Mother's Day is celebrated all around the world. It seems to be a universal thing that cultures put a day aside each year to celebrate the act of motherhood. To pay tribute both to the miracle of birth and to the special woman who performed that miracle: your mother. However not everywhere celebrates Mother's Day on the same 'Mothering Sunday' as the UK.
There are many different Mother's Day celebrations around the world, as the complicated table below makes clear! The most common alternative date is the second Sunday in May. This is the American date, and it came about like this...
For whatever reason, possibly a wish to disassociate themselves from British traditions, the pilgrim fathers who first travelled to America didn't seem to take Mothering Sunday with them. Centuries later, in 1908, Mrs Anna Jarvis set up Mother's Day as the Americans know it today, for the second Sunday in May. In 1914 she was successful, and since then this has been the date of Mother's Day in America - and beyond.
Celebrate Mother's Day around the World, by sending flowers from our special range of flowers for delivery on Mother's Day on the following dates: -
| Date | Countries |
|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2021 | Luxembourg |
| 14 Jun 2021 | Afghanistan |
| 5 Jul 2021 | South Sudan |
| 12 Aug 2021 | Thailand (coincides with Queen's birthday) |
| 15 Aug 2021 | Antwerp, Costa Rica |
| 14 Oct 2021 | Belarus |
| 15 Oct 2021 | Malawi |
| 17 Oct 2021 | Argentina |
| 3 Nov 2021 | Timor Leste |
| 16 Nov 2021 | North Korea |
| 28 Nov 2021 | Russia |
| 8 Dec 2021 | Panama |
| 22 Dec 2021 | Indonesia - coincides with the 25th anniversary date of the 1928 Indonesian Women Congress |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Israel |
| 13 Feb 2022 | Norway |
| 3 Mar 2022 | Georgia |
| 8 Mar 2022 | Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Laos, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam (coincides with International Women's Day) |
| 21 Mar 2022 | Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| 27 Mar 2022 | United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man (This is the 4th Sunday of Lent) |
| 25 Mar 2022 | Slovenia |
| 1 May 2022 | Angola, Cape Verde, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Mozambique, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 8 May 2022 | South Korea (Parent's Day) |
| 8 May 2022 | Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Curaasao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, Papa New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzinia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganada, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| 10 May 2022 | Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala |
| 15 May 2022 | Paraguay |
| 19 May 2022 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 26 May 2022 | Poland (Dzień Matki) |
| 27 May 2022 | Bolivia |
| 30 May 2022 | Nicaragua |
| 29 May 2022 | Algeria, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, France, Madagascar, Haiti, Mauritius, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sweden, Tunisia |
| 1 Jun 2022 | Mongolia (Mother's & Children's Day) |