USPS Holidays - days the post office is closed this year and next year (2024)

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USPS Holidays in 2023

USPS Holidays in 2024

The United States Postal Service posts it’s official holidays here. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday is usually observed on Monday. If the holiday falls on Saturday, then the holiday is observed on that Saturday. The observed holidays are listed in the tables below. You can also see an official overview of federal holidays at the Office of Personnel Management here and reference USPS specific holidays in the USPS Employee and Labor Relations Manual.

Holiday Mail-by deadlines

2023 USPS Holiday Shipping and Mailing Deadlines

Within the Lower 48 (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail (including greeting cards) — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 18
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Alaska

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 18
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Hawaii

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Air/Army Post Office (APO), Fleet Post Office (FPO), Diplomatic Post Office (DPO)

• USPS Ground Advantage — Nov. 6
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 9
• Priority Mail — Dec. 9
• Priority Mail Express Military Service — Dec. 15 (PMEMS not available for APO/FPO/DPO AE ZIPs 093)

The above cutoff dates are for last year (2023). They are available for reference and will be updated in 2024 when new schedules are posted by the USPS. The recommended shipping dates above are to ensure your package gets to your intended recipient on time. To get an idea of ship by dates during holiday seasons, you can see the service alerts. Christmas and holiday shipping cut-off dates are listed by the USPS here during the holiday season. Be sure to send your packages before the recommended send-by dates.

Is there mail delivery on June 10th?

YES, there will be mail on June 10th if it doesn’t fall on a Sunday. June 10th is not a federal holiday, however, Juneteenth is. “Juneteenth” often misheard as June 10th. Juneteenth occurs on June 19th, and was made a federal holiday in 2021 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War. Its name is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth”, as it is celebrated on the anniversary of June 19, 1865. Post offices will close on Juneteenth.

Is the post office open on Good Friday?

YES - The post office will be open on Good Friday. Mail will also be delivered on that day. This year, Good Friday occurs on March 29th, 2024.

Easter can fall as early as March 22 and as late as April 25, there are no postal holidays in March or April. Good Friday is not a federal holiday (though it may be a state one) and will not affect your post office hours or mail delivery.

However UPS, and FedEx may observe that holiday. UPS’s United States Holiday Schedule can be found here, while FedEx’s can be found here.

Is mail delivered on Flag Day?

YES - Mail is delivered on Flag Day, which is June 14th. It is not a national holiday, so mail will be delivered unless June 14th falls on a Sunday, when USPS normally does not deliver.

Flag Day is one of six days each year that Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag, which is flown below the US flag. The flag honors the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.

Does mail run on Black Friday?

YES, you will get mail and packages delivered on Black Friday. USPS, UPS, and FedEx all deliver on Black Friday. Black Friday occurs in November, the day after Thanksgiving, in the United States. It is not a federal holiday, but rather a day that retailers have used to promote sales and discounted prices to kick off the Christmas shopping season.

Post office hours

Chances are good that the post office will be open if it is not Sunday or a federal holiday. However, some post offices are closed on Saturdays. To find the daily operating hours of your local post office, you can head to this link. Enter your city and state, or Zip code, then click on the “Search” button. You’ll be presented with the locations of nearby post offices, which also includes their retail hours as marked by the screenshot below