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Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, 2027

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha observes 8 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 253 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
8Public holidays
253Working days
104Weekend days
0Fall on a weekend
2,024Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2027

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, 2027. Dates marked as falling on a weekend do not create an extra day away from work.
Date Day Holiday Scope
Fri, 1 Jan Friday New Year's Day Nationwide
Fri, 26 Mar Friday Good Friday Nationwide
Mon, 29 Mar Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Thu, 6 May Thursday Ascension Day SH-TA
Mon, 17 May Monday Whit Monday Nationwide
Fri, 21 May Friday Saint Helena Day Nationwide
Sat, 14 Aug Saturday Weekend Anniversary Day SH-TA
Mon, 30 Aug Monday August Bank Holiday SH-HL, SH-AC
Fri, 19 Nov Friday King's Birthday Nationwide
Mon, 27 Dec Monday Christmas Day Nationwide
Tue, 28 Dec Tuesday St. Stephen's Day
Boxing Day 		Nationwide

3 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.

Working days month by month

Calendar days less weekends and nationwide public holidays.
Month Calendar days Weekend Holidays Working days Hours
January 31 10 1 20 160
February 28 8 0 20 160
March 31 8 2 21 168
April 30 8 0 22 176
May 31 10 2 19 152
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 1 21 168
December 31 8 2 21 168
Year 365 104 8 253 2,024

Reading these figures

The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. 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 April at 22 days; the shortest is May at 19. That spread of 3 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 61 working days across January, February, March.

Compared with 2026, which held 254 working days, 2027 is 1 working day 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 2027, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha's 8 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 12th 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 26 March 2027 to 29 March 2027, built around Good Friday and Easter Monday. The full breakdown is here.

6 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2026: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, King's Birthday, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.

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