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Public holidays in Sierra Leone 2027

Sierra Leone has 12 public holiday dates in 2027, 7 of them on a working day, and 7 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 Dayin 48 days

2027 holiday calendar

17 entries
DateDayHolidayWhen
Jan 1FriNew Year's Dayin 52 days
Feb 18ThuArmed Forces Dayin 100 days
Mar 8MonInternational Women's Dayin 118 days
Mar 9TueEid al-Fitr estimatedin 119 days
Mar 26FriGood Fridayin 136 days
Mar 29MonEaster Mondayin 139 days
Apr 27TueIndependence Dayin 168 days
May 1SatInternational Worker's Dayin 172 days
May 3MonInternational Worker's Day observedin 174 days
May 16SunEid al-Adha estimatedin 187 days
May 17MonEid al-Adha observed estimatedin 188 days
Aug 14SatProphet's Birthday estimatedin 277 days
Aug 16MonProphet's Birthday observed estimatedin 279 days
Dec 25SatChristmas Dayin 410 days
Dec 26SunBoxing Dayin 411 days
Dec 27MonChristmas Day observedin 412 days
Dec 28TueBoxing Day observedin 413 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 2027

Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend.

  • Fri, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 3New Year's Day3 days
  • Sat, Mar 6 – Tue, Mar 9International Women's Day, Eid al-Fitr4 days
  • Fri, Mar 26 – Mon, Mar 29Good Friday, Easter Monday4 days
  • Sat, May 1 – Mon, May 3International Worker's Day3 days
  • Sat, May 15 – Mon, May 17Eid al-Adha3 days
  • Sat, Aug 14 – Mon, Aug 16Prophet's Birthday3 days
  • Sat, Dec 25 – Tue, Dec 28Christmas 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, Feb 19Armed Forces Day4 days off
  • Take Mon, Apr 26Independence Day4 days off

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Turn your vacation days into the longest breaks of the year.

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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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