Public holidays 2027 in Malawi
There are 14 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | ||
| Friday | John Chilembwe Day | ||
| Wednesday | Martyrs Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Saturday | Labour Day | ||
| Monday | Labour Day (observed) | ||
| Friday | Kamuzu Day | ||
| Tuesday | Independence Day | ||
| Friday | Mother's Day | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | ||
| Sunday | Boxing Day | ||
| Monday | Christmas Day (observed) | ||
| Tuesday | 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
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 11 Jan, Tue 12 Jan, Wed 13 Jan, Thu 14 Jan | 9 Jan – 17 Jan 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | John Chilembwe Day |
| Mon 1 Mar, Tue 2 Mar | 27 Feb – 3 Mar 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Martyrs Day |
| Thu 4 Mar, Fri 5 Mar | 3 Mar – 7 Mar 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Martyrs 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 |
| Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May, Thu 6 May, Fri 7 May | 1 May – 9 May 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labour Day, Labour Day (observed) |
| Mon 10 May, Tue 11 May, Wed 12 May, Thu 13 May | 8 May – 16 May 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Kamuzu Day |
| Mon 5 Jul | 3 Jul – 6 Jul 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Independence Day |
| Wed 7 Jul, Thu 8 Jul, Fri 9 Jul | 6 Jul – 11 Jul 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Mon 11 Oct, Tue 12 Oct, Wed 13 Oct, Thu 14 Oct | 9 Oct – 17 Oct 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Mother's Day |
| Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Day (observed), 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 MW (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.mw) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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