Quick answer
When is Easter Sunday 2019?
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Relative to today: 2575 days ago.
Easter Sunday 2019 is Sunday, April 21, 2019. Easter Sunday is a movable feast based on the Western Easter calculation, so its date changes every year. Check local schedules for schools, events, employers, and travel plans.
Not a U.S. federal public holiday. See all U.S. public holidays for a full 2019 list.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Easter Sunday is a movable feast based on the Western Easter calculation, so its date changes every year.
Not a U.S. federal public holiday
Easter Sunday is widely observed in the United States, but it is not a U.S. federal public holiday.
What Easter Sunday means in the United States
Easter is part of the U.S. calendar vocabulary people search for by year because the practical question is not only the name of the day, but the exact weekday and date. Use the date line above as the answer first: it is the part that matters for travel, school schedules, family plans, payroll cutoffs, event promotion, and calendar subscriptions.
For U.S. planning, always separate three ideas: the calendar date, the federal holiday status, and the local closure pattern. A date can be culturally important without being a federal public holiday, and a federal holiday can still have exceptions for private employers, hospitals, retail, transportation, and emergency services. That is why this page links the exact date to month and year calendar views instead of treating the name alone as enough.
If you are using this page for work, compare the date against your employer handbook, school district calendar, bank holiday list, carrier service alerts, or event venue schedule. If you are using it for family planning, add the date to a subscribed calendar rather than typing it once into a note, because year-specific pages are easiest to forget when the next year rolls around.
At a glance
- Use the first date line as the direct answer for year-specific searches.
- Check federal status separately from school, bank, employer, and local closures.
- Open the related month calendar when the surrounding week matters.
- Use the multi-year table for travel, campaigns, and recurring events.
Practical planning
- Confirm the date against any institution that can set its own closure calendar.
- For travel or shipping, check cutoff dates around the holiday week, not only the day itself.
- If the day affects a campaign or event, include both the weekday and the month-day in copy.
- Subscribe or print the matching calendar if you need the date beyond a one-time lookup.
How 2019 compares to 2018
In 2018, the date was Sunday, April 1, 2018. In 2019, the date is Sunday, April 21, 2019. The calendar “month-day” can move from year to year, but the underlying rule stays consistent. The wall-calendar gap is 385 day(s) later year over year, which is normal when a recurring holiday pattern shifts against the calendar. Use that when you compare PTO, retail promotions, or school notices that are tied to a specific day of the month, not only the holiday name.
Last year: Sunday, April 1, 2018 · This page: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Other U.S. observances in April 2019
Same month, different rules—useful when you are planning April travel or event spacing.
- Good Friday — Friday, April 19, 2019
Weekends, time off, and scheduling
Long weekends, substitute days, and school make-up days vary. Use the exact date with your employer, school, or state calendar when planning travel and time off.
When Easter Sunday falls (multi-year)
Exact calendar dates and weekdays—useful for easter sunday 2024–2026 search intent.
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Apr 16 | Sunday |
| 2018 | Apr 1 | Sunday |
| 2019 this page | Apr 21 | Sunday |
| 2020 | Apr 12 | Sunday |
| 2021 | Apr 4 | Sunday |
| 2022 | Apr 17 | Sunday |
| 2023 | Apr 9 | Sunday |
| 2024 | Mar 31 | Sunday |
| 2025 | Apr 20 | Sunday |
| 2026 | Apr 5 | Sunday |
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Questions about Easter Sunday 2019
When is Easter Sunday 2019, exactly?
Easter Sunday in 2019 is Sunday, April 21, 2019 (use your local time zone for same-day events). The date on the calendar is fixed by the U.S. rule in our guide, not a guess. If you need a single ISO-style line for travel systems, the date is 2019-04-21.
Why does Easter Sunday land on that Sunday in 2019?
Easter Sunday is a movable feast based on the Western Easter calculation, so its date changes every year. For many people, the more important part is the weekday: when the rule pins the day to a Monday, Thursday, Sunday, or an Easter-related offset, you can plan closures and family plans even before you look up the exact month-day.
How does the 2019 date compare to 2018?
In 2018, the date was Sunday, April 1, 2018. In 2019, the date is Sunday, April 21, 2019. The calendar “month-day” can move from year to year, but the underlying rule stays consistent. The wall-calendar gap is 385 day(s) later year over year, which is normal when a recurring holiday pattern shifts against the calendar. Use that when you compare PTO, retail promotions, or school notices that are tied to a specific day of the month, not only the holiday name.
Is Easter Sunday 2019 a U.S. federal public holiday, and do banks and post offices close?
This date is not a universal “everyone is off work” U.S. federal public holiday in the same way as, for example, New Year’s Day. Easter Sunday is widely observed in the United States, but it is not a U.S. federal public holiday. If you are checking “open or closed” for a specific place, use that organization’s own holiday list rather than a generic U.S. label alone.
What about Easter Sunday in 2020—and how should I use the multi-year table?
In 2020, Easter Sunday is Sunday, April 12, 2020. The table on this page is meant for multi-year search intent: you can line up several years at once to see when the same observance will fall near a trip, a budget cycle, or a school year boundary. For subscription calendars, also open the year view in AnyCalendar to catch adjacent holidays.
Where can I see this day on a full U.S. holiday list and in my own calendar?
The United States public-holiday list for 2019 (with long-weekend notes) is on anycalendar.org/holidays/us. You can also open the april 2019 month view, the full 2019 year view, and use the subscribe and print tools on AnyCalendar to move these dates into Google, Apple, Outlook, or a PDF you can print.