Quick answer: Mother’s Day 2027 falls on Sunday, 9 May 2027 in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Japan, India, and most of the world – it is always the second Sunday of May. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Mothering Sunday 2027 falls on Sunday, 7 March 2027, more than two months earlier.
That gap is unusually wide in 2027 because the UK date is tied to Easter, which arrives early that year. If you have family on both sides of the Atlantic, this is a year to keep two entries in the calendar.
Mother’s Day 2027 Around the World
| Country | Date 2027 | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Sunday, 9 May | Second Sunday of May |
| Canada | Sunday, 9 May | Second Sunday of May |
| Australia and New Zealand | Sunday, 9 May | Second Sunday of May |
| Germany, Italy, Japan, India, Brazil | Sunday, 9 May | Second Sunday of May |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | Sunday, 7 March | Fourth Sunday of Lent |
| Spain and Portugal | Sunday, 2 May | First Sunday of May |
| Mexico and much of Latin America | Monday, 10 May | Fixed date, 10 May |
| France | Sunday, 30 May | Last Sunday of May |
| Norway | Sunday, 14 February | Second Sunday of February |
| Russia | Sunday, 28 November | Last Sunday of November |
| Thailand | Thursday, 12 August | Queen Sirikit’s birthday |
Why the UK Date Is So Different
The British holiday is not the American one imported. Mothering Sunday is a Christian observance dating back centuries, marking the day people returned to their “mother church” – the main church of their parish – halfway through Lent. Domestic servants were traditionally given the day off to make the journey home, which is how it became a day for visiting your actual mother.
Because it is fixed to the fourth Sunday of Lent, it moves with Easter every year. Easter 2027 falls on 28 March, so Mothering Sunday lands three weeks earlier on 7 March 2027.
The American holiday has an entirely separate origin. Anna Jarvis held the first observance in Grafton, West Virginia in May 1908 to honour her own mother, and campaigned until President Woodrow Wilson made it a national holiday in 1914. Jarvis then spent much of the rest of her life fighting the flower and greetings card industries that had colonised it – a battle she comprehensively lost.
Mother’s Day Dates: 2026 to 2030
| Year | US and most countries | UK Mothering Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday, 10 May | Sunday, 15 March |
| 2027 | Sunday, 9 May | Sunday, 7 March |
| 2028 | Sunday, 14 May | Sunday, 26 March |
| 2029 | Sunday, 13 May | Sunday, 11 March |
| 2030 | Sunday, 12 May | Sunday, 31 March |
When to Book (and Why Earlier Than You Think)
Mother’s Day is consistently one of the busiest restaurant days of the year in the US – regularly out-booking Valentine’s Day. If you are planning a meal out:
- Restaurants: book four to six weeks ahead for anywhere popular. Brunch slots go first, and the 11am to 2pm window is the hardest to get.
- Flowers: order at least a week ahead for delivery on the day itself. Same-week orders mean whatever is left, at a premium.
- Spa and salon appointments: the Saturday before books out earlier than the Sunday.
- Anything personalised or engraved: allow two to three weeks for production plus shipping.
Gift Ideas That Are Not Flowers
Flowers and brunch are the default for a reason, but the gifts that actually land tend to be the ones that either save time or create it:
- Something she has mentioned twice. The single highest hit rate of any gift category. Keep a note on your phone all year.
- A subscription that removes a chore – meal kits, a cleaning service, a laundry pickup for a month.
- A printed photo book. Digital photos accumulate; nobody looks at them. A physical book of a year gets picked up repeatedly.
- An experience with a date attached. A voucher with no date attached usually expires unused. Book the thing.
- Genuinely good skincare. If you go this route, ingredients matter more than packaging – our guides to niacinamide and tretinoin are a useful primer on what actually works.
People Also Ask
What date is Mother’s Day 2027 in the US?
Sunday, 9 May 2027. American Mother’s Day is always the second Sunday of May, so the date changes each year but the day never does.
When is Mother’s Day 2027 in the UK?
Sunday, 7 March 2027. UK Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter Sunday – which falls on 28 March in 2027.
Why is UK Mother’s Day different from US Mother’s Day?
They are two separate holidays with separate origins. The British Mothering Sunday is a Lenten church tradition going back centuries; the American Mother’s Day was founded by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and made official in 1914. Over time the two merged in the public mind, but the dates never did.
Is Mother’s Day always on a Sunday?
Almost everywhere, yes. The main exceptions are countries with fixed-date observances – Mexico and much of Latin America mark it on 10 May regardless of the weekday, which in 2027 is a Monday, and Thailand marks it on 12 August.
When is Father’s Day 2027?
Sunday, 20 June 2027 in the US and UK, which both use the third Sunday of June. Australia and New Zealand mark it on the first Sunday of September – 5 September 2027.
How far in advance should I book a Mother’s Day restaurant?
Four to six weeks for anywhere well regarded. It routinely ranks as one of the top two or three busiest restaurant days of the year, and the mid-morning brunch slots disappear first.
The Bottom Line
Put Sunday, 9 May 2027 in your calendar if you are in the US, Canada, Australia, or most of the world – and Sunday, 7 March 2027 if you are in the UK or Ireland. Book restaurants by early April for the May date and late January for the March one, and set a reminder now: the entire failure mode of this holiday is remembering it on the Friday.