Public holidays in Cameroon 2027

There are 13 public holidays in 2027. 8 of them fall on a working day.

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All 13 public holidays in Cameroon 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday
1 Jan 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
11 Feb 2027	Thursday	Youth Day
9 Mar 2027	Tuesday	Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting)
26 Mar 2027	Friday	Good Friday
1 May 2027	Saturday	Labour Day
6 May 2027	Thursday	Ascension Day
16 May 2027	Sunday	Eid al-Adha (estimated)
17 May 2027	Monday	Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
20 May 2027	Thursday	National Day
14 Aug 2027	Saturday	Mawlid (estimated)
15 Aug 2027	Sunday	Assumption Day
16 Aug 2027	Monday	Assumption Day (observed)
25 Dec 2027	Saturday	Christmas 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 2027

10 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 8 Feb, Tue 9 Feb, Wed 10 Feb	6 Feb – 11 Feb 2027	3	6	2	Youth Day
Fri 12 Feb	11 Feb – 14 Feb 2027	1	4	4	Youth Day
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)
Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar	20 Mar – 28 Mar 2027	4	9	2.3	Good Friday
Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May	1 May – 6 May 2027	3	6	2	Labour Day, Ascension Day
Fri 7 May	6 May – 9 May 2027	1	4	4	Ascension Day
Tue 18 May, Wed 19 May	15 May – 20 May 2027	2	6	3	Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated), National Day
Fri 21 May	20 May – 23 May 2027	1	4	4	National Day
Tue 17 Aug, Wed 18 Aug, Thu 19 Aug, Fri 20 Aug	14 Aug – 22 Aug 2027	4	9	2.3	Mawlid (estimated), Assumption Day, Assumption Day (observed)

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 Cameroon have in 2027?

13 public holidays. 5 of them fall on a weekend in 2027.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2027?

Youth Day: take 1 day of leave (12 Feb) and you get 4 days off in a row, 11 Feb – 14 Feb 2027.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code CM (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.cm) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026