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Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, 2028

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha observes 8 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 253 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
8Public holidays
253Working days
106Weekend days
1Fall on a weekend
2,024Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2028

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, 2028. Dates marked as falling on a weekend do not create an extra day away from work.
Date Day Holiday Scope
Mon, 3 Jan Monday New Year's Day Nationwide
Fri, 14 Apr Friday Good Friday Nationwide
Mon, 17 Apr Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Sun, 21 May Sunday Weekend Saint Helena Day Nationwide
Thu, 25 May Thursday Ascension Day SH-TA
Mon, 5 Jun Monday Whit Monday Nationwide
Mon, 14 Aug Monday Anniversary Day SH-TA
Mon, 28 Aug Monday August Bank Holiday SH-HL, SH-AC
Fri, 17 Nov Friday King's Birthday Nationwide
Mon, 25 Dec Monday Christmas Day Nationwide
Tue, 26 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 29 8 0 21 168
March 31 8 0 23 184
April 30 10 2 18 144
May 31 8 0 23 184
June 30 8 1 21 168
July 31 10 0 21 168
August 31 8 0 23 184
September 30 9 0 21 168
October 31 9 0 22 176
November 30 8 1 21 168
December 31 10 2 19 152
Year 366 106 7 253 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.

1 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore adds no time away from work: Saint Helena Day (21 May). 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 23 days; the shortest is April at 18. That spread of 5 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 2027, which held 253 working days, 2028 is identical in length.

Against the 204 countries covered here for 2028, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha's 8 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 13th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.

The holidays produce 5 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 14 April 2028 to 17 April 2028, built around Good Friday and Easter Monday. The full breakdown is here.

7 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, King's Birthday, Christmas 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.

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