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Guinea-Bissau 2026 Public Holidays

8 public holidays

  • Public holiday — A nationwide day off.
January 2 holidays
February
March 1 holidays
April 1 holidays
May 2 holidays
June
July
August
September 1 holidays
October
November
December 1 holidays

2026 Holiday List · Guinea-Bissau

8 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Thursday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Jan 20 Tuesday Heroes Day Public holiday Varies by country.
Mar 20 Friday Eid al-Fitr Public holiday 1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance.
Apr 5 Sunday Easter Sunday Public holiday The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so the date moves between 22 March and 25 April.
May 1 Friday Labour Day Public holiday 1 May in most countries.
May 27 Wednesday Eid al-Adha Public holiday 10 Dhu al-Hijjah, about seventy days after Eid al-Fitr, confirmed by moon sighting.
Sep 24 Thursday Independence Day (National Day) 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.
Show 6 observances and other marked dates
Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Feb 18 Wednesday Ramadan Start Observance 1 Ramadan on the Hijri calendar. The Gregorian date shifts about eleven days earlier each year and is confirmed by moon sighting shortly before.
Mar 8 Sunday International Women's Day Observance 8 March.
Mar 20 Friday March Equinox Observance Around 20 March.
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

1 January.

The start of the Gregorian calendar year. Some sources list this alongside a separate New Year's Day entry when a country grants more than one day off around the turn of the year.

Heroes Day

Varies by country.

Honours the figures a country regards as founders or liberators. Common across the Caribbean, southern Africa and the Philippines.

Eid al-Fitr

1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance.

The festival that ends Ramadan, and the largest holiday of the year across the Muslim world. Most countries grant two to three consecutive days; Indonesia and Malaysia extend it further with collective leave. Because the date is set by moon sighting, calendars published far in advance are provisional.

Easter Sunday

The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so the date moves between 22 March and 25 April.

The central feast of the Christian year, commemorating the resurrection. Because it always falls on a Sunday, the day off it generates is usually Good Friday or Easter Monday rather than the day itself. Its movable date sets the timing of Carnival, Ascension and Pentecost.

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.

Eid al-Adha

10 Dhu al-Hijjah, about seventy days after Eid al-Fitr, confirmed by moon sighting.

The Feast of Sacrifice, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. Alongside Eid al-Fitr it is one of the two principal Islamic holidays, and is observed with several days off in most Muslim-majority countries.

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.

Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com