May 16, 2027 falls on a Sunday
May 16, 2027 is a Sunday. It is 234 days from today, September 24, 2026. The date is day 136 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 19, and it is the 16th of a 31-day month with 15 days after it.
What day of the week is May 16?
In 2027 it is a Sunday. The weekday is not a property of the date itself, it is a property of the date in a given year, so the honest answer always names the year. A common year is 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one spare day, so a fixed date moves forward one weekday from one year to the next. A leap year inserts a second spare day, so the step is two whenever 29 February falls inside the gap. That is why May 16 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
May 16 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 136 | 20 | no |
| 2027 | Sunday | 136 | 19 | no |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 137 | 20 | yes |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 136 | 20 | no |
| 2030 | Thursday | 136 | 20 | no |
| 2031 | Friday | 136 | 20 | no |
| 2032 | Sunday | 137 | 20 | yes |
| 2033 | Monday | 136 | 20 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Saturday to Sunday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: May 16 is day 136 in a common year and day 137 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does May 16 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, May 16 lands on a Saturday 4 times and on a Sunday 4 times, so 8 of those 28 years put it at a weekend. Over a full 28-year stretch the Gregorian calendar repeats itself, and a fixed date visits each weekday four times, so the long-run answer is two weekend years in every seven.
Where May 16 sits in the calendar
May 16 is the 16th day of May, a month of 31 days in 2027, leaving 15 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 135 days into the year, and 229 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 37.3% of the way through 2027. In May 2027 the other Sundays are the 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around May 16?
No holiday or widely marked observance falls within five days of May 16 in 2027, which makes it a quiet stretch of the calendar. The nearest marked dates either side can be found on the when is it index.
What day was May 16 in a past year?
The table above looks forward. Going back, May 16 fell on a different weekday in each earlier year, and each of those has its own page.
How far away is May 16?
The next May 16 is Sunday, May 16, 2027, 234 days from today. That is 33 whole weeks and 3 days, or 33.4 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is May 16, 2027?
- A Sunday. It is day 136 of 365 and falls in ISO week 19.
- What day of the week is May 16 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Sunday.
- What number day of the year is May 16?
- Day 136 in a common year and day 137 in a leap year. See day 136 for more.
- Which week of the year is May 16 in?
- ISO week 19 in 2027. The week 19 page lists every date in it.
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