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Senegal 2026 Public Holidays

16 public holidays

  • Public holiday — A nationwide day off.
January 2 holidays
February
March 1 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 4 holidays
June 1 holidays
July
August 3 holidays
September
October
November 2 holidays
December 1 holidays

2026 Holiday List · Senegal

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

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Thursday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Jan 19 Monday African Cup of Nations Win Holiday Public holiday
Mar 20 Friday Korité Public holiday
Apr 4 Saturday Independence Day Public holiday The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.
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.
May 25 Monday Whit Monday Public holiday The Monday 50 days after Easter Sunday.
May 28 Thursday Tabaski Public holiday
Jun 25 Thursday Tamkharit Public holiday
Aug 3 Monday Grand Magal de Touba Public holiday
Aug 15 Saturday Assumption of Mary Public holiday 15 August.
Aug 26 Wednesday Maoulouddate to be confirmed Public holiday
Nov 1 Sunday All Saints' Day Public holiday 1 November.
Nov 2 Monday All Saints' Daysubstitute day Public holiday 1 November.
Dec 25 Friday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
Show 7 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 20 Friday March Equinox Observance Around 20 March.
May 31 Sunday Mother's Day Observance The second Sunday of May in most countries, but the date varies widely.
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

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.

Independence Day

The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.

The national day of a country that gained independence from another state, and typically its most important secular holiday. Over a hundred countries observe one, on dates ranging across the whole calendar.

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.

Whit Monday

The Monday 50 days after Easter Sunday.

The day after Pentecost, and a public holiday in much of continental Europe and francophone Africa. France treats it as a solidarity day on which the holiday status depends on the employer.

Assumption of Mary

15 August.

A Catholic and Orthodox feast marking the assumption of the Virgin Mary. A public holiday across southern and Central Europe, Latin America and francophone Africa, and the peak of the summer holiday season in France and Italy.

All Saints' Day

1 November.

Honours all saints, and in much of Catholic Europe and Latin America is the day families visit and tend graves. A public holiday in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and many francophone African 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