💌 Valentine's Day
Use this page to check Valentine's Day dates by year, confirm the weekday for February 14, and plan cards, flowers, dining, or school events.
Valentine's Day 2026 falls on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
Valentine's Day is observed on February 14, so the date is fixed while the weekday changes each year.
Not a U.S. federal public holiday
Valentine's Day is widely observed in the United States, but it is not a federal public holiday.
U.S. context and planning
Valentine’s Day is February 14 in the United States. It is not a U.S. federal public holiday, so schools and most offices stay on a normal schedule unless a local calendar says otherwise. The date is fixed; what people actually need from a calendar page is the weekday, shipping cutoffs for gifts, and how it sits relative to Presidents’ Day later in February.
Retail and dining drive the practical planning: florists, restaurants, and same-day delivery saturate the week leading into the 14th. If you are shipping, treat the weekend before as the real deadline for ground service in many ZIP codes. If you are dining out, Saturday the 14th and the adjacent Friday/Saturday often book out first in large metros—not only the exact Tuesday or Wednesday when the 14th lands midweek.
Workplace norms vary. Some teams exchange cards; some employers discourage romantic gestures at work. If you manage a team, be clear about gift policies and after-hours events. If you work retail or delivery, expect longer shifts and peak return volume the week after.
For parents and schools, Valentine’s classroom exchanges are common in elementary grades, but rules about edible treats and inclusive card lists are district-specific. Check the school’s parent newsletter rather than assuming a national classroom tradition applies everywhere.
Cross-border note: several countries use different romantic or friendship days on other dates. This page is the U.S. February 14 observance only.
At a glance
- Fixed date: February 14; not a U.S. federal public holiday
- Peak florist, dining, and shipping week—not only the single day
- Schools usually open; classroom parties follow local rules
- Often falls in the same planning month as Presidents’ Day travel sales
Practical planning
- If you ship flowers or gifts, read the vendor’s deliver-by-Feb-14 cutoff in your time zone.
- If you book a restaurant, reserve early and confirm cancellation windows.
- If you work logistics, plan overtime and meal breaks; peak weeks are operationally heavy.
How the date works
Valentine's Day in the United States is observed on February 14.
Valentine's Day is observed on February 14, so the date is fixed while the weekday changes each year.
Questions people ask
When is Valentine's Day this year and next year?
Valentine's Day in the United States uses a clear recurring rule, not a random float. In 2026, it is Saturday, February 14, 2026. In 2027, it is Sunday, February 14, 2027. The weekday pattern is the stable part; the month and day on the wall calendar are what move when the rule is “last Monday in May” or “second Sunday in May.” If you are scheduling across fiscal years, open both year pages and compare the full date lines, not only the year digit.
Why does the date for Valentine's Day change every year?
Valentine's Day is observed on February 14, so the date is fixed while the weekday changes each year. The date itself does not move, but the weekday changes every year. That is why people still search for year-specific pages: “what day of the week is Valentine's Day?” is often the real planning question behind “when is Valentine's Day 2026?”
Is Valentine's Day a U.S. federal public holiday, and do banks, schools, and the post office close?
This observance is not a universal U.S. federal public holiday in the “everyone gets a paid Monday” sense. That matters if you are asking whether your kids have school, whether your team has stand-up, or whether a court accepts filings. Valentine's Day is widely observed in the United States, but it is not a federal public holiday. Always confirm the institution, not a generic U.S. chart.
How can I use AnyCalendar to track Valentine's Day in Google, Apple, or Outlook, or print a PDF?
Start from a year page like Valentine's Day 2026 or Valentine's Day 2027 to get the exact ISO date and a link into the right month. From there, use the main site’s subscribe, calendar, and print tools so the date is not a one-off you mis-type into a spreadsheet. If you are running a business, a subscribe feed is usually better than a manual entry because it updates with the year roll-forward instead of a stale 2023 row hiding in a template.
Where is Valentine's Day in the list of U.S. public holidays for 2026?
The country-wide U.S. public-holiday table for anycalendar.org is at /holidays/us. Observance guides like this page add narrative and multi-year context that a one-line list cannot, but the list is still a good sanity check when you want every federal-style date in one pass. If the list name does not match this guide word-for-word, remember that Nager and local names can use different labels for the same Monday.