Public holidays 2026 in Democratic Republic of the Congo
There are 14 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | Nouvel an | ||
| Saturday | Martyrs' Day (observed) | Martyrs de l'indépendance (observé) | ||
| Sunday | Martyrs' Day | Martyrs de l'indépendance | ||
| Friday | National Hero Laurent Désiré Kabila Day | Journée du héros national Laurent Désiré Kabila | ||
| Saturday | National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day | Journée du héros national Patrice Emery Lumumba | ||
| Monday | Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness | Journée du combat de Simon Kimbangu et de la conscience africaine | ||
| Friday | Labor Day | Fête du travail | ||
| Saturday | Revolution and Armed Forces Day (observed) | Journée de la Révolution et des Forces Armées (observé) | ||
| Sunday | Revolution and Armed Forces Day | Journée de la Révolution et des Forces Armées | ||
| Tuesday | Independence Day | Journée de l'indépendance | ||
| Saturday | Congolese Genocide Memorial Day (observed) | Fête des parents | ||
| Saturday | Parents' Day | Journée commémorative du génocide Congolais (observé) | ||
| Sunday | Congolese Genocide Memorial Day | Journée commémorative du génocide Congolais | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | Noël |
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
9 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, Martyrs' Day (observed), Martyrs' Day |
| Mon 12 Jan, Tue 13 Jan, Wed 14 Jan, Thu 15 Jan | 11 Jan – 18 Jan 2026 | 4 | 8 | 2 | National Hero Laurent Désiré Kabila Day, National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 26 Apr – 1 May 2026 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | Labor Day |
| Sat 2 May | 1 May – 3 May 2026 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 29 Jun | 28 Jun – 30 Jun 2026 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Independence Day |
| Wed 1 Jul, Thu 2 Jul, Fri 3 Jul, Sat 4 Jul | 30 Jun – 5 Jul 2026 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | Independence Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 20 Dec – 25 Dec 2026 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | Christmas Day |
| Sat 26 Dec | 25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 27 Dec – 1 Jan 2027 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 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 CD (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.cd) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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