Day

International Anti-Corruption Day

Human Rights Day

International Mountain Day

Lucy Day Third Advent

International Migrants Day

International Human Solidarity Day Fourth Advent

Winter Solstice

Christmas Eve

First Day of Christmas

Second Day of Christmas

New Year's Eve