Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Albania 2027

Albania has 14 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 12 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Albania 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 14
Of those, on a working day: 12
Of those, on a weekend: 2
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (1 January to 4 January)
Bridge days: 0
Most nationwide holidays in: March (4)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in Albania, 2027

Public holidays in Albania in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Viti i Ri	Nationwide
4 January	Monday	New Year's Day	Viti i Ri	Nationwide
15 March	Monday	Summer Day	Dita e Verës	Nationwide
22 March	Monday	Nowruz	Dita e Sulltan Nevruzit	Nationwide
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Pashkët Katolike	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	E hëna e Pashkëve Katolike	Nationwide
2 May	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Pashkët Ortodokse	Nationwide
3 May	Monday	Easter Monday	E hëna e Pashkëve Ortodokse	Nationwide
3 May	Monday	May Day	Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punonjësve	Nationwide
6 September	Monday	Mother Teresa Day	Dita e Nënë Terezës	Nationwide
29 November	Monday	Independence Day	Dita e Pavarësisë	Nationwide
29 November	Monday	Liberation Day	Dita e Çlirimit	Nationwide
8 December	Wednesday	Youth Day	Dita Kombëtare e Rinisë	Nationwide
27 December	Monday	Christmas Day	Krishtlindjet	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in Albania

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (8)

Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off, with New Year's Day, New Year's Day.
Saturday 13 March to Monday 15 March 2027: 3 days off, with Summer Day.
Saturday 20 March to Monday 22 March 2027: 3 days off, with Nowruz.
Saturday 27 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 3 days off, with Easter Monday.
Saturday 1 May to Monday 3 May 2027: 3 days off, with Easter Monday, May Day.
Saturday 4 September to Monday 6 September 2027: 3 days off, with Mother Teresa Day.
Saturday 27 November to Monday 29 November 2027: 3 days off, with Independence Day, Liberation Day.
Saturday 25 December to Monday 27 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Day.

Bridge days (0)

No working day in 2027 sits between two days off, so there is no bridge day by this rule.

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in Albania applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add Albania to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/albania/2027.ics

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