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Is the post office open today?

A live check of today's date against the official USPS holiday list: whether Post Offices are open, whether mail is delivered, tomorrow, the week ahead and the next postal holiday.

Uses your device's date. Holidays are the official USPS list; opening hours are set by each Post Office, so check yours with the USPS location finder.

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Post Offices close on 11 holidays in 2026, the same 11 as federal offices, and there is no regular mail delivery on those days. One difference: Independence Day 2026 falls on a Saturday, and USPS keeps Post Offices open, with normal delivery, on Friday, July 3. Opening hours on other days are set by each Post Office.

Post office holidays 2026

HolidayDatePost Offices (USPS)
New Year's DayThursday, January 1, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday, January 19, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Presidents DayMonday, February 16, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Memorial DayMonday, May 25, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
JuneteenthFriday, June 19, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Independence DaySaturday, July 4, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Post Offices open on Friday, July 3
Labor DayMonday, September 7, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Columbus DayMonday, October 12, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Veterans DayWednesday, November 11, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Thanksgiving DayThursday, November 26, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
Christmas DayFriday, December 25, 2026Closed, no regular delivery
“* Post Offices will be open on Friday, July 3, and deliveries will occur as normal.”— USPS Newsroom, Holidays & events (2026 holidays)

The day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Good Friday are not on the USPS list, so they are regular postal days.

Post office holidays 2027 (not yet published)

USPS has not published its 2027 holidays yet. The table shows the 2027 federal holidays: every one of them was a postal holiday in 2026. Three fall on a weekend, and USPS decides how to handle those itself, so they are marked pending.

HolidayDatePost Offices
New Year's DayFriday, January 1, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday, January 18, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Presidents DayMonday, February 15, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Memorial DayMonday, May 31, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
JuneteenthSaturday, June 19, 2027Pending
Falls on a Saturday; federal offices close Friday, June 18
Independence DaySunday, July 4, 2027Pending
Falls on a Sunday; federal offices close Monday, July 5
Labor DayMonday, September 6, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Columbus DayMonday, October 11, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Veterans DayThursday, November 11, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Thanksgiving DayThursday, November 25, 2027Expected closed (federal holiday)
Christmas DaySaturday, December 25, 2027Pending
Falls on a Saturday; federal offices close Friday, December 24

Watch these dates: Juneteenth (Saturday, June 19), Independence Day (Sunday, July 4) and Christmas (Saturday, December 25). New Year's Day 2028 also falls on a Saturday, and federal offices close on Friday, Friday, December 31, 2027. We will update this page when USPS publishes its list.

Is mail delivered today?

Mail delivery follows the same holiday list as the Post Offices, plus the weekly pattern USPS has kept since 1863:

“From the start, letter carriers delivered mail six days a week, usually Monday through Saturday.” “As a rule, letter carriers have never gone out on their rounds on Sundays, although a few communities receive mail delivery on Sunday in lieu of Saturday by choice.”— USPS Historian, Delivery: Monday through Saturday since 1863

For urgent items on a Sunday or holiday, USPS lists this for Priority Mail Express:

“Sunday and holiday delivery available in many major markets for an additional fee.”— USPS, Priority Mail Express

Counting business days to a mailing deadline? The working days calculator skips weekends and the same 11 federal holidays.

Questions, answered

Post office holidays: common questions.

The box at the top of this page checks today's date against the official USPS holiday list. On a weekday that is not a postal holiday, Post Offices are open and mail is delivered; mail is also delivered on Saturdays, and opening hours depend on the location, especially on weekends.
No. Both are USPS holidays: Post Offices are closed and there is no regular mail delivery on Columbus Day (Monday, October 12, 2026) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11, 2026). The stock market is open on both days.
Neither is on the USPS holiday list, so they are regular postal days. Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26, 2026) and Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) are holidays. Check your Post Office for its hours.
Yes. Independence Day 2026 falls on a Saturday, and USPS says: “Post Offices will be open on Friday, July 3, and deliveries will occur as normal.” Federal offices, by contrast, are closed that Friday.
The box at the top of this page answers it for today: on a weekday or Saturday that is not a USPS holiday, letter carriers deliver as usual; on USPS holidays and Sundays there is no regular mail delivery.
Yes, unless the Saturday is a USPS holiday (such as July 4, 2026). USPS's historian: “From the start, letter carriers delivered mail six days a week, usually Monday through Saturday.”
Regular mail is not. USPS's historian: “As a rule, letter carriers have never gone out on their rounds on Sundays, although a few communities receive mail delivery on Sunday in lieu of Saturday by choice.” Priority Mail Express is the exception: “Sunday and holiday delivery available in many major markets for an additional fee.”
Not on USPS holidays: there is no regular mail delivery on the 11 days in the 2026 list. On days that are not USPS holidays, such as Good Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, mail is delivered as usual. Priority Mail Express offers holiday delivery in many major markets for an additional fee.
Good Friday is not a USPS holiday, so it is a regular postal day. The stock market is closed on Good Friday; banks are open.
Not yet. USPS has published its 2026 list only. The 2027 table on this page shows the federal holidays, which USPS has observed in 2026, and marks the days that fall on a weekend as pending, because USPS decides those itself. We will update the page when USPS publishes 2027.
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Where these dates come from

The 2026 holidays, the July 3 note and the delivery days are taken from the official USPS pages below and were last verified on October 26, 2026. 2027 shows the federal holiday dates until USPS publishes its own list. How we verify.

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