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Father’s Days
How do you celebrate your father or, honor his memory? “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom,” – Umberto Eco, Italian novelist. On this page, you’ll find Father’s Day dates. The officially recognized date of Father’s Day varies from country to country. 
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Help us National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2025-2026 year
November 2025
Sunday 9 November - Father's Day in Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (Celebrated on the second Sunday in November); Grandparents Day in South Sudan (Second Sunday in November)
Thursday 20 November - National Parent Involvement Day in USA (third Thursday of November. The day provides a yearly opportunity for schools and families to honor and highlight the powerful contributions parents and caregivers provide at school and home to support student success)
Saturday 22 November - International Son Day (community initiative); Good Husband and Wife Day in Japan
Sunday 23 November - Grandparents Day in Singapore (Fourth Sunday in November)
December 2025
Friday 5 December - The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday or Father's Day in Thailand (Wan phor)
Tuesday 23 December - Father's Day in some Islamic countries (Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania is celebrated on the 13th day of the month of Rajab)
January 2026
Thursday 1 January - Global Family Day (is grew out of the UN Millennium Day celebration, which included the distribution of the 1996 children's book One Day at a Time)
February 2026
Monday 9 February - National African American Parent Involvement Day (second monday of february - NAAPID is a day for all parents to come to their child's school, see what their day is like and to support their child's educational future)
March 2026
Thursday 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day or Father's Day (in Andorra, Angola, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Honduras, and Bolivia); Father's Day in Croatia (celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day)
May 2026
Friday 1 May - Father's Day in Israel (יום האב)
Sunday 10 May - Father's Day in Romania (Celebrated on the second Sunday of May)
Thursday 14 May - Father's Day in Germany (Vatertag is always celebrated on Ascension Day)
Sunday 17 May - Father's Day in Tonga (Third Sunday in May)
Friday 29 May - Day of Honoring Elders in Venezuela (as “Parents' Day” or “Grandparents Day”); National Elderly Day in Indonesia
June 2026
Thursday 4 June - Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Day in Netherlands (Opa en Oma Dag has been celebrated since 2004)
Sunday 7 June - Father's Day in Lithuania (celebrated on the first Sunday in June)
Sunday 14 June - Father's Day in Austria and Belgium (celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday)
Tuesday 16 June - Father's Day in Seychelles; Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Canada (held annually on the Tuesday before Father's Day)
Wednesday 17 June - Father's Day in El Salvador and Guatemala (Dia del padre - unique celebration traditions in the country); Father's Day in Botswana
Friday 19 June - Honor Elders Day in Uruguay (Día del Abuelo similar to Grandparents Day)
Sunday 21 June - Father's Day in Egypt (also Lebanon, Jordan, Kosovo, Syria, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates); Father's Day (Ñelebrated on the third Sunday of June øò Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom); Father's Day in the Philippines (is officially celebrated every third Sunday of June); Father’s Day
Sunday 28 June - Father's Day in Haiti (Fête des peres is celebrated on the last Sunday of June); Grandchildren's Day in New Jersey, USA (celebrated from 2014 on the last Sunday of June)
July 2026
Sunday 12 July - Father's Day in Uruguay (Second Sunday in July); Everybody Deserves a Massage Week in USA
Sunday 26 July - Father's Day in the Dominican Republic (celebrated on last Sunday in July); National Grandparents Day in Argentina; Grandparents Day in Brazil (Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Honduras (Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Grandparents Day in Portugal (Portuguese: Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Spain (or Día de los abuelos y las abuelas. Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Parents’ Day
August 2026
Sunday 9 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)
Monday 10 August - Father’s Day in Tokelau (is celebrated on the Monday immediately following the second Sunday of every August)
Sunday 16 August - Grandfather's Day in Argentina (Día del Abuelo is celebrated on the third Sunday of August)
Friday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in Mexico (Día del Abuelos)
Saturday 29 August - Family Day in Hamburg (Celebrated on the last Saturday in August)
Sunday 30 August - Grandparents Day in Columbia (Last Sunday in August); Grandparents Day in Taiwan (祖父母節, Zǔfùmǔ Jié - celebrated since 2010 on the last Sunday of August)
Monday 31 August - Father's Day in South Sudan (celebrated on the last Monday in August)
September 2026
Sunday 6 September - Father's Day in Australia (also Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea is celebrated on the first Sunday of September)
Friday 11 September - Father's Day or Gokarna Aunsi in Nepal (Date for 2026)
Sunday 13 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (Vanavanemate Päev is celebrated on the second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in Canada (Second Sunday of September); Grandparents Day in Phillipines (Second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in United States (1978); National Grandparents’ Day
Sunday 20 September - Father's Day in Ukraine and Latvia (celebrated on the third Sunday in September); Pensioner's Day in Argentina
October 2026
Thursday 1 October - Grandparents Day in Costa Rica (Between October 1 and 10)
Friday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in Italy (La Festa dei Nonni)
Sunday 4 October - Father's Day in Luxembourg (first Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in South Africa (First Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in United Kingdom (First Sunday in October)
Sunday 11 October - Grandparents Day in Hong Kong (Celebrated since 1990 on the second Sunday of October); Grandparents Day in Pakistan (Second Sunday in October); National Father–Daughter Day in the United States (on the second Sunday of October)
Sunday 18 October - Father's Day in Russia (Celebrated on the third Sunday in October)
Thursday 22 October - International Day for the Protecting Men's Nervous System From Women's Violence
Sunday 25 October - Australian Grandparents Day (Last Sunday of October); National Mother-in-Law Day in USA (celebrated on the fourth Sunday in October)
Wednesday 28 October - Grandmothers and Grandfathers Day in Ukraine (Grandparents Day since 2018); Grandchildren and grandparents Day in Russia (a holiday for the whole family)
November 2026
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