Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Malawi 2027

Malawi has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 11 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Malawi 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 11
Of those, on a working day: 11
Of those, on a weekend: 0
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
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 Malawi, 2027

Public holidays in Malawi in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
15 January	Friday	John Chilembwe Day	John Chilembwe Day	Nationwide
3 March	Wednesday	Martyrs' Day	Martyrs' Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
3 May	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day	Nationwide
14 May	Friday	President Kamuzu Banda's Birthday	President Kamuzu Banda's Birthday	Nationwide
6 July	Tuesday	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
15 October	Friday	Mother's Day	Mother's Day	Nationwide
27 December	Monday	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
27 December	Monday	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 Malawi

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 (7)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Friday 15 January to Sunday 17 January 2027: 3 days off, with John Chilembwe Day.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Saturday 1 May to Monday 3 May 2027: 3 days off, with Labour Day.
Friday 14 May to Sunday 16 May 2027: 3 days off, with President Kamuzu Banda's Birthday.
Friday 15 October to Sunday 17 October 2027: 3 days off, with Mother's Day.
Saturday 25 December to Monday 27 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 5 July: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 3 July to Tuesday 6 July 2027 (next to Independence Day).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Malawi 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/malawi/2027.ics

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