February — days, dates and countdowns
February is the year's shortest month — 28 days in 2026, since it is not a leap year. Here are the holidays in February 2026, the leap-day arithmetic, and the answer to the February 29 question.
Every day of February
- February 1
- February 2
- February 3
- February 4
- February 5
- February 6
- February 7
- February 8
- February 9
- February 10
- February 11
- February 12
- February 13
- February 14
- February 15
- February 16
- February 17
- February 18
- February 19
- February 20
- February 21
- February 22
- February 23
- February 24
- February 25
- February 26
- February 27
- February 28
- February 29
February 2026 in numbers
- Days in February 2026: 28
- Working days: 19
- Free days (weekends and holidays): 9
- Public holidays in February 2026: 1
- Working days in 2026: 250
A free day is a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday — one rule on every page of this site. Holidays shown for the United States; pick another country.
Holidays in February 2026
- 16 February — Washington's Birthday
Holidays by country
- Afghanistan
- Aland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua And Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire Sint Eustatius And Saba
- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
40 of 250 countries · see them all
How to use February
This page does two jobs. It lists the month's fixed dates with their weekdays so you can plan without opening a calendar app, and it tracks the month's one moving part: February 29, which exists only once every four years. The countdown here points at the next leap day, so "how many days until February 29" always has a current answer on this page rather than a guess.
Holidays in February 2026
For a short month, February 2026 is busy: Groundhog Day — Monday, February 2 Valentine's Day — Saturday, February 14 Presidents' Day (US) — Monday, February 16 Lunar New Year — Tuesday, February 17 Ash Wednesday — February 18
Valentine's Day on a Saturday is the restaurant industry's favourite outcome; the third-Monday placement of Presidents' Day guarantees a long weekend in the United States regardless of year.
How many days until February 29?
There is no February 29 in 2026 or 2027. The next leap day is February 29, 2028, which falls on a Tuesday — the counter above shows the exact number of days remaining until then. Leap years come every four years, with a century exception (1900 had no leap day, 2000 did), because the Earth's year is about a quarter-day longer than 365 days and the calendar has to pay that debt somewhere.
February 29 zodiac sign
A leap-day birthday lands in Pisces, which begins around February 19 and runs into March. The February 29 zodiac sign question comes up often precisely because the date is rare — but astrology treats it like any other late-February day; only the birthday-party scheduling is unusual. Leap-day babies typically celebrate on February 28 or March 1 in common years, and get the real date back every fourth year.
February is proof that a month can be a week shorter than the others and still feel like the longest one.
Questions and answers
- How many days does February have in 2026?
- Twenty-eight. February reaches 29 only in leap years, and the next of those is 2028.
- Why does February get the leap day and not some other month?
- Inheritance from the Roman calendar, where February was the final month of the year — corrections were tacked onto the end. The year's start moved; the patch stayed.
- Is Lunar New Year always in February?
- No, it moves between late January and mid-February. In 2026 it falls on February 17.