Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Cape Verde 2027

Cape Verde has 9 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 6 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Cape Verde 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 9
Of those, on a working day: 6
Of those, on a weekend: 3
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 3 days (1 January to 3 January)
Bridge days: 1
Most nationwide holidays in: January (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 Cape Verde, 2027

Public holidays in Cape Verde in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Ano Novo	Nationwide
13 January	Wednesday	Democracy Day	Dia da Democracia	Nationwide
20 January	Wednesday	Heroes' Day	Dia da Heróis Nacional	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Dia do Trabalhador	Nationwide
1 June	Tuesday	Youth Day	Dia Mundial da Criança	Nationwide
5 July	Monday	Independence Day	Dia da Independência Nacional	Nationwide
15 August	Sundayweekend	Assumption Day	Dia da Assunção	Nationwide
1 November	Monday	All Saints' Day	Dia de Todos os Santos	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Natal	Nationwide

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

Long weekends and bridge days in Cape Verde

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 (3)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 3 July to Monday 5 July 2027: 3 days off, with Independence Day.
Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints' Day.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 31 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 29 May to Tuesday 1 June 2027 (next to Youth Day).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Cape Verde 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/cape-verde/2027.ics

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