Mother's Day 2024 around the world

Mother's Day 2024 around the world

In Austria, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. This is not the case everywhere. Not everyone agreed with the date proposed by the USA.
Mother's Day: dates until April
  • 12 February (second Sunday in February): Norway
  • 2 March: Georgia
  • 8 March (International Women's Day): Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia
  • 19 March (fourth Sunday of Lent): Ireland, United Kingdom
  • 21 March (first day of spring): Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel (Israeli Arabs only), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
  • 25 March (Annunciation Day): Sloven
  • 7 April: Armenia
Mother's Day: dates in Mai
  • 5 May (first Sunday in May): Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain
  • 8 May (first new moon after the Nepalese New Year): Nepal
  • 12 May (second Sunday in May): Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua-New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • 10 May: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
  • 15 May: Paraguay
  • 26 May: Poland
  • 26 May (last Sunday in May): Algeria, Dominican Republic, France, French Antilles, Haiti, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal, Sweden, Tunisia
  • 27 May: Bolivia
  • 30 May: Nicaragua
Mother's Day: dates from June
  • 1 June (Mother's and Children's Day): Mongolia
  • 9 June (second Sunday in June): Luxembourg
  • 26 June: Kenya
  • 12 August (birthday of Queen Sirikit): Thailand
  • 15 August (Assumption Day): Costa Rica
  • 14 October (second Monday in October): Malawi
  • 20 October (third Sunday in October): Argentina
  • 8 December (Immaculate Conception): Panama
  • 10 December (2 weeks before Christmas): Serbia
  • 22 December: Indonesia
Flowers to other countries (learn more).

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