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Public holidays in United States Virgin Islands, 2028

United States Virgin Islands observes 17 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 243 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
17Public holidays
243Working days
106Weekend days
0Fall on a weekend
1,944Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2028

United States Virgin Islands, 2028. Dates marked as falling on a weekend do not create an extra day away from work.
Date Day Holiday Scope
Thu, 6 Jan Thursday Epiphany
Three Kings Day 		Nationwide
Mon, 17 Jan Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Nationwide
Mon, 21 Feb Monday Presidents Day
President's Day 		Nationwide
Fri, 31 Mar Friday Transfer Day Nationwide
Thu, 13 Apr Thursday Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday 		Nationwide
Fri, 14 Apr Friday Good Friday Nationwide
Mon, 17 Apr Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Mon, 29 May Monday Memorial Day Nationwide
Mon, 19 Jun Monday Juneteenth National Independence Day Nationwide
Mon, 3 Jul Monday Emancipation Day Nationwide
Tue, 4 Jul Tuesday Independence Day Nationwide
Mon, 4 Sep Monday Labour Day
Labor Day 		Nationwide
Mon, 9 Oct Monday Columbus Day
Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day & Columbus Day 		Nationwide
Fri, 10 Nov Friday Veterans Day Nationwide
Thu, 23 Nov Thursday Thanksgiving Day Nationwide
Mon, 25 Dec Monday Christmas Day Nationwide
Tue, 26 Dec Tuesday St. Stephen's Day
Second Day of Christmas 		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 2 19 152
February 29 8 1 20 160
March 31 8 1 22 176
April 30 10 3 17 136
May 31 8 1 22 176
June 30 8 1 21 168
July 31 10 2 19 152
August 31 8 0 23 184
September 30 9 1 20 160
October 31 9 1 21 168
November 30 8 2 20 160
December 31 10 2 19 152
Year 366 106 17 243 1,944

Reading these figures

The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in United States Virgin Islands. 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 August at 23 days; the shortest is April 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 Q2, carrying 60 working days across April, May, June.

Compared with 2027, which held 244 working days, 2028 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 2028, United States Virgin Islands's 17 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 92nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.

The holidays produce 11 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 13 April 2028 to 17 April 2028, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Easter Monday. A further 2 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.

13 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Memorial 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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