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Best days to take off in 2027: South Africa

Tell us how many vacation days you have. We line them up with every public holiday and weekend on the South Africa calendar to give you the most time off.

Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend; regional holidays are not included.

🇿🇦 South Africa · 2027
10 days → 38 off
Every vacation day becomes 3.8 days off

Your plan for 2027

vacation holiday weekend
1

Take 1 day: Mon, Jan 4

4 days off · Fri, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 4, 2027

New Year's Day

2

Take 1 day: Fri, Mar 19

4 days off · Fri, Mar 19 – Mon, Mar 22, 2027

Human Rights Day

3

Take 1 day: Thu, Mar 25

5 days off · Thu, Mar 25 – Mon, Mar 29, 2027

Good Friday · Family Day

4

Take 1 day: Mon, Apr 26

4 days off · Sat, Apr 24 – Tue, Apr 27, 2027

Freedom Day

5

Take 2 days: Mon, Jun 14 – Tue, Jun 15

5 days off · Sat, Jun 12 – Wed, Jun 16, 2027

Youth Day

6

Take 1 day: Fri, Aug 6

4 days off · Fri, Aug 6 – Mon, Aug 9, 2027

National Women's Day

7

Take 1 day: Thu, Sep 23

4 days off · Thu, Sep 23 – Sun, Sep 26, 2027

Heritage Day

8

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 17

4 days off · Thu, Dec 16 – Sun, Dec 19, 2027

Day of Reconciliation

9

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 24

4 days off · Fri, Dec 24 – Mon, Dec 27, 2027

Christmas Day · Day of Goodwill

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