Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in New Caledonia 2027
New Caledonia has 13 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 9 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
New Caledonia 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
- 3 days (1 January to 3 January)
- Bridge days
- 2
- 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 New Caledonia, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Labour Day | Labour Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Ascension Day | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Victory Day | Victory Day | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Whit Monday | Whit Monday | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | French National Day | French National Day | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Assumption Day | Assumption Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | New Caledonia Day | New Caledonia Day | Nationwide | |
| Monday | All Saints' Day | All Saints' Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Armistice Day | Armistice Day | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Christmas Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | New Year's Eve | New Year's Eve | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in New Caledonia
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.
- Friday 26 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 3 days off, with Good Friday.
- Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
- Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September 2027: 3 days off, with New Caledonia Day.
- Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints' Day.
- Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Eve.
Bridge days (2)
- 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 and Victory Day).
- Friday 12 November: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 11 November to Sunday 14 November 2027 (next to Armistice Day).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in New Caledonia applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add New Caledonia 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/new-caledonia/2027.ics
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Check how many working days a trip really needs, with New Caledonia's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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