Mother's Day 2027 Is May 9 and Memorial Day Is May 31: May 2027 Holiday Calendar

Mother’s Day 2027 is Sunday, May 9, and Memorial Day 2027 is Monday, May 31, based on 36 U.S.C. 117(a) (“The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day”) and 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) (“Memorial Day, the last Monday in May”). The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lists “Monday, May 31, Memorial Day” for 2027. Below are the whole month in one table, the long weekend and the weekdays through 2031.

If you only need the Memorial Day date, the when is Memorial Day page has it. This story puts both May holidays side by side and adds the other dated events of the month. A free printable is at the end.

May 2027 holiday calendar

Date	Event	Source
Saturday, May 1	Kentucky Derby	kentuckyderby.com
Sunday, May 9	Mother’s Day	36 U.S.C. 117(a)
Sunday, May 23	Preakness Stakes	preakness.com
Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31	Memorial Day weekend	Computed from the Monday date
Monday, May 31	Memorial Day	5 U.S.C. 6103(a), OPM

The weekdays are computed from the calendar. For race details, see our story on the Kentucky Derby 2027 post time and Triple Crown dates.

What is the Memorial Day 2027 long weekend?

Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 31, so the long weekend is three days: Saturday, May 29, Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31, 2027. Mother’s Day comes 22 days earlier, on Sunday, May 9.

Several institutions close on the holiday itself:

• Federal offices: OPM lists Memorial Day on May 31, 2027.
• The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) lists Monday, May 31, 2027 as a full market closure.
• The Federal Reserve lists Memorial Day on May 31, 2027 in its K.8 holiday schedule.

For vacation planning across the whole year, see the 2027 long weekends and paid time off (PTO) planner and the 2027 federal holidays list.

Mother’s Day and Memorial Day dates, 2027 to 2031

Both dates follow a weekday rule, so the day of the month moves. These dates are computed from the two federal rules above.

Year	Mother’s Day (second Sunday)	Memorial Day (last Monday)
2027	Sunday, May 9	Monday, May 31
2028	Sunday, May 14	Monday, May 29
2029	Sunday, May 13	Monday, May 28
2030	Sunday, May 12	Monday, May 27
2031	Sunday, May 11	Monday, May 26

Is Memorial Day also a UK holiday in 2027?

GOV.UK lists the late May bank holiday as Monday, May 31, 2027, the same date as the U.S. holiday. They are separate holidays that share a date.

Print the May 2027 holiday calendar

The free printable marks the Derby, Mother’s Day, the Preakness, the Memorial Day weekend and the holiday itself on one May 2027 page. Pair it with the May printable calendars or the printable weekly calendar to plan each week.