
Planning around American Samoa's public holidays? This page tracks American Samoa's national holiday calendar live, showing both recently observed dates and what's coming up next. American Samoa observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Flag Day). Not every holiday lands on the same date annually — fixed-date national days repeat exactly, while Easter-based, Islamic-calendar or lunar observances move each year, which the calendar reflects with each year's specific date rather than guessing a repeat. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in American Samoa directly affect banking hours, courier deliveries and retail operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for corporate travel planners arranging international trips working with partners, offices or operations in American Samoa.
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Live public holiday calendar for American Samoa, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
◀ Showing upcoming holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar's toolbar to see earlier dates this year.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in American Samoa. These fixed dates reflect official non-working days. For dynamic, movable religious observances (e.g., Eid, Easter), refer to the live calendar embed above.
⚠ These entries are sourced from American Samoa's official government portal but have not yet been individually cross-checked against a specific confirming page — treat the dates below as a helpful starting point, not a final confirmed record.
| Holiday Name | Date / Observance | Category / Type | Closure Impact | Official Source |
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| Flag Day Commemorates American Samoa becoming a U.S. territory in 1900. | April 17 | Territorial Holiday | Territorial Govt Closure | www.americansamoa.gov → |
Two calendar mechanics sit behind most public holiday lists: a fixed-date system for civic anniversaries, which repeat annually, and a second, older calendar system behind a country's religious or lunar-based observances, which don't. American Samoa's calendar can include holidays governed by the centuries-old Easter calculation, the Islamic Hijri lunar calendar that sets the date for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, or a lunisolar calendar of the kind behind Lunar New Year. As a country in Australia And Oceania, American Samoa sits in a region where both kinds of calendar are common — which is exactly why the live calendar above lists each year's actual computed date rather than assuming a repeat.
Under American Samoa's labor law, fixed-date national public holidays carry mandatory non-working status for public administration, financial institutions, and commercial enterprises — 1 such holiday is documented for American Samoa in the table above, currently sourced from American Samoa's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Flag Day on April 17. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
Worth separating, too: a true public holiday is a legally mandated non-working day — banks, schools and government offices close by law or long-standing custom. An observance is different — culturally or religiously notable, but without a mandated closure (Valentine's Day and Earth Day are common examples worldwide). This page focuses specifically on public holidays, the ones that actually affect scheduling.
American Samoa is also divided into states and provinces, and countries structured this way often layer a regional founding day, a local patron festival or a province-specific holiday on top of the national calendar — observed in one state but not nationwide. The calendar above covers American Samoa's national holidays; see the American Samoa states & provinces directory for population and government data on each one.
| 📊 Quick Facts | |
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| 👥 Population Rank | #214 of 249 |
| 📏 Area World Rank | #221 |
| 🏙️ Population Density | 234.5 / km² |