- 9 February (second Sunday in February: Norway
- 2 March: Georgia
- 8 March (International Women's Day): Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Rumania, Russia, Belorussia
- 21 March (first day of spring): Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel (Israeli Arabs only), Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates
- 22 March (fourth Sunday in Lent): UK, Ireland
Mother’s Day: 2020 dates worldwide
Other countries, other customs. And so Mother's Day is not celebrated universally on the second Sunday in May,
as it is in Austria. Here are the most important dates:
- 25 March (Annunciation Day): Slovenia
- 7 April: Armenia
- 23 April (first new moon after Nepalese New Year): Nepal
- 3 May (first Sunday in May: Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Hungary
- 10 May: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
- 10 May (second Sunday in May): Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Curaçao, Denmark, Germany, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, India, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Canada, Columbia, Croatia, Cuba, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Austria, Pakistan, Papua-New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Zambia, Samoa, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Czech Republic, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Cyprus
- 15 May: Paraguay
- 26 May: Poland
- 27 May: Bolivia
- 30 May: Nicaragua
- 31 May (last Sunday in May): Algeria, Dominican Republic, French Antilles, Haiti, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius, Sweden, Senegal, Tunisia, France
- 1 June (Mother's and Children's Day): Mongolia
- 14 June (second Sunday in June): Luxembourg
- 26 June: Kenya
- 12 August (birthday of Queen Sirikit): Thailand
- 15 August (Assumption Day): Costa Rica
- 12 October (second Monday in October): Malawi
- 18 October (third Sunday in October): Argentina
- 8 December (Immaculate Conception): Panama
- 10 December (2 weeks before Christmas): Serbia
- 22 December: Indonesia
Fancy some more Mother's Day stories?
How Austria discovered Mother's Day
Who invented it? No, it wasn't the Swiss. But because we love our mommies, we couldn't help but introduce it.
Record-breaking mothers
Do you know which mother gave birth to the most children, that there are octuplets, how tiny the smallest premature baby was and more? You can find out here.
Mother's Day customs elsewhere
Our Mommy gets flowers on Mother's Day. Elsewhere her feet are tied together or she has to wait with celebrations until it rains.
Our decoration tips
No matter whether your mother loves wellness or teatime, is a gourmet or enjoys symbolic gifts: our decoration tips are great.
What are mothers?
Mother's Day on Women's Day? Or at the start of spring? Find out what other countries may have thought when setting the date for Mother's Day.
Peony tale
For all those who like the giant peony flowers with their spectacular colors, we tell a fairy tale of an emperor whose love made it possible.
Mother’s Day: 2020 dates worldwide
Mother's Day dates vary widely around the world. This is because not everyone agreed with the date proposed by the USA. Here are the dates.