Public holidays in Haiti, 2027
Haiti observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 248 days.
Every public holiday in 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day Jour de l'an |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 2 Jan | Saturday Weekend | Ancestry Day Jour des Aieux |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 6 Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany Le Jour des Rois |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Feb | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 9 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 10 Feb | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday Mercredi Des Cendres |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Mar | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jeudi saint |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday Vendredi saint |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 28 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Pâques |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 May | Saturday Weekend | Labour and Agriculture Day Fête du Travail / Fête des Travailleurs |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 6 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Ascension |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 18 May | Tuesday | Flag and Universities Day Jour du Drapeau et de l'Université |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 27 May | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fête-Dieu |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 15 Aug | Sunday Weekend | Assumption of Mary L'Assomption de Marie |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 17 Oct | Sunday Weekend | Dessalines Day Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 Nov | Monday | All Saints Day La Toussaint |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 2 Nov | Tuesday | All Souls' Day Jour des Morts |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 18 Nov | Thursday | Battle of Vertières Day Vertières |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Dec | Sunday Weekend | Discovery Day Découverte d'Haïti |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 25 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Christmas Day Noël |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 136 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Haiti. 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.
7 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Ancestry Day (2 Jan), Easter Sunday (28 Mar), Labour and Agriculture Day (1 May), Assumption of Mary (15 Aug), Dessalines Day (17 Oct), Discovery Day (5 Dec), Christmas Day (25 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is December at 23 days; the shortest is February at 17. That spread of 6 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 Q1, carrying 57 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2026, which held 246 working days, 2027 is 2 working days longer. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2027, Haiti's 20 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 96th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 6 February 2027 to 10 February 2027, built around Carnival and Ash Wednesday. A further 4 working days are 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.
8 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2026: Carnival, Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday 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.