Pokémon GO Community Day (Japanese: コミュニティ・デイ Community Day) is a monthly in-game event in Pokémon GO that features specific Pokémon through limited-time increased spawn rates and obtainable exclusive moves for three hours. After October 2018, Community Day events have allowed players to also obtain these exclusive moves during the two to five hours after the regular time window.

Pokémon Community Day logo
Pokémon Community Day Classic logo

During these events, different resource bonuses occur, such as increased XP gain or decreased Egg distances. Field Research tasks specific to the Community Day event are also available during the three hour period.

During the Community Day event, the featured Pokémon is much more likely to be Shiny than usual (at about a 1/25 chance[1]); additionally, the Community Day event is usually the first time the Pokémon's Shiny coloration is available.

On January 4, 2022, Niantic announced Community Day Classic (Japanese: コミュニティ・デイ(復刻)), which are returns of previous Community Days in the same month as the original events, but on a different date. Community Day Classics last for three hours.

Event time

Community Day times are normally held for three hours, which was temporarily doubled to six hours from April 2020 to March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Incenses and Lure Modules activated during the event also last for three hours.

Since the October 2018 Community Day, exclusive moves learned by an Evolution of a featured Pokémon are obtainable up to one hour after the end of the event; starting on the September 2019 Community Day, this time window was increased to two hours.

Past event times

January 2018 to February 2019

The event ran at one of three GMT times, depending on the player's location. The three different regions were as follows.

  • Asia-Pacific, from 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
  • Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. UTC (GMT +0)
  • The Americas and Greenland, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PST (GMT -8)

March 2019 to June 2019

Community Day times were changed to 3 P.M. until 6 P.M. local time.

July 2019 to August 2019

Community Day times were changed to 4 P.M. until 7 P.M. local time, due to the northern hemisphere summer.

September 2019 to November 2019

Community Day times were changed to 11 A.M. until 2 P.M. local time.

January 2020 to February 2020

Community Day times were changed to:

  • 11 A.M. until 2 P.M. local time in the northern hemisphere
  • 3 P.M. until 6 P.M. local time in the southern hemisphere

April 2020 to March 2022

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Day times were doubled, from 11 A.M. until 5 P.M. local time. Incenses and lure modules activated during the event lasted three hours. The Community Day duration was returned to three hours starting in April 2022.

April 2022

Community Day times were changed to 2 P.M. until 5 P.M. local time.

May 2022

Community Day times were changed to 11 A.M. until 2 P.M. local time.

September 2022

Community Day times were changed to 2 P.M. until 5 P.M. local time.

List of Community Day events

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Community Day

Featured Pokémon Date Exclusive move Pokémon eligible for exclusive move Resource bonus Notes
GrookeyGrookey January 18, 2026 Frenzy Plant RillaboomRillaboom
  • 3× Catch Stardust
  • 2× Catch Candy
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs
  • Chance for Grookey to have a Special Background when caught.
Vulpix Vulpix
Vulpix (Alolan Form) Alolan Vulpix
February 1, 2026 Energy Ball Ninetales Ninetales
  • 3× Catch XP
  • 2× Catch Candy
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs
  • Chance for Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix to have a Special Background when caught.
  • Fifth Community Day to feature both the original and regional forms of a Pokémon.
Chilling Water Ninetales (Alolan Form) Alolan Ninetales
TBA March 14, 2026 TBA TBA
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs
TBA April 11, 2026 TBA TBA
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs
TBA May 9, 2026 TBA TBA
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs

Community Day Classic

Featured Pokémon Date Exclusive move Pokémon eligible for exclusive move Resource bonus
Piplup Piplup January 4, 2026 Hydro Cannon Empoleon Empoleon
  • 1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs
  • Chance for Piplup to have a Special Background when caught.
TBA May 16, 2026 TBA TBA
  • 2× chance of receiving Candy XL from catching Pokémon (for Trainers level 31 and up)
  • 3-hour Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
  • 1-hour Lure Modules
  • 50% reduced Stardust cost for trades, up to five hours after the event
  • 1 extra special trade per day, up to five hours after the event
  • Up to 5 photobombs

Voting

February 2020

For the February 2020 Community Day, players were given the option to vote between four different possible Pokémon. On February 1, 2020, from 12 A.M. to 11:59 P.M. (local time), players voted for their choice by completing four different research tasks (one for each candidate); other than their name and voting mechanic, the tasks were otherwise identical, requiring the player to catch 20 Pokémon and rewarding them 200 Stardust upon completion. The winner was announced as Rhyhorn on February 3, 2020. The candidate Pokémon and their corresponding exclusive moves for their fully evolved forms were:[11]

June and July 2020

A second poll was held on May 23–24 to decide for the June and July Community Days, conducted through Twitter.[12] The winner was announced as Weedle and the runner-up as Gastly soon after the voting closed on May 24.[13]

September and October 2020

A third poll was held on August 22–23 to decide for the September and October Community Days, conducted through Twitter.[14] The winner was announced as Porygon and the runner-up as Charmander soon after the voting closed on August 23.[15]

August 2025

A fourth poll was held from June 7, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. PDT, to June 8, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. PDT to decide the featured Pokémon for the August Community Day, conducted through a poll held on the official English Pokémon GO YouTube channel. The winner was announced as Rookidee soon after the voting closed on June 8.

In other languages

Community Day

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 社群日 Séhkwàhn Yaht
Mandarin 社群日 Shèqún Rì
French Journée Communauté
German Community Day
Indonesian Hari Komunitas
Italian Community Day
Korean 커뮤니티 데이 Community Day
Portuguese Dia Comunitário
Spanish Día de la Comunidad
Thai คอมมิวนิตี้เดย์ Community Day
Turkish Topluluk Günü

Community Day Classic

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 經典社群日
Mandarin 經典社群日
French Journée Communauté Classique
German Community Day Classic
Indonesian Hari Komunitas Klasik
Italian Community Day classico
Korean 커뮤니티 데이(복각)
Portuguese Dia Comunitário Clássico
Spanish Día de la Comunidad Clásico
Thai คอมมิวนิตี้เดย์ (รีเทิร์น) Community Day (Return)
Turkish Klasik Topluluk Günü

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 This Pokémon was introduced in game in 2019 and gained access to Last Resort when evolved from Eevee during this Community Day.

References

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