Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in the Dominican Republic 2027
The Dominican Republic has 13 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 9 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Dominican Republic 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 13
- Of those, on a working day
- 9
- Of those, on a weekend
- 4
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 4 days (27 May to 30 May)
- Bridge days
- 2
- Most nationwide holidays in
- January (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 the Dominican Republic, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Día de Año Nuevo | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Day of Kings | Día de Reyes | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Our Lady of Altagracia | Día de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Duarte's Birthday | Día del Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Independence Day | Día de la Independencia de la República Dominicana | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Labour Day | Día del Trabajador | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Mother's Day | Día de las Madres | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Restoration Day | Día de la Restauración Dominicana | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Our Lady of Mercy | Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Constitution Day | Día de la Constitución | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Navidad | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in the Dominican Republic
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.
- Friday 26 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 3 days off, with Good Friday.
- Thursday 27 May to Sunday 30 May 2027: 4 days off, with Corpus Christi, Mother's Day.
- Saturday 14 August to Monday 16 August 2027: 3 days off, with Restoration Day.
- Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September 2027: 3 days off, with Our Lady of Mercy.
Bridge days (2)
- Friday 22 January: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 21 January to Sunday 24 January 2027 (next to Our Lady of Altagracia).
- Monday 25 January: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 23 January to Tuesday 26 January 2027 (next to Duarte's Birthday).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in the Dominican Republic applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add the Dominican Republic 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/dominican-republic/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with the Dominican Republic's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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