Community Day Info
Community Day is a special event held on a monthly basis in Pokemon Go. During a Community Day, a specific Pokemon species begins spawning in large numbers with a greatly enhanced Shiny rate, special bonuses are put in place, and evolution of the featured Pokemon during Community Day hours will allow said Pokemon to learn an exclusive move that it can't normally learn.
Historically, Community Day moves are re-run every December for a set period of time, making Community Day moves among the most accessible of all Elite Moves, and it's generally not recommended to use an Elite TM to unlock them.
Community Day History: 2018
Event Date: January 20, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Pikachu
Community Day Move: Surf*
Community Day Bonus: 2x EXP
*Surf was only available on Pikachu caught during the event, and not Raichu if evolved during Community Day. This move was Charged TMable during its initial release, but has not been since.
Event Date: February 24, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Dratini
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Dragonite
Community Day Evolution Move: Draco Meteor
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
Event Date: March 25, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Bulbasaur
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Venusaur
Community Day Evolution Move: Frenzy Plant
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
Event Date: April 15, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Mareep
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Ampharos
Community Day Evolution Move: Dragon Pulse
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: May 19, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Charmander
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Dragonite
Community Day Evolution Move: Blast Burn
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
Event Date: June 16, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Larvitar
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Tyranitar
Community Day Evolution Move: Smack Down
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
Event Date: July 8, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Squirtle
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Blastoise
Community Day Evolution Move: Hydro Cannon
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: August 11 & 12, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Eevee
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon*: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon
Community Day Evolution Move: Last Resort
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
*:At a later date, Leafeon and Glaceon were given access to Last Resort as well, despite their not being released at the time of this event
Event Date: September 22, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Chikorita
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Meganium
Community Day Evolution Move: Frenzy Plant
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
Event Date: Ocrober 21, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Beldum
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Metagross
Community Day Evolution Move: Meteor Mash
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: November 10, 2018
Featured Pokemon: Cyndaquil
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Typhlosion
Community Day Evolution Move: Blast Burn
Community Day Bonus: 2x Catch EXP
Event Date: November 30-December 2, 2018
Featured Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon
Community Day Evolution Move: All Previously Featured Moves
Community Day Bonus: 2x Catch EXP, 2x Catch Stardust, 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance
Community Day History: 2019
Event Date, Europe/America: January 12, 2019
Event Date, Asia-Pacific: January 13, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Totodile
Community Day Move: Hydro Cannon
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date, Europe/America: February 16, 2019
Event Date, Asia-Pacific: February 17, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Swinub
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Mamoswine
Community Day Evolution Move: Ancient Power
Community Day Bonus: 2x Catch Stardust, 5x Guaranteed Sinnoh Stones from Trainer Battles
Event Date: March 23, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Treecko
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Sceptile
Community Day Evolution Move: Frenzy Plant
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: May 19, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Torchic
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Blaziken
Community Day Evolution Move: Blast Burn
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
Event Date: July 21, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Mudkip
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Swampert
Community Day Evolution Move: Hydro Cannon
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
Event Date: August 3, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Ralts
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Gardevoir, Gallade
Community Day Evolution Move: Synchronoise
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: September 15, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Turtwig
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Torterra
Community Day Evolution Move: Frenzy Plant
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
Event Date: Ocrober 12, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Trapinch
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Flygon
Community Day Evolution Move: Earth Power
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
Event Date: November 16, 2019
Featured Pokemon: Chimchar
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Infernape
Community Day Evolution Move: Blast Burn
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: December 14-15, 2019
Featured Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon, plus Glaceon and Leafeon learning Last Resort
Community Day Evolution Move: All Previously Featured Moves
Community Day Bonus: 2x Catch EXP, 2x Catch Stardust, 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance
Community Day History: 2020
Event Date: January 19, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Piplup
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Empoleon
Community Day Evolution Move: Hydro Cannon
Community Day Bonus: 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Event Date: February 22, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Rhyhorn*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Rhyperior
Community Day Evolution Move: Rock Wrecker
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
*: This event was the first to feature a special vote event. Other possible Pokemon for this event included Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix featuring Ninetales and Alolan Ninetales with Weather Ball Fire and Weather Ball Ice respectively , Dratini featuring Dragonite with Superpower, and Machop with Machamp featuring Payback
Initial Event Date: March 15, 2020*
Actual Event Date: April 25, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Abra
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Alakazam
Community Day Evolution Move: Counter
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
*: Initial Community Day rescheduled due to the Coronavirus outbreak, making March 2020 the first month without a Community Day since the event's inception.
