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Public holidays in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2027

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 253 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
12Public holidays
253Working days
104Weekend days
4Fall on a weekend
2,024Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2027

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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
Mon, 8 Feb Monday Carnival Monday Nationwide
Tue, 9 Feb Tuesday Carnival Tuesday Nationwide
Sun, 14 Mar Sunday Weekend National Heroes Day Nationwide
Fri, 26 Mar Friday Good Friday Nationwide
Mon, 29 Mar Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Sat, 1 May Saturday Weekend Labour Day Nationwide
Mon, 17 May Monday Whit Monday Nationwide
Thu, 5 Aug Thursday Emancipation Day Nationwide
Wed, 27 Oct Wednesday Independence Day Nationwide
Sat, 25 Dec Saturday Weekend Christmas Day Nationwide
Sun, 26 Dec Sunday Weekend St. Stephen's Day
Boxing Day 		Nationwide

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 2 18 144
March 31 8 2 21 168
April 30 8 0 22 176
May 31 10 1 20 160
June 30 8 0 22 176
July 31 9 0 22 176
August 31 9 1 21 168
September 30 8 0 22 176
October 31 10 1 20 160
November 30 8 0 22 176
December 31 8 0 23 184
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 Vincent and the Grenadines. 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: National Heroes Day (14 Mar), Labour Day (1 May), Christmas Day (25 Dec), St. Stephen's Day (26 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 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 Q1, carrying 59 working days across January, February, March.

Compared with 2026, which held 251 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, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's 12 nationwide holidays put it exactly at the median of 12, around the 53rd 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 4 days, from 6 February 2027 to 9 February 2027, built around Carnival Monday and Carnival Tuesday. 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.

5 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2026: Carnival Monday, Carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday. 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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