Public holidays 2027 in Ethiopia
There are 12 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Christmas Day | የገና ወይም የልደት በዓል | ||
| Tuesday | Epiphany | የጥምቀት በዓል | ||
| Tuesday | Adwa Victory Day | የአድዋ ድል በዓል | ||
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | የኢድ አልፈጥር (ግምት) | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | የስቅለት በዓል | ||
| Saturday | International Workers' Day | የዓለም የሠራተኞች (የላብአደሮች) ቀን | ||
| Sunday | Easter Sunday | የትንሳኤ(ፋሲካ) በዓል | ||
| Wednesday | Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day | የአርበኞች (የድል) ቀን በዓል | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | የኢድ አልአድሃ (አረፋ) (ግምት) | ||
| Saturday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) | የመውሊድ በዓል (ግምት) | ||
| Sunday | Ethiopian New Year | የዘመን መለወጫ (እንቁጣጣሽ) በዓል | ||
| Tuesday | Finding of True Cross | የመስቀል በዓል |
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
13 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 | 2 Jan – 7 Jan 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Christmas Day |
| Fri 8 Jan | 7 Jan – 10 Jan 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Christmas Day |
| 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 |
| Mon 1 Mar | 27 Feb – 2 Mar 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Adwa Victory Day |
| Wed 3 Mar, Thu 4 Mar, Fri 5 Mar | 2 Mar – 7 Mar 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Adwa Victory 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 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, Easter Sunday |
| Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May | 30 Apr – 5 May 2027 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Good Friday, International Workers' Day, Easter Sunday, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day |
| Thu 6 May, Fri 7 May | 5 May – 9 May 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day |
| Mon 27 Sep | 25 Sep – 28 Sep 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Finding of True Cross |
| Wed 29 Sep, Thu 30 Sep, Fri 1 Oct | 28 Sep – 3 Oct 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Finding of 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.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code ET (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.et) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
- Public holidays 2026
- Public holidays 2027