Public holidays in Bermuda, 2026
Bermuda observes 10 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| Fri, 22 May | Friday | Bermuda Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 15 Jun | Monday | National Heroes Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 30 Jul | Thursday | Emancipation Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 31 Jul | Friday | Mary Prince Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 7 Sep | Monday | Labour Day | Nationwide |
| Wed, 11 Nov | Wednesday | Remembrance Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 28 Dec | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Bermuda. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
The longest working month is March at 22 days; the shortest is November at 20. That spread of 2 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q2, carrying 62 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2025, which held 251 working days, 2026 is identical in length.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Bermuda's 10 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 25th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 30 July 2026 to 2 August 2026, built around Emancipation Day and Mary Prince Day. A further 1 working day is stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
7 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Good Friday, Bermuda Day, National Heroes Day, Emancipation Day, Mary Prince Day, Labour Day and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.