Public holidays 2027 in Benin
There are 14 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Fête du Nouvel An | ||
| Thursday | Vodoun Festival | Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles | ||
| Friday | Vodoun Festival | Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles | ||
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | Jour du Ramadan (estimé) | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | Lundi de Pâques | ||
| Saturday | Labor Day | Fête du Travail | ||
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Jour de l'Ascension | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | Jour de la Tabaski (estimé) | ||
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | Lundi de Pentecôte | ||
| Sunday | National Day | Fête Nationale | ||
| Saturday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) | Journée Maouloud (estimé) | ||
| Sunday | Assumption Day | Jour de l'Assomption | ||
| Monday | All Saints' Day | La Toussaint | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | Jour de 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 2027
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan, Wed 6 Jan | 1 Jan – 10 Jan 2027 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | New Year's Day, Vodoun Festival, Vodoun Festival |
| Mon 8 Mar | 6 Mar – 9 Mar 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Wed 10 Mar, Thu 11 Mar, Fri 12 Mar | 9 Mar – 14 Mar 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 27 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Easter Monday |
| Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May | 1 May – 6 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Labor Day, Ascension Day |
| Fri 7 May | 6 May – 9 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ascension Day |
| Tue 18 May, Wed 19 May, Thu 20 May, Fri 21 May | 15 May – 23 May 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Eid al-Adha (estimated), Pentecost Monday |
| Tue 2 Nov, Wed 3 Nov, Thu 4 Nov, Fri 5 Nov | 30 Oct – 7 Nov 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | All Saints' 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 BJ (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.bj) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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- Public holidays 2027