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Public holidays in Malawi 2028

Malawi has 11 public holiday dates in 2028, 7 of them on a working day, and 8 long weekends. The next one is Christmas Day, in 46 days (Friday, December 25, 2026).

Next holiday · Christmas Day
46 days
Friday, December 25, 2026
  • Sat, Dec 26Boxing Dayin 47 days
  • Mon, Dec 28Boxing Dayin 49 days

2028 holiday calendar

15 entries
DateDayHolidayWhen
Jan 1SatNew Year's Dayin 418 days
Jan 3MonNew Year's Day observedin 420 days
Jan 15SatJohn Chilembwe Dayin 432 days
Jan 17MonJohn Chilembwe Day observedin 434 days
Mar 3FriMartyrs Dayin 480 days
Apr 14FriGood Fridayin 522 days
Apr 17MonEaster Mondayin 525 days
May 1MonLabor Dayin 539 days
May 14SunKamuzu Dayin 552 days
May 15MonKamuzu Day observedin 553 days
Jul 6ThuIndependence Dayin 605 days
Oct 15SunMother's Dayin 706 days
Oct 16MonMother's Day observedin 707 days
Dec 25MonChristmas Dayin 777 days
Dec 26TueBoxing Dayin 778 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 Day3 days
  • Sat, Jan 15 – Mon, Jan 17John Chilembwe Day3 days
  • Fri, Mar 3 – Sun, Mar 5Martyrs Day3 days
  • Fri, Apr 14 – Mon, Apr 17Good Friday, Easter Monday4 days
  • Sat, Apr 29 – Mon, May 1Labor Day3 days
  • Sat, May 13 – Mon, May 15Kamuzu Day3 days
  • Sat, Oct 14 – Mon, Oct 16Mother's Day3 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, Jul 7Independence 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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