Public holidays 2027 in Jamaica
There are 13 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | ||
| Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Sunday | National Labour Day | ||
| Monday | National Labour Day (observed) | ||
| Sunday | Emancipation Day | ||
| Monday | Emancipation Day (observed) | ||
| Friday | Independence Day | ||
| Monday | National Heroes Day | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | ||
| Sunday | Boxing Day | ||
| Monday | Boxing Day (observed) |
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 8 Feb, Tue 9 Feb | 6 Feb – 10 Feb 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Ash Wednesday |
| Thu 11 Feb, Fri 12 Feb | 10 Feb – 14 Feb 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Ash Wednesday |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 25 May, Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May | 22 May – 30 May 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Labour Day, National Labour Day (observed) |
| Tue 3 Aug, Wed 4 Aug, Thu 5 Aug | 31 Jul – 8 Aug 2027 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Emancipation Day, Emancipation Day (observed), Independence Day |
| Tue 19 Oct, Wed 20 Oct, Thu 21 Oct, Fri 22 Oct | 16 Oct – 24 Oct 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Heroes Day |
| Tue 28 Dec, Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing 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.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code JM (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.jm) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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