“January 2026 in Ukraine will be full of holidays, but without a long weekend. The first month of the year will combine New Year’s and Christmas dates with important public and memorial days, while most Ukrainians will work as usual due to martial law. January traditionally opens the year and ends the Christmas-New Year cycle. In 2026, he will bring Ukrainians a lot of state, international and”, — write on: ua.news
January 2026 in Ukraine will be full of holidays, but without a long weekend. The first month of the year will combine New Year’s and Christmas dates with important public and memorial days, while most Ukrainians will work as usual due to martial law.
January traditionally opens the year and ends the Christmas-New Year cycle. In 2026, it will bring many public, international and professional holidays to Ukrainians, but the number of official weekends will remain limited. In January 2026, 22 working days and 9 days off are planned. The working week will last from Monday to Friday, and weekends will remain the standard Saturdays and Sundays.
Calendar of working days and weekends
Working days:
January 1–2, 5–9, 12–16, 19–23, 26–30.
Days off:
January 3–4, 10–11, 17–18, 24–25, 31.
It is worth paying attention that January 1, 2026 falls on a Thursday. At the same time, due to the martial law in Ukraine, additional days off are not introduced. This is stipulated by the law “On the organization of labor relations under martial law”.
State and commemorative dates of January
The first month of the year includes several important state and commemorative dates that are of special importance for Ukrainian society.
Among them:
- January 1 — New Year, St. Basil’s Day
- January 22 is the Day of the Assembly of Ukraine
- January 24 is the Day of Foreign Intelligence of Ukraine
- January 27 is Holocaust Remembrance Day
- January 29 is the Day of Remembrance of Heroes of Krut
These days not only record important events in history, but also remind about the price of freedom, the unity of the country and the tragic pages of the past.
International and professional holidays
In addition to public dates, January is full of international and professional holidays:
- January 2 — Prisoner’s Day
- January 6 — Epiphany, or Epiphany
- January 11 – World Thank You Day
- January 12 — Day of the Ukrainian political prisoner, Tetyana’s day
- January 15 is the Day of the State Security Office of Ukraine
- January 17 is Children’s Inventors’ Day
- January 20 is the Day of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- January 21 is International Hug Day
- January 26 is World Customs Day
- January 28 is the International Day of Personal Data Protection
- January 30 is the World Day of Intolerance, the Day of Help for People Suffering from Leprosy
- January 31 is World Jeweler’s Day
Thus, January 2026 will combine weekdays with significant dates that will remain important even without the extra weekend.
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