Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Angola 2027
Angola has 16 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 13 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Angola 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 16
- Of those, on a working day
- 13
- Of those, on a weekend
- 3
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 5 days (4 February to 8 February)
- 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 Angola, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Dia de Ano Novo | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Liberation Day | Dia da Libertação | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Liberation Day (Ponte) | Dia da Libertação (Ponte) | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Carnival | Carnaval | Nationwide | |
| Monday | International Women's Day | Dia Internacional da Mulher | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa (Ponte) | Dia da Libertação da África Austral (Ponte) | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa | Dia da Libertação da África Austral | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Sexta Feira Santa | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Peace Day | Dia da Paz | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Labour Day | Dia do Trabalhador | Nationwide | |
| Friday | National Heroes' Day | Dia do Fundador da Nação e do Herói Nacional | Nationwide | |
| Monday | All Souls' Day (Ponte) | Dia de Finados (Ponte) | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | All Souls' Day | Dia de Finados | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Independence Day | Dia da Independência | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Independence Day (Ponte) | Dia da Independência (Ponte) | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Dia de Natal | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Angola
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 Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
- Thursday 4 February to Monday 8 February 2027: 5 days off, with Liberation Day, Liberation Day (Ponte), Carnival.
- Saturday 6 March to Monday 8 March 2027: 3 days off, with International Women's Day.
- Saturday 20 March to Tuesday 23 March 2027: 4 days off, with Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa (Ponte), Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa.
- Friday 26 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 3 days off, with Good Friday.
- Friday 17 September to Sunday 19 September 2027: 3 days off, with National Heroes' Day.
- Saturday 30 October to Tuesday 2 November 2027: 4 days off, with All Souls' Day (Ponte), All Souls' Day.
- Thursday 11 November to Sunday 14 November 2027: 4 days off, with Independence Day, Independence Day (Ponte).
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 Angola applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Angola 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/angola/2027.ics
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Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Angola's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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