Northern Territory essentials
How NT stacks up
Northern Territory has 15 public holidays and 6 long weekends in 2026. That ties NT for the most public holidays of any state or territory (15), alongside SA & ACT. Only NT gets May Day and Picnic Day.
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Public holidays in Northern Territory
Northern Territory (NT) observes the national public holidays every state shares — New Year's Day, Australia Day, the Easter break, Anzac Day, Christmas and Boxing Day — alongside its own gazetted days. Simple Calendar keeps them all in one place, with the weekday each lands on and any substitute or regional notes.
Choose NT once and your dates follow you across the site: long weekends, school terms, a full-year calendar and the working-day tools all scope themselves to Northern Territory. Every date is checked against the official state and territory government gazettes.
Common questions
Northern Territory (NT) has 15 public holidays in 2026, including both the national holidays and its own state-specific days. Of these, 11 fall on a weekday.
The next public holiday in NT is shown at the top of this page with a live countdown, and the full list of upcoming dates is on the Northern Territory public holidays page.
In 2026, May Day and Picnic Day are public holidays observed only in NT.
Northern Territory has 6 long weekends in 2026 and 252 working days once weekends and public holidays are excluded.