--- title: "When Is Black Friday 2026? Dates & Countdown | Coupon Rook" description: "Black Friday 2026 is Friday 27 November and Cyber Monday is 30 November. Countdown, the season’s shopping dates by country, and a calendar file." url: https://couponrook.me/black-friday-2026/ --- Dates checked on 2 November 2026 # When is Black Friday 2026? Black Friday 2026 is on **Friday 27 November**, and Cyber Monday is on **Monday 30 November**. Black Friday is always the day after the fourth Thursday of November, which is US Thanksgiving: Thursday 26 November in 2026. ## The 2026 shopping season, by country Every date below comes from the body that names the day, or from the Thanksgiving rule. Days left are counted in your browser. | Date | Event | Days left | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Wed 11 November 2026 | **Singles’ Day (11.11)** Worldwide, online. A shopping event that began in China in 2009; many shops worldwide now run 11.11 sales. | – | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles%27_Day) | | Thu 26 November 2026 | **Thanksgiving** US. US federal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. | – | [5 U.S.C. § 6103](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/6103) | | Fri 27 November 2026 | **Black Friday** US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU. The day after US Thanksgiving. Many sales start days or weeks earlier. | – | by rule | | Sat 28 November 2026 | **Small Business Saturday** US. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, started by American Express in 2010. | – | [American Express](https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/benefits/shop-small/) | | Mon 30 November 2026 | **Cyber Monday** US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU. The Monday after US Thanksgiving, aimed at online shopping. | – | by rule | | Tue 1 December 2026 | **GivingTuesday** Worldwide. A day for giving to charity, the Tuesday after US Thanksgiving. | – | [GivingTuesday.org](https://www.givingtuesday.org/) | | Mon 14 December 2026 | **Green Monday** US. An online-retail name for a busy shopping Monday in mid-December. | – | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monday) | | Sat 19 December 2026 | **Super Saturday** US, UK. The last Saturday before Christmas Eve, a big day for last-minute shopping. | – | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Saturday) | | Fri 25 December 2026 | **Christmas Day** US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU. A Friday in 2026: a federal holiday in the US and a bank holiday in the UK. | – | [OPM](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/), [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays) | | Sat 26 December 2026 | **Boxing Day** UK, Canada, Australia. A Saturday in 2026, so the UK bank holiday moves to Monday 28 December. | – | [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays) | | Mon 28 December 2026 | **Boxing Day bank holiday (substitute day)** UK; Canada Post is also closed. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Canada Post lists Boxing Day on 28 December too. | – | [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays), [Canada Post](https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support/kb/other-products-services/post-office/find-out-operating-hours-on-holidays) | | Fri 1 January 2027 | **New Year’s Day** US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU. A Friday in 2027: a bank holiday in all of the UK. | – | [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays) | | Mon 4 January 2027 | **2nd January bank holiday (substitute day)** Scotland. 2 January 2027 is a Saturday, so Scotland’s holiday moves to Monday 4 January. | – | [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays) | Free Shipping Day is not listed: its official site could not be reached on 2 November 2026, so we have no confirmed 2026 date. Retailers’ own sale dates are not listed either. ## The rule, and Black Friday to 2031 US federal law sets Thanksgiving as “the fourth Thursday in November”. Black Friday is the next day and Cyber Monday the Monday after, so Black Friday always falls between 23 and 29 November: earliest when 1 November is a Thursday, latest when it is a Friday. | Year | Thanksgiving | Black Friday | Cyber Monday | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2027 | Thu 25 Nov | **Friday 26 November 2027** | Monday 29 November 2027 | | 2028 | Thu 23 Nov | **Friday 24 November 2028** | Monday 27 November 2028 | | 2029 | Thu 22 Nov | **Friday 23 November 2029** | Monday 26 November 2029 | | 2030 | Thu 28 Nov | **Friday 29 November 2030** | Monday 2 December 2030 | | 2031 | Thu 27 Nov | **Friday 28 November 2031** | Monday 1 December 2031 | ## Using the dates without being rushed Sales now start well before Black Friday and run on after Cyber Monday, so the day itself matters less than the price. When Which? compared 175 products on offer on Black Friday 2024 at eight UK retailers, every one was the same price or cheaper at some point in the six months before or after the sale, and none was at its lowest price of the year on the day. - **Start a price log now.** Add what you want to the [price watchlist](https://couponrook.me/price-watchlist/) and note the price every few days. - **On the day, check the saving** against your log with the [real-deal checker](https://couponrook.me/), not against the “was” price. - **Mind the posting dates.** If a gift has to arrive by Christmas, the [shipping deadlines](https://couponrook.me/christmas-shipping-deadlines/) start in early December. Bargain from a shop you don’t know? Before Black Friday 2023, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre warned that criminals exploit specific times of year, after reports to Action Fraud showed £10.6 million lost to online scammers between November 2022 and January 2023. Australia’s Scamwatch advises being wary of new social media stores selling at very low prices, and checking when a website was registered. If an ad leads to a shop you have never heard of at a surprising price, look up how old its domain is with [WebTraceCheck’s DNS and domain lookup](https://webtracecheck.com/dns-lookup), and open the link in [its disposable cloud browser](https://webtracecheck.com/) rather than your own. A very new domain is not proof of a scam, but it is a reason to slow down. ## Questions **When is Black Friday 2026?** Friday 27 November 2026, the day after US Thanksgiving on Thursday 26 November. **When is Cyber Monday 2026?** Monday 30 November 2026, the Monday after Thanksgiving. **Why does Black Friday move every year?** It follows Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, so it lands on a different date each year, always between 23 and 29 November. **Is the UK Boxing Day bank holiday on 26 or 28 December 2026?** 26 December 2026 is a Saturday, so the bank holiday is the substitute day, Monday 28 December, in all of the UK. ## Sources - Thanksgiving: [5 U.S.C. § 6103(a)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/6103) and the [OPM federal holidays list](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/) (Thursday 26 November 2026; Christmas Day Friday 25 December 2026). - Small Business Saturday, 28 November: [American Express, Shop Small](https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/benefits/shop-small/). - GivingTuesday, 1 December 2026: [GivingTuesday.org](https://www.givingtuesday.org/). - UK bank holidays, including the Boxing Day substitute day on 28 December 2026 and Scotland’s 4 January 2027: [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays). - Canada Post closed on 28 December 2026 for Boxing Day: [Canada Post holiday schedule](https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support/kb/other-products-services/post-office/find-out-operating-hours-on-holidays). - Green Monday, Super Saturday and Singles’ Day: [Wikipedia, Green Monday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monday), [Super Saturday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Saturday) and [Singles’ Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles%27_Day). We use Wikipedia here because these days have no official definition (and for Singles’ Day we could not reach a primary source); Green Monday’s two usual definitions agree on 14 December in 2026. - Black Friday prices: Which?, [Are the Black Friday sales worth the hype?](https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/are-the-black-friday-sales-worth-the-hype-aUT1h6T5aLgj) (24 November 2025). - Scams: NCSC, [Black Friday bargain hunters warned of enhanced online scams](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/black-friday-bargain-hunters-warned-of-enhanced-online-scams-after-millions-lost-last-year) (9 November 2023); Scamwatch, [Buying and selling scams](https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/buying-and-selling-scams). All dates checked on 2 November 2026.