Public holidays 2027 in Papua New Guinea
There are 12 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | ||
| Friday | Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Sunday | Easter Sunday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Thursday | King's Birthday | ||
| Friday | Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day | ||
| Thursday | National Repentance Day | ||
| Thursday | Independence 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
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 22 Feb, Tue 23 Feb, Wed 24 Feb, Thu 25 Feb | 20 Feb – 28 Feb 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance 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 Sunday, 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 Sunday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 14 Jun, Tue 15 Jun, Wed 16 Jun | 12 Jun – 17 Jun 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | King's Birthday |
| Fri 18 Jun | 17 Jun – 20 Jun 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | King's Birthday |
| Mon 19 Jul, Tue 20 Jul, Wed 21 Jul, Thu 22 Jul | 17 Jul – 25 Jul 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day |
| Mon 23 Aug, Tue 24 Aug, Wed 25 Aug | 21 Aug – 26 Aug 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | National Repentance Day |
| Fri 27 Aug | 26 Aug – 29 Aug 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | National Repentance Day |
| Mon 13 Sep, Tue 14 Sep, Wed 15 Sep | 11 Sep – 16 Sep 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Fri 17 Sep | 16 Sep – 19 Sep 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Independence 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 PG (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.pg) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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