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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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December
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2026 Holiday List · Botswana
14 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Public holiday | 1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend. |
| Jan 2 | Friday | New Year Holiday | Public holiday | The days immediately after 1 January, where the break runs longer than one day. |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday | Public holiday | The Friday before Easter Sunday. |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Public holiday | The Saturday before Easter Sunday. |
| Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday | Public holiday | The Monday after Easter Sunday. |
| May 1 | Friday | Labour Day | Public holiday | 1 May in most countries. |
| May 14 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Public holiday | The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday. |
| Jul 1 | Wednesday | Sir Seretse Khama Day | Public holiday | |
| Jul 20 | Monday | President's Day | Public holiday | The third Monday of February in the United States. |
| Jul 21 | Tuesday | President's Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Sep 30 | Wednesday | Botswana Day | Public holiday | |
| Oct 1 | Thursday | Botswana Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Public holiday | 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend. |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Boxing Day | Public holiday | 26 December, moving to the next weekday when it falls on a weekend. |
Show 7 observances and other marked dates
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Observance | Around 20 March. |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | The second Sunday of May in most countries, but the date varies widely. |
| May 15 | Friday | National Day of Mourning for Former President Festus Mogae | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | The third Sunday of June in most countries, but the date varies widely. |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice | Observance | Around 21 June. |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Observance | Around 22 September. |
| Dec 21 | Monday | December Solstice | Observance | Around 21 December. |
About these holidays
New Year's Day
1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
The first day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the most widely observed public holiday in the world — a day off in almost every country that uses the Gregorian calendar, regardless of religion. Several countries extend the break to 2 January, and some in East Asia keep both the Gregorian and a separate lunar new year.
New Year Holiday
The days immediately after 1 January, where the break runs longer than one day.
An additional day off attached to New Year's Day. Countries that treat the turn of the year as a multi-day break — much of Eastern Europe, Japan, and parts of Asia — grant these beyond 1 January.
Good Friday
The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Commemorates the crucifixion, and is the most widely observed Christian public holiday after Christmas. Together with Easter Monday it produces a four-day weekend in much of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America. In several countries it also carries trading or entertainment restrictions beyond the day off itself.
Holy Saturday
The Saturday before Easter Sunday.
The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Falling on a Saturday, it is a formal public holiday in only a handful of countries and an observance in most.
Easter Monday
The Monday after Easter Sunday.
A public holiday across most of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America, extending the Easter weekend to four days. Notably not a holiday in the United States, Portugal or Spain outside Catalonia and the Balearics.
Labour Day
1 May in most countries.
International Workers' Day, commemorating the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, and a public holiday in most of the world. The United States and Canada are the notable exceptions, holding their Labor Day in September instead.
Ascension Day
The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
Marks the ascension of Christ, forty days after Easter. Always a Thursday, which makes it a popular bridge day — in France, Germany, the Nordics and the Benelux many people take the Friday off to reach a four-day weekend.
President's Day
The third Monday of February in the United States.
Officially Washington's Birthday, though most states treat it as honouring all presidents. Moved to a fixed Monday in 1971 to create a long weekend.
Christmas Day
25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.
Boxing Day
26 December, moving to the next weekday when it falls on a weekend.
The second day of Christmas, a public holiday across the Commonwealth and much of Europe. Known as St Stephen's Day in Ireland, Italy and Central Europe, and as the Second Day of Christmas in the Nordics and the Netherlands.
Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com