Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Namibia 2027
Namibia has 13 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 9 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Namibia 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 (26 March to 29 March)
- Bridge days
- 5
- Most nationwide holidays in
- May (5)
The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.
All public holidays in Namibia, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Independence Day | Independence Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | Easter Monday | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Workers' Day | Workers' Day | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Cassinga Day | Cassinga Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Ascension Day | Nationwide | |
| Tuesday | Africa Day | Africa Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Genocide Remembrance Day | Genocide Remembrance Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Heroes' Day | Heroes' Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Human Rights Day | Human Rights Day | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Christmas Day | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Day of Goodwill | St. Stephen's Day | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Namibia
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.
- Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
- Friday 28 May to Sunday 30 May 2027: 3 days off, with Genocide Remembrance Day.
- Friday 10 December to Sunday 12 December 2027: 3 days off, with Human Rights Day.
Bridge days (5)
- Monday 3 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 1 May to Tuesday 4 May 2027 (next to Cassinga Day).
- Wednesday 5 May: one leave day gives 3 days off in a row, Tuesday 4 May to Thursday 6 May 2027 (next to Cassinga Day and Ascension Day).
- 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 24 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 22 May to Tuesday 25 May 2027 (next to Africa Day).
- Friday 27 August: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 26 August to Sunday 29 August 2027 (next to Heroes' Day).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in Namibia applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Namibia 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/namibia/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Namibia's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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