Friday the 13th Dates
The next Friday the 13th is November 13, 2026 (in 8 days), followed by August 13, 2027. A month has a Friday the 13th whenever it starts on a Sunday, so every year has at least one and at most three.
Updated · By the YearlyCalendar.org team
Every Friday the 13th, 2020–2040
Years with one, two or three
- Three: 2026, 2037, 2040
- Two: 2020, 2023, 2024, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2034, 2035
- One: 2021, 2022, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2031, 2033, 2036, 2038, 2039
Over a full 400-year cycle, 171 years have one Friday the 13th, 170 have two and 59 have three.
Which months have a Friday the 13th
The 13th is a Friday exactly when the 1st is a Sunday. Because the year's weekday pattern depends only on January 1 and whether it is a leap year, the months are fixed for each type of year.
| Year starts on | Common year | Leap year |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | January, October | January, April, July |
| Monday | April, July | September, December |
| Tuesday | September, December | June |
| Wednesday | June | March, November |
| Thursday | February, March, November | February, August |
| Friday | August | May |
| Saturday | May | October |
Friday the 13th facts
| Weekday | 13ths in 400 years | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 687 | 14.31% |
| Monday | 685 | 14.27% |
| Tuesday | 685 | 14.27% |
| Wednesday | 687 | 14.31% |
| Thursday | 684 | 14.25% |
| Friday | 688 | 14.33% |
| Saturday | 684 | 14.25% |
- Over the 400-year Gregorian cycle (4,800 months), the 13th falls on a Friday 688 times — slightly more often than on any other weekday.
- The shortest gap between two Friday the 13ths is 4 weeks: February and March in a common year that starts on a Thursday (February has exactly 28 days).
- The longest gap is 14 months; the next one runs from August 13, 2027 to October 13, 2028.
- Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia; fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia.
- In Greece and in Spanish-speaking countries, Tuesday the 13th is traditionally the unlucky day; in Italy it is Friday the 17th.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?
No single origin is known. Fear of the number 13 and the idea of Friday as an unlucky day are both older; the two seem to have been combined in the 19th century, and Thomas W. Lawson's 1907 novel Friday, the Thirteenth helped spread the idea.
Which months have a Friday the 13th most often?
Over the 400-year Gregorian cycle, January, March, April, May, July and November have a Friday the 13th 58 times, the most of any month; August and October have it least often (56 times).
How many Friday the 13ths are there in a decade?
Between 16 and 19. The 2020s (2020–2029) have 16 and the 2030s have 16.