Is the post office open today?

MAYBE. Some post offices are open today.

Not all post offices are open on Saturdays.

To check the specific operating hours of your local USPS location, please visit the official locator page on the USPS site.

First Class Mail is about to get permanently slower and temporarily more expensive. Please plan your holiday shipping far in advance. U.S. Postal Service will start to "implement new service standards" October 1, 2021. First class packages will take an additonal 1 or 2 days to deliver if they are travelling outside of local areas. USPS will also be instituting holiday rates which will be more expensive. You can read about this change on the USPS Service Alerts page or learn a bit more on why this is happening from news sources. International Mail Service is also being suspended by the USPS. The list of countries affected are on the lower part of this page.

USPS Holidays in 2021

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 offical overview of federal holidays at the Office of Personel Management here.

Mail-by deadlines

Recommended shipping dates to ensure your package gets to your intended recpient on time are posted by the USPS. 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. Be sure to send your packages before the recommended send-by dates.

Below is a table of holidays for this year and next. The post office will be closed and not delivering mail on the dates listed.

Day	Date	Holiday Name
Friday	January 1, 2021	New Year's Day
Monday	January 18, 2021	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday	February 15, 2021	Washington's Birthday
Monday	May 31, 2021	Memorial Day
Monday	July 5, 2021	Independence Day
Monday	September 6, 2021	Labor Day
Monday	October 11, 2021	Columbus Day
Thursday	November 11, 2021	Veterans Day
Thursday	November 25, 2021	Thanksgiving Day
Saturday	December 25, 2021	Christmas Day

USPS Holidays in 2022

Day	Date	Holiday Name
Friday	December 31, 2021	New Year's Day
Monday	January 17, 2022	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday	February 21, 2022	Washington's Birthday
Monday	May 30, 2022	Memorial Day
Monday	July 4, 2022	Independence Day
Monday	September 5, 2022	Labor Day
Monday	October 10, 2022	Columbus Day
Friday	November 11, 2022	Veterans Day
Thursday	November 24, 2022	Thanksgiving Day
Monday	December 26, 2022	Christmas Day

Is the Post Office Open on Good Friday?

YES - The post office will be open on Good Friday.

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.

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