Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Haiti 2027
Haiti has 20 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 13 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Haiti 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 20
- Of those, on a working day
- 13
- Of those, on a weekend
- 7
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 5 days (6 February to 10 February)
- Bridge days
- 4
- Most nationwide holidays in
- May (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 Haiti, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Jour de l'an | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Ancestry Day | Jour des Aieux | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Epiphany | Le Jour des Rois | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Carnival | Carnaval | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Carnival | Carnaval | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Mercredi Des Cendres | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Jeudi saint | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Vendredi saint | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Easter Sunday | Pâques | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Labour and Agriculture Day | Fête du Travail / Fête des Travailleurs | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Ascension | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Flag and Universities Day | Jour du Drapeau et de l'Université | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | Fête-Dieu | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Assumption of Mary | L'Assomption de Marie | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Dessalines Day | Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines | Nationwide | |
| Monday | All Saints Day | La Toussaint | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | All Souls' Day | Jour des Morts | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Battle of Vertières Day | Vertières | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Discovery Day | Découverte d'Haïti | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Noël | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Haiti
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.
- Saturday 6 February to Wednesday 10 February 2027: 5 days off, with Carnival, Carnival, Ash Wednesday.
- Thursday 25 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 4 days off, with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday.
- Saturday 30 October to Tuesday 2 November 2027: 4 days off, with All Saints Day, All Souls' Day.
Bridge days (4)
- 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).
- Monday 17 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 15 May to Tuesday 18 May 2027 (next to Flag and Universities Day).
- Friday 28 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 27 May to Sunday 30 May 2027 (next to Corpus Christi).
- Friday 19 November: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 18 November to Sunday 21 November 2027 (next to Battle of Vertières Day).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in Haiti applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Haiti 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/haiti/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Haiti's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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