Public holidays 2026 in Belize
There are 14 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | ||
| Thursday | George Price Day | ||
| Monday | National Heroes and Benefactors Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Saturday | Holy Saturday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Friday | Labour Day | ||
| Saturday | Emancipation Day | ||
| Thursday | Saint George's Caye Day | ||
| Monday | Independence Day | ||
| Monday | Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day | ||
| Thursday | Garifuna Settlement Day | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | ||
| Saturday | Boxing Day |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
15 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 12 Jan, Tue 13 Jan, Wed 14 Jan | 10 Jan – 15 Jan 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | George Price Day |
| Fri 16 Jan | 15 Jan – 18 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | George Price Day |
| Tue 10 Mar, Wed 11 Mar, Thu 12 Mar, Fri 13 Mar | 7 Mar – 15 Mar 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Heroes and Benefactors Day |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 6 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 7 Apr, Wed 8 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, Fri 10 Apr | 3 Apr – 12 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labour Day |
| Mon 7 Sep, Tue 8 Sep, Wed 9 Sep | 5 Sep – 10 Sep 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Saint George's Caye Day |
| Fri 11 Sep | 10 Sep – 13 Sep 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Saint George's Caye Day |
| Tue 22 Sep, Wed 23 Sep, Thu 24 Sep, Fri 25 Sep | 19 Sep – 27 Sep 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Independence Day |
| Tue 13 Oct, Wed 14 Oct, Thu 15 Oct, Fri 16 Oct | 10 Oct – 18 Oct 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day |
| Mon 16 Nov, Tue 17 Nov, Wed 18 Nov | 14 Nov – 19 Nov 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Garifuna Settlement Day |
| Fri 20 Nov | 19 Nov – 22 Nov 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Garifuna Settlement Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day |
| Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code BZ (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.bz) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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