Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Botswana 2027

Botswana has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 8 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Botswana 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 11
Of those, on a working day: 8
Of those, on a weekend: 3
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 2
Most nationwide holidays in: March (2)

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

All public holidays in Botswana, 2027

Public holidays in Botswana in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	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
1 July	Thursday	Sir Seretse Khama Day	Sir Seretse Khama Day	Nationwide
19 July	Monday	Presidents' Day	Presidents' Day	Nationwide
30 September	Thursday	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
1 October	Friday	Botswana Day holiday	Botswana Day holiday	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 Botswana

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.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Saturday 17 July to Monday 19 July 2027: 3 days off, with Presidents' Day.
Thursday 30 September to Sunday 3 October 2027: 4 days off, with Independence Day, Botswana Day holiday.

Bridge days (2)

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).
Friday 2 July: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 1 July to Sunday 4 July 2027 (next to Sir Seretse Khama Day).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Botswana 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/botswana/2027.ics

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

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