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Public holidays in Botswana 2028

Botswana has 14 public holiday dates in 2028, 8 of them on a working day, and 6 long weekends. The next one is Christmas Day, in 45 days (Friday, December 25, 2026).

Next holiday · Christmas Day
45 days
Friday, December 25, 2026
  • Sat, Dec 26Boxing Dayin 46 days
  • Mon, Dec 28Boxing Day Holidayin 48 days

2028 holiday calendar

16 entries
DateDayHolidayWhen
Jan 1SatNew Year's Dayin 417 days
Jan 2SunNew Year's Day Holidayin 418 days
Jan 3MonNew Year's Day Holiday observedin 419 days
Apr 14FriGood Fridayin 521 days
Apr 15SatHoly Saturdayin 522 days
Apr 17MonEaster Mondayin 524 days
May 1MonLabor Dayin 538 days
May 25ThuAscension Dayin 562 days
Jul 1SatSir Seretse Khama Dayin 599 days
Jul 17MonPresident's Dayin 615 days
Jul 18TuePresident's Day Holidayin 616 days
Sep 30SatBotswana Dayin 690 days
Oct 1SunBotswana Day Holidayin 691 days
Oct 2MonBotswana Day Holiday observedin 692 days
Dec 25MonChristmas Dayin 776 days
Dec 26TueBoxing Dayin 777 days
observed

When a holiday falls on a weekend, many countries give the day off on the nearest working day instead. That substitute day is the 'observed' holiday.

estimated

Islamic and some other lunar holidays begin when religious authorities sight the new crescent moon. We show the expected date; the real day can move by one day and is confirmed only shortly before.

Long weekends in 2028

Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend.

  • Sat, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 3New Year's Day, New Year's Day Holiday3 days
  • Fri, Apr 14 – Mon, Apr 17Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Monday4 days
  • Sat, Apr 29 – Mon, May 1Labor Day3 days
  • Sat, Jul 15 – Tue, Jul 18President's Day, President's Day Holiday4 days
  • Sat, Sep 30 – Mon, Oct 2Botswana Day, Botswana Day Holiday3 days
  • Sat, Dec 23 – Tue, Dec 26Christmas Day, Boxing Day4 days

Bridge days: 1 day off, 4+ days away

Take one working day off between a holiday and a weekend.

What is this?

A 'bridge day' is a single working day squeezed between a holiday and a weekend. Take it off and you get four or more days in a row for one day of leave.

  • Take Fri, May 26Ascension Day4 days off

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National public holidays from official government sources, compiled through the open-source holidays dataset and reviewed by Glassyear. Last verified Monday, November 9, 2026. Data & methodology · Report a correction

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