Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Papua New Guinea 2027
Papua New Guinea has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 7 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Papua New Guinea 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 11
- Of those, on a working day
- 7
- Of those, on a weekend
- 4
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
- Bridge days
- 2
- Most nationwide holidays in
- March (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 Papua New Guinea, 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 | Holy Saturday | Holy Saturday | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Easter Sunday | Easter Sunday | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | Easter Monday | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Queen's Birthday | Queen's Birthday | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Remembrance Day | Remembrance Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Repentance Day | Repentance Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Independence Day | Independence Day | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Christmas Day | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Boxing Day | St. Stephen's Day | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Papua New Guinea
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.
- Saturday 12 June to Monday 14 June 2027: 3 days off, with Queen's Birthday.
- Friday 23 July to Sunday 25 July 2027: 3 days off, with Remembrance Day.
Bridge days (2)
- Friday 27 August: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 26 August to Sunday 29 August 2027 (next to Repentance Day).
- Friday 17 September: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 16 September to Sunday 19 September 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 Papua New Guinea applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Papua New Guinea 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/papua-new-guinea/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Papua New Guinea's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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