Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Saint Lucia 2027

Saint Lucia has 12 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 8 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Saint Lucia 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 12
Of those, on a working day: 8
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: May (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 Saint Lucia, 2027

Public holidays in Saint Lucia in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
22 February	Monday	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	May Day	May Day	Nationwide
17 May	Monday	Whit Monday	Whit Monday	Nationwide
27 May	Thursday	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Nationwide
1 August	Sundayweekend	Emancipation Day	Emancipation Day	Nationwide
5 October	Tuesday	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving	Nationwide
13 December	Monday	National day	National 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 Saint Lucia

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 (5)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 20 February to Monday 22 February 2027: 3 days off, with Independence Day.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
Saturday 11 December to Monday 13 December 2027: 3 days off, with National day.

Bridge days (2)

Friday 28 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 27 May to Sunday 30 May 2027 (next to Corpus Christi).
Monday 4 October: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 2 October to Tuesday 5 October 2027 (next to Thanksgiving).

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

Regional holidays

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

Add Saint Lucia 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/saint-lucia/2027.ics

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Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Saint Lucia's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.

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