Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau 2027

Guinea-Bissau 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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Guinea-Bissau 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: 3 days (1 January to 3 January)
Bridge days: 1
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 Guinea-Bissau, 2027

Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
20 January	Wednesday	National Heroes' Day	National Heroes' Day	Nationwide
8 March	Monday	International Women's Day	International Women's Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Easter Sunday	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	International Workers' Day	Nationwide
24 September	Friday	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
2 November	Tuesday	All Souls' Day	All Souls' Day	Nationwide
24 December	Friday	Christmas Eve	Christmas Eve	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
31 December	Friday	New Year's Evey	New Year's Eve	Nationwide

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

Long weekends and bridge days in Guinea-Bissau

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 (6)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 6 March to Monday 8 March 2027: 3 days off, with International Women's Day.
Friday 26 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 3 days off, with Good Friday.
Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September 2027: 3 days off, with Independence Day.
Friday 24 December to Sunday 26 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Eve.
Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Evey.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 1 November: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 30 October to Tuesday 2 November 2027 (next to All Souls' Day).

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

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in Guinea-Bissau applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add Guinea-Bissau 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/guinea-bissau/2027.ics

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