Public holidays 2026 in Saint Kitts and Nevis
There are 12 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Carnival Day | ||
| Friday | Carnival Day - Last Lap | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Monday | Labour Day | ||
| Monday | Whit Monday | ||
| Monday | Emancipation Day | ||
| Tuesday | Culturama Day - Last Lap | ||
| Wednesday | National Heroes Day | ||
| Saturday | Independence 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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Carnival Day, Carnival Day - Last Lap |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 29 Mar – 3 Apr 2026 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | Good Friday |
| Sat 4 Apr | 3 Apr – 6 Apr 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Wed 5 Aug, Thu 6 Aug, Fri 7 Aug, Sat 8 Aug | 2 Aug – 9 Aug 2026 | 4 | 8 | 2 | Emancipation Day, Culturama Day - Last Lap |
| Mon 14 Sep, Tue 15 Sep | 13 Sep – 16 Sep 2026 | 2 | 4 | 2 | National Heroes Day |
| Thu 17 Sep, Fri 18 Sep | 16 Sep – 20 Sep 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | National Heroes Day, Independence Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 20 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 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, Carnival Day, Carnival Day - Last Lap |
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 KN (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.kn) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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