Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Kiribati 2027

Kiribati has 16 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 10 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Kiribati 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 16
Of those, on a working day: 10
Of those, on a weekend: 6
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 1
Most nationwide holidays in: July (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 Kiribati, 2027

Public holidays in Kiribati in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
8 March	Monday	International Women's Day	International Women's Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
7 April	Wednesday	Health Day	Health Day	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Labour Day	Nationwide
20 June	Sundayweekend	Police Day	Police Day	Nationwide
10 July	Saturdayweekend	Gospel Day	Gospel Day	Nationwide
11 July	Sundayweekend	National Culture and Senior Citizens Day	National Culture and Senior Citizens Day	Nationwide
12 July	Monday	National Day	National Day	Nationwide
13 July	Tuesday	Special Day	Special Day	Nationwide
6 August	Friday	National Youth Day	National Youth Dayy	Nationwide
5 October	Tuesday	World Teachers' Day	World Teachers' Day	Nationwide
10 December	Friday	Human Rights and Peace Day	Human Rights and Peace Day	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
26 December	Sundayweekend	St. Stephen's Day	Boxing Day	Nationwide

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

Long weekends and bridge days in Kiribati

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 Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Saturday 10 July to Tuesday 13 July 2027: 4 days off, with National Day, Special Day.
Friday 6 August to Sunday 8 August 2027: 3 days off, with National Youth Day.
Friday 10 December to Sunday 12 December 2027: 3 days off, with Human Rights and Peace Day.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 4 October: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 2 October to Tuesday 5 October 2027 (next to World Teachers' Day).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Kiribati 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/kiribati/2027.ics

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