Guide on Long Weekends 2026 in the Philippines
LONG WEEKENDS 2026 PHILIPPINES – Here are the best options on the perfect time to plot for your next vacation.
There were several 2025 long weekends in the Philippines and many people have surely enjoyed those extended weekends. They provided the perfect time to travel and bond with family and friends to many people. In other cases, they were the extended rest of many individuals. As the year is ending, many people are surely excited and curious if there are also a lot of extended weekends next year.
While a lot of holidays do not fall on either a Friday or a Monday, there are still some holidays that pave the way for long weekends in 2026 in the Philippines. These can be the perfect opportunities for your much-awaited trip with your loved ones. You can check on the list below:
Long Weekend 2026 Due To Holidays
April
- April 2, 2026 — Maundy Thursday
- April 3, 2026 — Good Friday
- April 4, 2026 — Black Friday
- April 5, 2026 — Easter Sunday
May
- May 1, 2026 — Labor Day
- May 2, 2026 — Weekend
- May 3, 2026 — Weekend
June
- June 12, 2026 — Independence Day
- June 13, 2026 — Weekend
- June 14, 2026 — Weekend
August
- August 21, 2026 — Ninoy Aquino Day
- August 22, 2026 — Weekend
- August 22, 2026 — Weekend
- August 29, 2026 — Weekend
- August 30, 2026 — Weekend
- August 31, 2026 — National Heroes’ Day
November
- November 28, 2026 — Weekend
- November 29, 2026 — Weekend
- November 30, 2026 — Bonifacio Day
December
- December 24, 2026 — Christmas Day
- December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day
- December 26, 2026 — Weekend
- December 27, 2026 — Weekend
- December 31, 2026 — Rizal Day
- January 1, 2027 — New Year’s Day
- January 2, 2027 — Weekend
- January 3, 2027 — Weekend
The long weekends 2026 also include extended weekends because of leave credits that will be wisely plot in between a holiday and a weekend. You have plot your leave credits on a Friday or Monday to connect the weekend to a holiday.
Here is a guide on the other Philippine long weekends 2026:
Long Weekend 2026 Through Leave Credits
January
- December 30, 2025 — Rizal Day
- December 31, 2025 — Last Day of the Year 2025
- January 1, 2026 — New Year’s Day
- January 2, 2026 — Suggested Leave
- January 3, 2026 — Weekend
- January 4, 2026 — Weekend
February
- February 14, 2026 — Weekend
- February 15, 2026 — Weekend
- February 16, 2026 — Suggested Leave
- February 17, 2026 — Chinese New Year
April
- April 9, 2026 — Araw ng Kagitingan
- April 10, 2026 — Suggested Leave
- April 11, 2026 — Weekend
- April 12, 2026 — Weekend
December
- December 5, 2026 — Weekend
- December 6, 2026 — Weekend
- December 7, 2026 — Suggested Leave
- December 8, 2026 — Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Do you want to see the full list of the 2026 Philippine holidays as well?