Public holidays 2026 in Falkland Islands
There are 12 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |||
| Friday | Good Friday | |||
| Sunday | Liberation Day | |||
| Monday | Liberation Day (observed) | |||
| Monday | Peat Cutting Day | |||
| Saturday | King's Birthday | HM The King's Birthday | ||
| Monday | King's Birthday (observed) | HM The King's Birthday (observed) | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | |||
| Saturday | Boxing Day | |||
| Sunday | Christmas Holiday | |||
| Monday | Boxing Day (observed) | |||
| Tuesday | Christmas Holiday (observed) |
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
7 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 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 5 Apr 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Good Friday |
| Tue 16 Jun, Wed 17 Jun, Thu 18 Jun, Fri 19 Jun | 13 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Liberation Day, Liberation Day (observed) |
| Tue 6 Oct, Wed 7 Oct, Thu 8 Oct, Fri 9 Oct | 3 Oct – 11 Oct 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Peat Cutting Day |
| Tue 17 Nov, Wed 18 Nov, Thu 19 Nov, Fri 20 Nov | 14 Nov – 22 Nov 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | King's Birthday, King's Birthday (observed) |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 29 Dec 2026 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Holiday, Boxing Day (observed), Christmas Holiday (observed) |
| Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 2 | 10 | 5 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Holiday, Boxing Day (observed), Christmas Holiday (observed), 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 FK (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.fk) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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