Victoria essentials
How VIC stacks up
Victoria has 13 public holidays and 5 long weekends in 2026. That's 2 days behind the leaders, SA, NT & ACT (15). Only VIC gets Melbourne Cup Day.
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Public holidays in Victoria
Victoria (VIC) 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 VIC 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 Victoria. Every date is checked against the official state and territory government gazettes.
Common questions
Victoria (VIC) has 13 public holidays in 2026, including both the national holidays and its own state-specific days. Of these, 9 fall on a weekday.
The next public holiday in VIC is shown at the top of this page with a live countdown, and the full list of upcoming dates is on the Victoria public holidays page.
In 2026, Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday observed only in VIC.
Victoria has 5 long weekends in 2026 and 252 working days once weekends and public holidays are excluded.