Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Benin 2027

Benin has 14 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 7 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Benin 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 14
Of those, on a working day: 7
Of those, on a weekend: 7
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 3 days (1 January to 3 January)
Bridge days: 3
Most nationwide holidays in: May (3)

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

All public holidays in Benin, 2027

Public holidays in Benin in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
10 January	Sundayweekend	Traditional Day	Traditional Day	Nationwide
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Easter Sunday	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Labour Day	Nationwide
6 May	Thursday	Ascension Day	Ascension Day	Nationwide
17 May	Monday	Whit Monday	Whit Monday	Nationwide
1 August	Sundayweekend	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
15 August	Sundayweekend	Assumption Day	Assumption Day	Nationwide
26 October	Tuesday	Armed Forces Day	Armed Forces Day	Nationwide
1 November	Monday	All Saints' Day	All Saints' Day	Nationwide
30 November	Tuesday	National Day	National Day	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
26 December	Sundayweekend	St. Stephen's Day	Boxing Day	Nationwide

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

Long weekends and bridge days in Benin

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 (4)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 27 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 3 days off, with Easter Monday.
Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints' Day.

Bridge days (3)

Friday 7 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May 2027 (next to Ascension Day).
Monday 25 October: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 23 October to Tuesday 26 October 2027 (next to Armed Forces Day).
Monday 29 November: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 27 November to Tuesday 30 November 2027 (next to National Day).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Benin 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/benin/2027.ics

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Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Benin's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.

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