2024 Holiday Shipping Deadlines for USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL

Updated: November 4, 2024

Are you delivering just in time for the holidays? Ensure your packages make it to their destination before December 25, 2024 by following these carrier recommended ship-by dates. Each carrier is advising shippers different dates and have different holiday hours, so please double check the sections that apply to you*.

• USPS holiday hours
• UPS holiday hours
• FedEx holiday hours
• DHL Express holiday hours
• DHL eCommerce holiday hours

And if you haven’t heard, peak season surcharges are out for all major carriers. See our blog post to learn more.^{*Actual delivery date may vary and is based on origin, destination, carrier acceptance time, and other conditions.}USPS holiday shipping deadlinesShipping with USPS this holiday season? To ensure your package arrives by December 25 see our tables below to verify your exact ship by date for your destination and mail class. USPS U.S. Domestic

^{* PMEMS is available to selected military/diplomatic Post Offices. Check with your local Post Office to determine if this service is available to an APO/FPO/DPO address.}USPS International

UPS holiday shipping deadlinesUPS recommends that all shippers follow these guidelines for December 24, 2024, delivery. UPS shippers should also note that UPS is closed on the following days, but UPS Express Critical® service is still available.

• Thanksgiving (Nov 28)
• Christmas Day (Dec 25)
• New Year’s (Jan 1)

Please note: Scheduled delivery times for UPS Air and international Air packages scheduled for delivery Nov. 29 – Dec. 31 will be extended as follows:

• UPS Next Day Air® Early and UPS Worldwide Express Plus® services will be extended by 90 minutes
• UPS Next Day Air®, UPS 2nd Day Air A.M.®, and UPS Worldwide Express® services to commercial locations with a typical 10:30 AM or 12:00 PM delivery time will be extended to 3:00 PM.
• UPS Next Day Air® and UPS Worldwide Express® services to residential locations and all other time definite Air and International Air services will be extended to end-of-day.
• A limited number of UPS 2nd Day Air® and UPS 3 Day Select® packages tendered Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, and UPS 2nd Day Air® packages tendered Dec. 18 may require an additional day in transit. The most up-to-date transit time details will be available at ups.com/ctc at the time of shipping.

UPS U.S. Domestic

UPS International

FedEx holiday shipping deadlinesFedEx advises all shippers to follow these guidelines to ensure timely delivery for December 24. Some FedEx services may have reduced hours from December 16 – December 26, with all branches being closed on December 25. However FedEx Custom Critical® is always available.FedEx U.S. Domestic Parcel, Air Freight, and LTL Freight services

*Ship by date ranges based on origin and destination. See FedEx’s website to calculate transit times for your shipment.

*Ship by date ranges based on origin and destination. See FedEx’s website to calculate transit times for your shipment.FedEx International

*Ship by date ranges based on origin and destination. See FedEx’s website to calculate transit times for your shipment.

DHL Express holiday shipping deadlinesDHL Express recommends scheduling your deliveries to arrive a day before a public holiday. Therefore, to ship in time for Christmas, the cut-off delivery date should be December 24. DHL Express is closed on December 25.DHL eCommerce holiday shipping deadlinesFor DHL eCommerce delivery prior to December 25, see the holiday ship by dates below. DHL eCommerce will halt all pickup and drop off services in the U.S. and Canada on December 25 and resume the following day for the U.S. For Canada only, pickups and drop offs will still be stopped on December 26 for Boxing Day.DHL eCommerce U.S. Domestic

^{*Continental U.S. only}DHL eCommerce InternationalFor international shipments, refer to the tables below which provide specific ship dates by product and destination country.DHL Parcel International Direct (PLT)

^{*Israel: All services to Gaza Strip and West Bank have been suspended. For all other Israel destinations, DHL Parcel International Standard and DHL Packet International shipments will be accepted and processed, however, please expect significant transit delays. DHL Parcel International Direct service is suspended.**Rest of EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden}DHL Parcel International Standard (PLY)

DHL Packet International (PKY)