Palm Sunday – US

The next Palm Sunday is on Sunday, March 21, 2027 – in 187 days.

In the United States it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Palm Sunday falls on 7 days before Easter Sunday. It's calculated from Easter Sunday, which moves with the lunar calendar, so the date can shift by several weeks from one year to the next. Next time round is Sunday, March 21, 2027, 187 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Palm Sunday on a Sunday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2027 it falls in March, which also holds Daylight Saving Time starts on the 14th, St. Patrick's Day on the 17th, Good Friday on the 26th and Easter Sunday on the 28th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Palm Sunday for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Palm Sunday is marked in Norway as well. The date and the way it's observed aren't always the same from one country to the next, so use the links below to get the version that applies to you.

Palm Sunday dates 2026–2036