Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Curaçao 2027

Curaçao has 14 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 8 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Curaçao 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 14
Of those, on a working day: 8
Of those, on a weekend: 6
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 2
Most nationwide holidays in: March (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 Curaçao, 2027

Public holidays in Curaçao in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Nieuwjaarsdag	Nationwide
8 February	Monday	Carnival Monday	Carnaval Maandag	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Goede Vrijdag	Nationwide
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Pasen	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Pasenmaandag	Nationwide
27 April	Tuesday	King's Day	Koningsdag	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Labour Day	Nationwide
6 May	Thursday	Ascension Day	Hemelvaartsdag	Nationwide
16 May	Sundayweekend	Pentecost	Pinksteren	Nationwide
2 July	Friday	Curaçao National Flag and Anthem Day	Curaçao Nationale Vlag en Volkslied Dag	Nationwide
10 October	Sundayweekend	Curaçao Day	Dag van Curaçao	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Kerstmis	Nationwide
26 December	Sundayweekend	St. Stephen's Day	Tweede kerstdag	Nationwide
31 December	Friday	New Year's Eve	Oudejaarsavond	Nationwide

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

Long weekends and bridge days in Curaçao

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 (5)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 6 February to Monday 8 February 2027: 3 days off, with Carnival Monday.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Friday 2 July to Sunday 4 July 2027: 3 days off, with Curaçao National Flag and Anthem Day.
Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Eve.

Bridge days (2)

Monday 26 April: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 24 April to Tuesday 27 April 2027 (next to King's Day).
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).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Curaçao 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/curacao/2027.ics

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