What Day is Father's Day?

Not sure about what day Fathers day is or what date is Fathers Day in a specific country? This quick guide will help you find out what you want to know.

Is the question: What day is Fathers day? bothering you or do you want to know exactly 'Whens Fathers Day?' or, even more precise 'What date is Fathers Day' in which country? In this quick guide to Fathers Day Dates you will find everything you ever wanted to know plus some bits of information you didn't even know you were looking for ;-) Father's Day, just like Mother's Day, falls on different dates depending on country and, sometimes even, year, but worry not, this guide is short, straight to the point and explains you exactly 'What Day is Fathers Day?' without any superfluous fluff ;-)

Father's Day Calendar

... sorted by countries, with dates!

Country	Dates	Public Holiday?
North America
USA	Third Sunday in June: 2012 - 17th June 2013 - 16th June 2014 - 15th June 2015 - 21st June 2016 - 19th June	Yes
UK		No
Canada
Mexico 'Día del Padre'
The Antipodeas
Australia	First Sunday in September: 2012 - 2nd September 2013 - 1st September 2014 - 7th September 2015 - 6th September 2016 - 4th September	No
New Zealand		No
Asia
India	Third Sunday in June: 2012 - 17th June 2013 - 16th June 2014 - 15th June 2015 - 21st June 2016 - 19th June	No
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Europe
Germany 'Vatertag / Herrentag'	Always on Ascension Day 2012 - 17th May 2013 - 9th May 2014 - 29th May 2015 - 14th May 2016 - 5th May	Yes
Ireland 'Lá na nAthar'	Third Sunday in June: 2012 - 17th June 2013 - 16th June 2014 - 15th June 2015 - 21st June 2016 - 19th June	No
nce 'Fête des Pères'
Malta 'Jum il-Missier'
Belgium
Norway/Sweden 'Fars Dag'	Second Sunday in November: 2012 - 11th November 2013 - 10th November 2014 - 9th November 2015 - 8th November 2016 - 13th November
	Africa
South Africa	Third Sunday in June: 2012 - 17th June 2013 - 16th June 2014 - 15th June 2015 - 21st June 2016 - 19th June	No
Central America
Dominican Republic	Last Sunday in July: 2012 - 29th July 2013 - 28th July 2014 - 27th July 2015 - 26st July 2016 - 31th July

Fathers Day Wiki

... for those that want to know more ;-)

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Updated: 03/07/2012, Sam

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Sam on 03/07/2012

Thanks brl, I will add this info asap. You do have a lucky father btw, he has two Father's Days ;-)

Sam on 02/27/2012

Thanks SeanMac! Yes, things seem to vary greatly on our site of the pond ;-) Father's Day is huge in Germany, but in the UK you barely notice it, similar to what you wrote about Ireland ;-)