Public holidays in Haiti, 2028
Haiti observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 244 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Jour de l'an |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Jan | Sunday Weekend | Ancestry Day Jour des Aieux |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 6 Jan | Thursday | Epiphany Le Jour des Rois |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 28 Feb | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 29 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Mar | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday Mercredi Des Cendres |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 13 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jeudi saint |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 14 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vendredi saint |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Pâques |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | Labour and Agriculture Day Fête du Travail / Fête des Travailleurs |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 18 May | Thursday | Flag and Universities Day Jour du Drapeau et de l'Université |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Ascension |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 15 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fête-Dieu |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Aug | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary L'Assomption de Marie |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Oct | Tuesday | Dessalines Day Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Nov | Wednesday | All Saints Day La Toussaint |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Nov | Thursday | All Souls' Day Jour des Morts |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 18 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Battle of Vertières Day Vertières |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 5 Dec | Tuesday | Discovery Day Découverte d'Haïti |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day Noël |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 16 | 244 | 1,952 |
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.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), Ancestry Day (2 Jan), Easter Sunday (16 Apr), Battle of Vertières Day (18 Nov). 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 March at 22 days; the shortest is April at 18. That spread of 4 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 59 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2027, which held 248 working days, 2028 is 4 working days shorter. 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 2028, 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 50.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 26 February 2028 to 1 March 2028, built around Carnival and Ash Wednesday. A further 8 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 2027: 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.