Public holidays in Lesotho 2027

There are 11 public holidays in 2027. 7 of them fall on a working day.

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All 11 public holidays in Lesotho 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday
1 Jan 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
11 Mar 2027	Thursday	Moshoeshoe's Day
26 Mar 2027	Friday	Good Friday
29 Mar 2027	Monday	Easter Monday
1 May 2027	Saturday	Workers' Day
6 May 2027	Thursday	Ascension Day
25 May 2027	Tuesday	Africa/Heroes Day
17 Jul 2027	Saturday	King's Birthday
4 Oct 2027	Monday	Independence Day
25 Dec 2027	Saturday	Christmas Day
26 Dec 2027	Sunday	Boxing 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

9 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 Mar, Tue 9 Mar, Wed 10 Mar	6 Mar – 11 Mar 2027	3	6	2	Moshoeshoe's Day
Fri 12 Mar	11 Mar – 14 Mar 2027	1	4	4	Moshoeshoe's Day
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
Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May	1 May – 6 May 2027	3	6	2	Workers' Day, Ascension Day
Fri 7 May	6 May – 9 May 2027	1	4	4	Ascension Day
Mon 24 May	22 May – 25 May 2027	1	4	4	Africa/Heroes Day
Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May	25 May – 30 May 2027	3	6	2	Africa/Heroes Day
Tue 5 Oct, Wed 6 Oct, Thu 7 Oct, Fri 8 Oct	2 Oct – 10 Oct 2027	4	9	2.3	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.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Lesotho have in 2027?

11 public holidays. 4 of them fall on a weekend in 2027.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2027?

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

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Sources

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

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026