Public holidays in Eritrea 2027

There are 15 public holidays in 2027. 9 of them fall on a working day.

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All 15 public holidays in Eritrea 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday
1 Jan 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
7 Jan 2027	Thursday	Orthodox Christmas
19 Jan 2027	Tuesday	Epiphany
8 Mar 2027	Monday	Women's Day
9 Mar 2027	Tuesday	Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
30 Apr 2027	Friday	Good Friday
1 May 2027	Saturday	International Workers' Day
2 May 2027	Sunday	Orthodox Easter
16 May 2027	Sunday	Eid al-Adha (estimated)
24 May 2027	Monday	Independence Day
20 Jun 2027	Sunday	Martyrs' Day
14 Aug 2027	Saturday	Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
1 Sep 2027	Wednesday	Revolution Day
12 Sep 2027	Sunday	Ethiopian New Year
28 Sep 2027	Tuesday	Finding of the True Cross

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 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan, Wed 6 Jan	1 Jan – 7 Jan 2027	3	7	2.3	New Year's Day, Orthodox Christmas
Fri 8 Jan	7 Jan – 10 Jan 2027	1	4	4	Orthodox Christmas
Mon 18 Jan	16 Jan – 19 Jan 2027	1	4	4	Epiphany
Wed 20 Jan, Thu 21 Jan, Fri 22 Jan	19 Jan – 24 Jan 2027	3	6	2	Epiphany
Wed 10 Mar, Thu 11 Mar, Fri 12 Mar	6 Mar – 14 Mar 2027	3	9	3	Women's Day, Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
Mon 26 Apr, Tue 27 Apr, Wed 28 Apr, Thu 29 Apr	24 Apr – 2 May 2027	4	9	2.3	Good Friday, International Workers' Day, Orthodox Easter
Tue 25 May, Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May	22 May – 30 May 2027	4	9	2.3	Independence Day
Mon 30 Aug, Tue 31 Aug	28 Aug – 1 Sep 2027	2	5	2.5	Revolution Day
Thu 2 Sep, Fri 3 Sep	1 Sep – 5 Sep 2027	2	5	2.5	Revolution Day
Mon 27 Sep	25 Sep – 28 Sep 2027	1	4	4	Finding of the True Cross
Wed 29 Sep, Thu 30 Sep, Fri 1 Oct	28 Sep – 3 Oct 2027	3	6	2	Finding of the True Cross

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 Eritrea have in 2027?

15 public holidays. 6 of them fall on a weekend in 2027.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2027?

Orthodox Christmas: take 1 day of leave (8 Jan) and you get 4 days off in a row, 7 Jan – 10 Jan 2027.

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Sources

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

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026