When is Father’s Day Around the World?
While Father’s Day in the US is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June – worldwide many countries also celebrate Father’s Day throughout the year.
Here is a list of worldwide Father’s Day observances in order of calendar date.
Date | Country |
February 23 | Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day) (Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrate people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well.) |
March 19 | Andorra (Dia del Pare), Antwerp (Belgium), Bolivia, Honduras, Italy (Festa del Pap�), Liechtenstein, Portugal (Dia do Pai), Spain (D�a del Padre, Dia del Pare, D�a do Pai) |
Second Sunday of May | Romania (Ziua Barbatului) |
May 8 | South Korea (Parents’ Day) |
Third Sunday of May | Tonga |
Ascension Day | Germany |
First Sunday of June | Lithuania, Switzerland |
June 5 | Denmark (Constitution Day) |
Second Sunday of June | Austria, Belgium |
Third Sunday of June | Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
June 13 | Oman (Father’s Day) |
June 17 | El Salvador, Guatemala |
June 21 | Lebanon |
June 21 (first day of summer) | Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Uganda |
June 23 | Nicaragua, Poland |
Second Sunday of July | Uruguay |
Last Sunday of July | Dominican Republic |
Second Sunday of August | Brazil, Samoa |
August 8 | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
First Sunday of September | Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea |
Third Sunday of September | Ukraine |
August 23 | Nepal |
First Sunday of October | Luxembourg |
12 November | Indonesia |
Second Sunday of November | Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, |
December 5 | Thailand |
December 26 | Bulgaria |
(Updated 06/2011 – If we are missing anything please make note in the comments below)

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