Father's Day - Dates Around The World

Dates Around The World

The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.

Gregorian calendar
Occurrence	Dates	Country
February 23		Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day)*
March 19		Andorra (Dia del Pare) Bolivia Honduras Italy (Festa del Papà) Switzerland (Canton Ticino)		Liechtenstein Portugal (Dia do Pai) Spain (Día del Padre)
Second Sunday of May	May 8, 2011 May 13, 2012 May 12, 2013	Romania (Ziua Tatălui)
May 8		South Korea (Parents' Day)
Third Sunday of May	May 15, 2011 May 20, 2012 May 19, 2013	Tonga
Ascension Day	Jun 2, 2011 May 17, 2012 May 9, 2013	Germany
First Sunday of June	June 5, 2011 June 3, 2012 June 2, 2013	Lithuania (Tėvo diena) Switzerland
June 5		Denmark (also Constitution Day)
Second Sunday of June	June 12, 2011 June 10, 2012 June 9, 2013	Austria Belgium
Third Sunday of June	June 19, 2011 June 17, 2012 June 16, 2013	Afghanistan Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Brunei Darussalam Canada Cambodia Chile People's Republic of China** Colombia Costa Rica	Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia France Ghana Greece Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Jamaica Japan Kosovo	Kuwait Laos Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines	Puerto Rico Qatar Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Kingdom United States Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
June 17		El Salvador	Guatemala
June 21 (first day of summer)		Lebanon Egypt Jordan Palestine Syria Uganda
June 23		Nicaragua	Poland
Second Sunday of July	July 10, 2011 July 8, 2012 July 14, 2013	Uruguay
Last Sunday of July	July 31, 2011 July 29, 2012 July 28, 2013	Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August	August 14, 2011 August 12, 2012 August 11, 2013	Brazil Samoa
August 8		Republic of China (Taiwan)
First Sunday of September	September 4, 2011 September 2, 2012 September 1, 2013	Australia Fiji	New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Second Sunday of September	September 11, 2011 September 9, 2012 September 8, 2013	Latvia
Third Sunday of September	September 18, 2011 September 16, 2012 September 15, 2013	Ukraine
First Sunday of October	October 2, 2011 October 7, 2012 October 6, 2013	Luxembourg
November 12		Indonesia
Second Sunday of November	November 13, 2011 November 11, 2012 November 10, 2013	Estonia (Isadepäev) Finland (Isänpäivä) Iceland	Norway Sweden
December 5		Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)
December 26		Bulgaria
Hindu calendar
Definition	Sample dates	Country/Territory
Bhadrapada Amavasya	August 29, 2011	Nepal Buwaako Mukh Herne Din or बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन (कुशे औंशी)	India
Iranian calendar
Occurrence	Sample dates	Country/Territory
4 Shahrivar	August 21, 2009	Iran
Islamic calendar
Occurrence	Sample dates	Country/Territory
13 Rajab	16 June 2011	Pakistan

*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates 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.
**In China during Republican period prior to 1949, Father's Day on August 8 was first held in Shanghai in 1945.

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