Public holidays in Barbados 2027

There are 14 public holidays in 2027. 10 of them fall on a working day.

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All 14 public holidays in Barbados 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday
1 Jan 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
21 Jan 2027	Thursday	Errol Barrow Day
26 Mar 2027	Friday	Good Friday
29 Mar 2027	Monday	Easter Monday
28 Apr 2027	Wednesday	National Heroes Day
1 May 2027	Saturday	May Day
17 May 2027	Monday	Whit Monday
1 Aug 2027	Sunday	Emancipation Day
2 Aug 2027	Monday	Kadooment Day
3 Aug 2027	Tuesday	Emancipation Day (observed)
30 Nov 2027	Tuesday	Independence Day
25 Dec 2027	Saturday	Christmas Day
26 Dec 2027	Sunday	Boxing Day
27 Dec 2027	Monday	Boxing Day (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 2027

11 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
Mon 18 Jan, Tue 19 Jan, Wed 20 Jan	16 Jan – 21 Jan 2027	3	6	2	Errol Barrow Day
Fri 22 Jan	21 Jan – 24 Jan 2027	1	4	4	Errol Barrow Day
Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar	20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Monday
Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr	26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Monday
Mon 26 Apr, Tue 27 Apr	24 Apr – 28 Apr 2027	2	5	2.5	National Heroes Day
Thu 29 Apr, Fri 30 Apr	28 Apr – 2 May 2027	2	5	2.5	National Heroes Day, May Day
Tue 18 May, Wed 19 May, Thu 20 May, Fri 21 May	15 May – 23 May 2027	4	9	2.3	Whit Monday
Wed 4 Aug, Thu 5 Aug, Fri 6 Aug	31 Jul – 8 Aug 2027	3	9	3	Emancipation Day, Kadooment Day, Emancipation Day (observed)
Mon 29 Nov	27 Nov – 30 Nov 2027	1	4	4	Independence Day
Wed 1 Dec, Thu 2 Dec, Fri 3 Dec	30 Nov – 5 Dec 2027	3	6	2	Independence Day
Tue 28 Dec, Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec	25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028	4	9	2.3	Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (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.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Barbados have in 2027?

14 public holidays. 4 of them fall on a weekend in 2027.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2027?

Errol Barrow Day: take 1 day of leave (22 Jan) and you get 4 days off in a row, 21 Jan – 24 Jan 2027.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code BB (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.bb) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026