Public holidays 2027 in Democratic Republic of the Congo
There are 13 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Nouvel an | ||
| Monday | Martyrs' Day | Martyrs de l'indépendance | ||
| Saturday | National Hero Laurent Désiré Kabila Day | Journée du héros national Laurent Désiré Kabila | ||
| Saturday | National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day (observed) | Journée du héros national Patrice Emery Lumumba (observé) | ||
| Sunday | National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day | Journée du héros national Patrice Emery Lumumba | ||
| Tuesday | Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness | Journée du combat de Simon Kimbangu et de la conscience africaine | ||
| Saturday | Labor Day | Fête du travail | ||
| Monday | Revolution and Armed Forces Day | Journée de la Révolution et des Forces Armées | ||
| Wednesday | Independence Day | Journée de l'indépendance | ||
| Saturday | Parents' Day (observed) | Fête des parents (observé) | ||
| Sunday | Parents' Day | Fête des parents | ||
| Monday | Congolese Genocide Memorial Day | Journée commémorative du génocide Congolais | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | 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
5 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 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day, Martyrs' Day |
| Mon 5 Apr | 4 Apr – 6 Apr 2027 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness |
| Wed 7 Apr, Thu 8 Apr, Fri 9 Apr, Sat 10 Apr | 6 Apr – 11 Apr 2027 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness |
| Mon 28 Jun, Tue 29 Jun | 27 Jun – 30 Jun 2027 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Thu 1 Jul, Fri 2 Jul, Sat 3 Jul | 30 Jun – 4 Jul 2027 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | Independence 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 CD (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.cd) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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