Event Date: May 24, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Seedot
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Shiftry
Community Day Evolution Move: Bullet Seed
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
Event Date: June 20, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Weedle*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Beedrill
Community Day Evolution Move: Drill Run
Community Day Bonus: TBA
*: This Community Day was decided via a special poll, with the top two Pokemon voted for gaining their own community days. The other options were Gastly, featuring Gengar with Shadow Punch, Squirtle, with Blastoise featuring Aura Sphere, and Sandshrew/Alolan Sandshrew, with Sandslash/Alolan Sandslash with Shadow Claw.
Weedle was the winner, with Gastly coming in second.
Event Date: July 19, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Gastly*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Gengar
Community Day Evolution Move: Shadow Punch
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch EXP
*: This Community Day was decided via a special poll, with the top two Pokemon voted for gaining their own community days. The other options were Weedle, featuring Beedrill with Drill Run, Squirtle, with Blastoise featuring Aura Sphere, and Sandshrew/Alolan Sandshrew, featuring Sandslash/Alolan Sandslash with Shadow Claw.
Weedle was the winner, with Gastly coming in second.
Event Date: September, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Porygon*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Porygon Z
Community Day Evolution Move: TriAttack
Community Day Bonus:
*: This Community Day was decided via a special poll, with the top two Pokemon voted for gaining their own community days. The other options were Charmander, featuring Charizard with Dragon Breath, Caterpie, with Butterfree featuring Hurricane, and Grimer/Alolan Grimer, featuring Muk/Alolan Muk with Fire Punch.
Porygon was the winner, with Charmander coming in second.
Event Date: October 17, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Charmander*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Charizard
Community Day Evolution Move: Dragon Breath
Community Day Bonus:
*: This Community Day was decided via a special poll, with the top two Pokemon voted for gaining their own community days. The other options were Porygon, featuring Porygon-Z with TriAttack, Caterpie, with Butterfree featuring Hurricane, and Grimer/Alolan Grimer, featuring Muk/Alolan Muk with Fire Punch.
Porygon was the winner, with Charmander coming in second.
Special Note
This is the first community day to feature a re-run species with an entirely new move.
Event Date:
November 15, 2020: Electabuzz
November 21, 2020: Magmar
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Electivire, Magmortar
Community Day Evolution Move:
Electabuzz: Flamethower
Magmortar: Thunderbolt
Community Day Bonus:
1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
Special Note
This is the first time that we've had two separate Community Days with two separate featured Pokemon since the system's inception
Event Date: December 12-December 13, 2020
Featured Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon from 2019-2020
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: All Previously Featured Pokemon from 2019-2020
Community Day Evolution Move: All Previously Featured Moves from 2019-2020
Community Day Bonus: 2x Catch Stardust, 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance
Community Day History: 2021
Event Date: January 19, 2020
Featured Pokemon: Machop*
Community Day Evolution Move Pokemon: Machamp
Community Day Evolution Move: Payback
Community Day Bonus: 3x Catch Stardust
*: Machamp with Payback was featured as a poll option for February 2020, but it lost to Rhyperior with Rock Wrecker.
This marks the first time that a past community day poll loser was given its own commuity day
You can find more information about Community Day on Niantic's official announcement page and the Community Day event page.
